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By mitch6
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:32 am #290080 Here is my latest eg part I will be putting into my car when the winter is over :D

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bought them BNIB :) This is the USDM OEM Genuine Honda floor mats, their version of "Black" But more like a charcoal grey :P

Can't wait to have them in my car :D

here is the dealer that still had some in stock, and probably still has a few:
https://www.1sthondaparts.com/partscat.html
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By UK_Dave
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:52 am #290086 hey thanks for all the info when i get some time ill have a good read through it all and ill let you know :)

By hondakid
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:42 pm #290118 Nice car. Even nicer to see Its from Calgary
:woot:
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By kimo
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:58 pm #290133 That was great, thanks a lot for sharing that. Not a very cheap upgrade though :o. Out of interest what ballasts and bulbs did you use? Also did you have to change the elevation of the lamps so you don't end up blinding people or scattering light everywhere?
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By mitch6
- Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:48 am #290212
Nice car. Even nicer to see Its from Calgary


haha thanks man! good to know I am not the only person from Calgary :thumb:

That was great, thanks a lot for sharing that. Not a very cheap upgrade though Surprised. Out of interest what ballasts and bulbs did you use? Also did you have to change the elevation of the lamps so you don't end up blinding people or scattering light everywhere?


Currently I am a little bit broke :? so I am simply using my old Ebay ballast with the Morimoto bulbs :lol: But I will eventually be buying these ballasts, or HID kit:

http://www.kbcarstuff.com/Volt-HID-4300 ... vdp-4k.htm

and I want to buy the "H3 4300k Volt Digital+ Xenon HID Conversion Kit" for $119 and of course shipping. My friend recently put these in her lexus, and they are really good quality!

As for the elevation, yes I did do a full beam alignment in a dark parking lot on a flat surface with a large wall. Since these D2S mini projectors fit into the headlight unit so nicely, I was still able to adjust the beam the same way you would adjust a pair of stock headlights :D
The nice thing about the projectors though, is that it will not scatter light, its focused and spreads the beam much further than non-projector headlights. It will give you a super clean cut off line. The cut off becomes so straight that you can literally draw a perfect line over top of the beam projected onto a wall :D

It was quite costly, but well worth it :) I did not think too much of doing a retro-fit at first, but I helped my frend do one on his BMW e46 with FXR projectors instead of the e46 projectors, and it was beyond night and day difference. His beams are really bright, not blinding and they have that color change when they flicker up and down bumps or elevation changes. When you drive in front of him, the lights look very exotic 8)
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By kimo
- Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:36 am #290233 Ah ok. Good to know that it worked out well. It seems like it would of been better value for money to have bought the whole kit from the theretrofitsource.com though, as it comes with the ballasts and all the gear already. Also wouldn't you be wanting the H4 bulb size?
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By mitch6
- Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:50 am #290238 haha yes sorry i guess I copied the wrong one, I will be getting the H4. The reason I did not go with the retrofitsource ballast is because the digital ones are better :D
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By kimo
- Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:00 am #290246 The only problem i am seeing is whether the HID kits from the site you just brought up, (http://www.kbcarstuff.com/Volt-HID-4300 ... vdp-4k.htm), will work with the Bi-Xenon: Morimoto Mini's as they require D2S bulbs, and wouldn't you also need the, "H4 / 9003 4300k Bi-Xenon Volt Digital+ Xenon HID Conversion Kit", as you are running Bi-Xenon lenses? Excuse my ignorance if it turns out to be a trivial problem.
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By mitch6
- Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:28 am #290250
The only problem i am seeing is whether the HID kits from the site you just brought up, (http://www.kbcarstuff.com/Volt-HID-4300 ... vdp-4k.htm), will work with the Bi-Xenon: Morimoto Mini's as they require D2S bulbs, and wouldn't you also need the, "H4 / 9003 4300k Bi-Xenon Volt Digital+ Xenon HID Conversion Kit", as you are running Bi-Xenon lenses? Excuse my ignorance if it turns out to be a trivial problem.


:facepalm: haha yes you are right, was not thinking clearly....

I will clear things up before I rush into saying something completly wrong :lol:

Okay yes you are right, I need the D2S bulbs**** not H4, H4 is simple the old headlight size I believe, that is why I have it all mixed up....

I have the H4/D2S bulb conversion harness, the bulb does not matter as long as it is a D2S bulb. It will still work with the bi-xenon, I have tried putting in my friends ebay bulbs, and they work just the same :lol:

I am more so looking to buy some good ballasts, and if I feel like spending a bit more, get some extra bulbs to go with it :)

But I dont really need bulbs as I have two sets of morimoto's cuz I got them to send me an extra set for free :thumb:

sorry for the confusion :facepalm:
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By JDMLYFE
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:12 pm #293935 any chance you have that hood " bra" from when you bought the car? if you do ship it down here to toronto canada lol :thumb:
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By mitch6
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:49 pm #293963 ummm, no it was worn out, really bad shape, you would not have wanted it LOL. But I still have my eg9 hood bra, but I think that is a different size...
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By 94Si Hatch
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:06 am #293966 Good progress. Saw how you did the Steering wheel. If your selling that, let me know. I'd be interested. You did a good job painting it, wouldn't want to risk ruining mine, and quite frankly I'm too lazy to buy the paint. LOL
Tell me if your getting rid of that, I'd definitely look into that. Thanks
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By mitch6
- Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:41 am #295363 So i decided to put in a 3-spoke eg6 steering wheel because I like the look more. Went the extra mile and hand stitched some real italian leather onto my steering wheel using red stitch :thumb:

Here is my start:


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and the finished product :D

Will get more pictures later as soon as my inteiro is cleaned up haha! but for not, here is a portion of the wheel with my painted red emblem:

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it feels awesome!! let me know what you all think?
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