F50 projectors

I wonder if the reason why its so crappy for night time light is due to the fact each projector is cut off by a metal half bubble.

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So this is what my car sees when driving around haha


taken from
[url]http://my350z.com/forum/exterior-and-interior/476676-my-q45-retrofit-project.html[/url]

It's probably so the car has a proper cutoff line but I can see how it would limit the amount of light transmitted.

yeah, the "metal half bubbles" are the cutoff shields. without them you will throw light up as well as forward/down. the reason the llighting is so poor is because the size of the lens no doubt. they only allow so much light to be scattered only so far. on top of that each individual lens has to be aimed exactly to get a decent cutoff. i've seen a couple sets where this wasn't the case. these projectors are for cosmetics only as fas as i'm concerned.
 
i'd like to see an f50 with some better performing projectors retrofitted. i wonder how much it would change the look of the front end.

these projectors light up the road pretty nicely on my car imo :shrug:

^^disagree.

cut them off and lets see what happens.

I want to see what happens...

removing the cut off shields is a horrible idea.
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the shields are what make the cut off line. if you remove them you will have as much light above the cut off as you do below.

[QUOTE=OG;387110]removing the cut off shields is a horrible idea.
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the shields are what make the cut off line. if you remove them you will have as much light above the cut off as you do below.[/QUOTE]
 
THIS.  It will actually make it harder to see because the light will be scattered all over and reflect back at you from street sign above and other random things rather than from the area and surfaces you actually want to see.

It's true as good as they look the light output is really poor.

Ok I am taking some glass and making one giant projector hahhhaha

[QUOTE=arabretard;386885]these projectors light up the road pretty nicely on my car imo :shrug:[/QUOTE]

I dnt have no problems with mines either, im more than happy wit the results, thought it would be worst than what i heard....

This is my cut off in front of my friends garage shop
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Right cutoff seems wrong. Like the projector came from a right hand drive car.

never though i would hear about cut off experts lol. All i know is i hate the contrast so much from seeing, and not seeing. Makes for to much stuff to just pop out at any time when going down a while as it flattens out to go up another hill.. which is a what we have a lot here in washington. I would much rather see forever
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Headlights with out cut off lines lol

[QUOTE=normandie;387571]Right cutoff seems wrong. Like the projector came from a right hand drive car.[/QUOTE]

It did =) and i see at night jus fine, i have no issues (my autoleveling still works too) how does urs look normandie??

Same blurry cutoff on mine. Q45 projectors are not known for sharp cutoffs. Can't beat them as far as looks, right?

yes on my old F50 it didn't light up the road well at all...

[QUOTE=normandie;387622]Same blurry cutoff on mine. Q45 projectors are not known for sharp cutoffs. Can't beat them as far as looks, right?[/QUOTE]

I wana see how the U.S. left hand drive cut off look, or whats the difference, compare to the right hand drive thats in my retro...

RHD cut off is like ____/------


LHD cut off  is like -----\____

[QUOTE=cefiro;387719]I wana see how the U.S. left hand drive cut off look, or whats the difference, compare to the right hand drive thats in my retro...[/QUOTE]

Yeah, your driver side projector is fine. Only the passenger side has the wrong cutoff.  It' supposed to have the higher step to illuminate street signs.

[QUOTE=normandie;387740]Yeah, your driver side projector is fine. Only the passenger side has the wrong cutoff.  It' supposed to have the higher step to illuminate street signs.[/QUOTE]

Ohh Ok thats what i wanted to know, so every car that comes with projectors, has a higher cut-off on the right than the left? I never took notice :shrug: =)