Nova5, I noticed the guts of your projectors, like the reflector bowls, solenoids & accompanying electronics, are exposed to the elements. Won't that be a concern? I'm asking since I am in the process of retrofitting E46 bixenons in my 94 TA, and literally losing sleep over how to make the projectors watertight
they are quite well protected behind the blocker plate and the clear lenses.
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Nova5, I noticed the guts of your projectors, like the reflector bowls, solenoids & accompanying electronics, are exposed to the elements. Won't that be a concern? I'm asking since I am in the process of retrofitting E46 bixenons in my 94 TA, and literally losing sleep over how to make the projectors watertight
Also check out the forums at HID Planet. There is plenty there too. When you post a thread about your install, please let me know and I'll add it to the Lighting FAQ.
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Also check out the forums at HID Planet. There is plenty there too. When you post a thread about your install, please let me know and I'll add it to the Lighting FAQ.
Thanks. I got a ton of shroud and bezel ideas off HIDplanet forums too. Will be posting a detailed thread of my retrofit once the project has been completed. Currently fabbing up the mounting/aiming rig and waiting for the solid state delay for the high beam solenoid to arrive.
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I think you may have mentioned it before, but why do you need a solid state delay? Or did you mean relay?
Oops I actually meant solid state controller. It's a tiny little device about the size of a quarter that controls the high beam solenoid on E46 projectors. For those who want to go the DIY route, HIDplanet has a schematic for a circuit that involves capacitors, diodes and a relay to achieve the same functionality.
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You mean for a stock harness that originally had a dual filament bulb? An in our previous discussion?
I think I may have confused you. As we previously discussed, I will need this circuit for the stock dual filament harness to operate bixenon projectors
However, the E46 projectors I am using have a 3-wire pigtail that requires a special circuit to operate the pull and hold solenoids for the high beam shield. The solid state controller provides this circuit.
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Oh, I didn't realize the e46 was like that. I thought it was like most other bi-xenon projectors which just have a simple 2-wire connection for the solenoid.
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