Bi-xenon: Morimoto Mini D2S 2.0 retrofit
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the 06-07 head lights use fx projectors from stanley..same manufacturer as the older tsx and s2000 projectors. There beam width and fore ground lighting is superior to the mini's. When your comparing it to the reflector hids, the mini's are superior but compared to a FX or TSX projector it falls short.
Main reason people go for the mini's are the price and ease of install. The FX and TSX projector would require more cutting but will have better output.
Main reason people go for the mini's are the price and ease of install. The FX and TSX projector would require more cutting but will have better output.
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the 06-07 head lights use fx projectors from stanley..same manufacturer as the older tsx and s2000 projectors. There beam width and fore ground lighting is superior to the mini's. When your comparing it to the reflector hids, the mini's are superior but compared to a FX or TSX projector it falls short.
Main reason people go for the mini's are the price and ease of install. The FX and TSX projector would require more cutting but will have better output.
Main reason people go for the mini's are the price and ease of install. The FX and TSX projector would require more cutting but will have better output.
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I should have a set of stock 06 projectors here next week or the week after. I'll take some pictures of the cutoff from the 06 projectors, Morimoto D2S and Morimoto 5.0 H1s in case someone wants to compare them. I should have done that last week when I hadn't modded the 06 projectors I had.
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EZTNC (06-27-2013)
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So, as promised, here as picture from the stock 06-07 projector, plus Morimoto D2s and Morimoto H1 6.0 projectors. All the pictures are of unmodified projectors, the OEM ones I had just removed from a set of lights I just bought and the Morimotos are out of the box from TRS.
First up are the 06-07 OEM projectors:
Next are the Morimoto D2s projectors:
And the Morimoto H1 6.0:
First up are the 06-07 OEM projectors:
Next are the Morimoto D2s projectors:
And the Morimoto H1 6.0:
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EZTNC (06-27-2013)
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They do fit the shroud, since the lenses are the same size as the stock projectors (2.5") but they wouldn't be that easy to install. You'd have to make a custom bracket to install them. If you already have 06 projector lights, then they CAN be upgraded by putting a clear lens on the projectors and also doing the color mod. With a clear lens they do look pretty good, but in stock form they're no match for the Morimotos.
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the stock 06-07 projectors uses a fresnel lens versus the clear lens of the morimoto projectors. If you replaced the 06 projector with a clear lens you would see more color and it will seem more brighter.
Also the Z step is a lot longer on the d2s compared to the short Z step on the 06 projector.
The morimoto are easy to install and there small, but i would still rather do FX, tsx or S2000 projectors and maybe use the morimoto as fog lights.
Also the Z step is a lot longer on the d2s compared to the short Z step on the 06 projector.
The morimoto are easy to install and there small, but i would still rather do FX, tsx or S2000 projectors and maybe use the morimoto as fog lights.
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The FX projectors are too big for the low beam area on 03-05 lights and the housings on those lights are not the strongest, they're pretty flagile actually. Cutting them up could lead to them breaking later on, especially if the projectors hit the housing when the car goes over a bump. I actually did a retrofit where I had to cut the housing a little to fit the projector and the housing broke when the lights were shipped. I ended up buying the lights back and replaced the housings, but I'm not doing that again.