My 8g galant

[Nick VR4]

Very nice car

[tesna]

thx Nick,

btw, I think I want to increase the height of my front suspension and reduce the stiffness on the rears. The problem is, all four side is set to the hardest position, but still I feel the rears are stiffer than the fronts. I think it's because the front got a lot of weight from the engine. I also want to increase the height of the fronts about 10mm, to make it easier when dealing with speed bumps. But I don't want to change the height of the back. Would that be a problem or not?

[ralliart-type-s]

Like the ride Tesna, looking good, I also like the tiled garage floor ( note to self- tile da garage floor !! )

[vanvan]

Damn, that is really, really nice. I can only hope I can get my future VR4 looking as sweet as that. Good work man! Great ride height, and really good wheels.

[RALLI//ART]

Nice Wheels!

[vr4moose]

Ok, here's my galant.

2000 Mitsubishi Galant, 6A13 N/A, AT

-18" Enkei Zenkei rims with 225/40/18 tires
-Koni adjustable shocks with H&R springs
-unknown brand of front strut bar
-HKS air filter replacement
-6000K H7 HID kit
-Leather seats
-double din touchscreen, dvd, divx, bluetooth, sd card reader, ipod ready, 5.1 output head unit (cheap chinese/korean brand)
-5.1 performance teknique amp
-front 6,5" JBL splits (I'm about to replace it)
-stock rear 6,5" coax
-rockford subs (forgot the model no)
-center speaker taken from logitech z-5300 (lol)
-deadened all lower half of the interiors

LOVELY CAR AND GARAGE, A CREDIT TO YOU....

[tesna]

it's been a while, I just want to update to show now I got proper HID setup. I retrofitted my headlight with projectors that comes from an mazda rx-8. Here's the beam results:

Altough it's not the best projector, and it's still using 6000K china made bulbs and ballast but overall I'm impressed with the result. The beam is more intense, spreads evenly, wider, and no glare!

I'm planning to replace the bulbs with philips 4300K but it is so hard to find these in my country with reasonable price.

[ritch_w]

looks good!
how did u fit the mazda projectors?

[psbarham]

Nice , any pic's of the headlights themselves?

oh and the missus wants your house

[elnevio]

Very nice! Will you be doing a 'how to' guide?

[Johnny_Cashed]

very nice, HID done the right way. A how-to would be appreciated

[tesna]

I did not fit them myself, mainly the work done by a workshop but I observe most of the build process. I use writeups on hidplanet.com's forum as my primary guide. From the mounting method, correct alignment, lens spacing to gain color, etc. Everything is there. Very very helpful.

First thing is open up the headlight lens plastic cover. I use heatgun to heat the sealants on the edges and use screwdriver to open up the plastic lens/cover. Then remove original low beam reflector.

Originally I use plastic sheet to mount the projector, as it's quite easy to cut and form and connect it to original reflector mounting screws so that I still can adjust the beam using factory adjustment screws. But after several days the projector mounting on one side of my headlight is broken. Therefore I use metal sheet and form it to hold the projector in place, but very painful process to cut and form the metal sheet.

To cover the gap around the projector I use 5mm thick plastic sheet and paint it black. I'm planning to add ccfl rings around the projector lens, currently I don't use parker lights.

[Johnny_Cashed]

Interesting Tesna, is the projector bi-xenon? Did you consider screwing the projector unit to the original reflector so you could still use the beam adjustment motors?

HID planet is a great site for this information. I'm trying at the moment to aquire a second Hella E55 bi-xenon projector from a W213 e-class so I have a matching pair to use in my own car. The only thing that concerns me is that my oven is not large enough to fit the whole headlamp unit in, and I am worried about cracking the glass using a heatgun.

[tesna]

No it's a single xenon. I don't have adjustment motors for my headlight. Btw, although I don't use original reflector to mount the projector, I'm still able to use original beam adjustment screws to adjust the beam (left-right, up-down) since I connect the custom made projector mount to original reflector mount screws.

Maybe if I found good deal on bi-xenon projectors I will replace them, or even mount it on high beam reflector location (quad projectors)

I only use the heatgun around the edges of the lens to heat up/melt the sealants. I've opened up my headlights several times and so far my lens still intact. Make sure you don't use excessive force though.

[Wodjno]

Thats a Sweet looking Mota

And for Ole Wodj to say that about a No Arse Saloon

Sweet

Those wheels ? Are they 8" wide

[tesna]

thanks

it's just 7.5" wide, with 42 offset

[Turbo_Steve]

Tasty Fish!!!

[ersanalamin]

KHK, thanks Rear spoiler? you mean the wing we put at the top of the boot? If so, I don't really like it, I like my car simple.

Strizi, thanks I use yellow adjustable konis with H&R springs. Yeah it's low, I put 1 cm lower than the highest position (the spring support on the shock can be moved up and down).

LOL put the original VR4 spoiler on mine, dont you like it? he he he. It create downforce. I notice a big difference when I drove it on highway after installed. I bought it from CVR4 member in hongkong