Possible to sharpen H11 projector cutoff?

[PatrickGSR94]

I have a 2014 Mazda CX-5 with H11 halogen projectors. The light output and width is decent, but the cutoff leaves much to be desired. Is there any possibility of making the cutoff a bit sharper? I was considering a Morimoto Elite H11 HID setup, and I would hate to have that fuzzy cutoff with HID bulbs.

[gold94corolla]

How are the lenses? Are they absolutely crystal clear? If not, there's nothing you can do.

[PatrickGSR94]

How are the lenses? Are they absolutely crystal clear? If not, there's nothing you can do.

It's whatever the Stanley H11 projecors have, which probably are not clear. So I guess the next question is, has anyone done a lens swap on a Stanley H11 halogen projector? The Morimoto 2.5" Black series supposedly are compatible with most Japanese 2.5" projectors.

https://lightwerkz.net/collections/c...5-black-series

[gold94corolla]

I wonder if my Lexus ct200h had the same h11 projectors. They did fine with Morimoto 2-stroke 3.0 LED bulbs in them. If the lens looks clear, one trick I did decades ago with some aftermarket projector head lights was use a mechanical pencil with the shirt clip broken and stuck it in through the bulb opening to push and/or pull on the shields to adjust them for sharpness and color. It actually worked lol.

[PatrickGSR94]

Well I just proved the increase in sharpness with a clear lens swap. I swapped out my Integra halogen projectors with a frosted lens to a crystal clear lens, and it made a huge difference in cutoff color and sharpness. Probably increased output, too, but I can't really tell for sure.

[gold94corolla]

Yeah it probably needs a lens swap. But which lens? Who knows. If you're going to all that trouble, might as well swap the projector anyway. I wonder if you contact Lightwerkz, they would know.

[PatrickGSR94]

Yeah it probably needs a lens swap. But which lens? Who knows. If you're going to all that trouble, might as well swap the projector anyway. I wonder if you contact Lightwerkz, they would know.

Supposedly the Morimoto Bi-LED unit fits pretty well, but costs around $400 for the pair of projector units. Seems like the Morimoto Black 2.5" lenses should work. I was just wondering if anyone else had tried them before. An H11 HID kit plus the clear lenses shoudl be under $200.