27-03-16, 11:53 AM
Yep, the complete kit price was too high for me too. But I'm a heavy machinery mechanic by profession so the DIY route wasn't much of a problem for me. And I had quite a bunch of wires, relays already in my toolboxes and a spare sheet of polycarbonate so the only actual cost for me was the projectors price (if we don't calculate own labor at all).
What comes to those chinese projectors and reliability, well only time will tell. I think that the reflector bowl chroming would be the first to deteriorate and cause rapid decline of light output. But because I use 35W HID system I don't think that would happen. And I don't plan to put 55W's on to them. And of course those LED light strips could deteriorate faster than normal because of the heat. We'll see :lol
IMO the looks of the bike is much better with those dark themed projectors. I didn't really like the front looks of the boxeye before but now its a lot better!
What comes to those chinese projectors and reliability, well only time will tell. I think that the reflector bowl chroming would be the first to deteriorate and cause rapid decline of light output. But because I use 35W HID system I don't think that would happen. And I don't plan to put 55W's on to them. And of course those LED light strips could deteriorate faster than normal because of the heat. We'll see :lol
IMO the looks of the bike is much better with those dark themed projectors. I didn't really like the front looks of the boxeye before but now its a lot better!