7" retrofit (GDAA WRX)

[satrya]

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I appreciate that. Thank you. This retrofit was more of a platform for DIY experiments; the added functionality of those aux city, aux turn, and halogen fogs are likely minimal as a daily driver.

Haven't seen your post in a while now. Sorry to hear about the H6 outback. Looking forward to the RX; did you still have the 3800K D2S bulbs?

As for the hexagons, I plan to incorporate this feature on the upper and lower grilles. But not now.

[satrya]

Aux turn signal (in the 7" foglight housing), main turn signal (outer corner next to the lit EvoX-R), and sidemarker sequence:


An animated gif is probably better..

[satrya]

Squirrel POV

Squirrel pov shots

[Crossgolf]

I gave my 3800k bulbs to a friend who wants to try them in his motorcycle. I haven't used them since I upgraded to CBIs. The RX will remain the stock AFS features (that doesn't work right now but causes a flashing warning light) so I can't upgrade the original lowbeam. But I am thinking about some other features.

[satrya]

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About the 3800K's (i.e. the limited run xb35 ones from TRS 2 years ago); the pair I'm using seem to take a while to approach halogen color. After the first few seconds of the bulb reaching max brightness, looks like one has to wait at least a few minutes more for the color to become warmer.


Here's the Mini D2S 2.0 with the 3800K xb35 on top after waiting for quite some time, compared to the EvoX-R with 85122 on the bottom (of the headlight cluster). On the foglight cluster, the small unit is a "white" LED, and the bigger unit is a halogen h3 in Hella Micro DE fog projectors (which should be around 3700K).


But if seen minutes after reaching max brightness from startup, it seems just as white as the Philips 85122:

[06BlkMax]

Wow those 3800ks did get a lot whiter, but definitely to yellow for my liking. The Philips are the same way, I had a pair of the Philips before, they were so piss Yellow I just gave them away.

Sitting Behind That Beautiful Cutoff

[satrya]

Wow those 3800ks did get a lot whiter, but definitely to yellow for my liking.

Well, the point behind the special order of 3800K is that it approaches the color of regular low beam halogen bulbs without resorting to any coating on the glass. I'm glad I bought them when they were available. I know most people go for white (with a hint of blue).

Here are closeup shots of the arc, lit by a circa 2011 Morimoto 3Five ballast. Alas, I didn't have the xb35 3800K at the time. In this group, the 85122 looks a bit bluer than the 3Five's 4300K imho. (Same camera settings @ 1/4000s exposure, ISO200, f/11 except f/14 for the 3000K)

Left to right: 4300K 5Five, 85122, 4300K 3Five, 3000K 3Five

The Philips are the same way, I had a pair of the Philips before, they were so piss Yellow I just gave them away.

Hmm.. too bad I wasn't around to "recycle" them for you

[Bitter]

My NBU look fairly yellow. I love them!

[sevenism]

Man your car looks like something from a sci-fi movie!

[satrya]

My NBU look fairly yellow. I love them!

n00b question... "NBU"?

Man your car looks like something from a sci-fi movie!

That doesn't seem like a good thing...

[nine44]

Night Breaker Unlimited aka the 4200k cbi.

[Bitter]

They seem yellower than 4200k to me.

[06BlkMax]

Awesome comparison satrya!

Sitting Behind That Beautiful Cutoff

[HK45]

Been lurking this thread for the past year. Awesome to see it finally complete. Such a radical design that is so out of the ordinary. Everyone tries to make their car unique by doing what they have seen on other vehicles. But this was all your own imagination and ingenuity. Guaranteed absolutely no one has lights like these and they look fantastic. Good job man!

[satrya]

Night Breaker Unlimited aka the 4200k cbi.

Thanks.

They seem yellower than 4200k to me.

It depends on the ambient lighting I suppose. There are times when the 85122 looks quite white, until it sits next to a generic ~6000K LED.

Awesome comparison satrya!

Thank you. I contemplated redoing it when I got the 3800K xb35s..

Been lurking this thread for the past year. Awesome to see it finally complete. Such a radical design that is so out of the ordinary. Everyone tries to make their car unique by doing what they have seen on other vehicles. But this was all your own imagination and ingenuity. Guaranteed absolutely no one has lights like these and they look fantastic. Good job man!

Thanks for the kind words. It was fun experimenting with different and new (to me) methods / designs. Next will likely be the tail lights.