97-99 Toyota Camry Retrofit (lots of pictures)

[Greg Cheban]

Well my supervisor was always asking me to retro his headlights, but the reason why I didn't want to retro them is because, 1 it has flutted lens and 2 there is no aftermarket clear headlight lens made for Camry. So finally one day I agreed on retrofitting my supervisors. (It was a fun retro)

First task was to make the custom clear lenses. I used clear acrylic to make the lens. For projector I used FX35 projectors with OEM clear lens, not a swap. After mounting them on, I vacuumed formed an ABS shroud (custom). When the shroud were done I installed D2S bulb (85122+), and aimed them.

This whole retro was a challenge, but at the end I had lots of positive feedback. Enjoy!!

Stock flutted Lens


custom clear Lens sits in perfectly next to corner light without gaps.





Close view



with the light on



Front with the lights off.



Xenon at the start up.



Lights on after the start up.



Now the night shots. In this picture I took the shot right at the cut off.



the output.







in this picture picture the car was 25 feet from the wall. ( I zoomed in)



Driver side cut off.





passenger side cut off.





High beam activated.

[JavaJoe_2]

Very nice!

[redgen1]

wow dude, looks great!

[campfire9]

That is really great. How long did it take you to do the conversion and how big of a vacuum form machine do you have to do this kind of work. GOOD on you!

[Greg Cheban]

That is really great. How long did it take you to do the conversion and how big of a vacuum form machine do you have to do this kind of work. GOOD on you!

I took me 2 days to complete this project. I have a home made vacuum form machine. I'm using a regular size kitchen oven and the size of the table is somewhere around 2ft. X 1ft.

[Gangis]

Oh wow. Maybe I should have you do retros for my Gen 1.5 Solara?

I'm impressed, job well done.

[Greg Cheban]

Oh wow. Maybe I should have you do retros for my Gen 1.5 Solara?

I'm impressed, job well done.

Well I'm almost done with one of the member's Solara gen 1 retrofit from this forum (Mr_Chunkz) just waiting for the shroud to get chromed. One of the easiest retros that I made. It took me 1 day and a half to retrofit them, but the chroming part take minimum 2 weeks.

[SleeperSolara]

Oh wow. Maybe I should have you do retros for my Gen 1.5 Solara?

I'm impressed, job well done.

Well I'm almost done with one of the member's Solara gen 1 retrofit from this forum (Mr_Chunkz) just waiting for the shroud to get chromed.

Oh so you're the one doin' his retro. lol.
I was wantin' an ABS shroud for my retro.....

[Greg Cheban]

Oh wow. Maybe I should have you do retros for my Gen 1.5 Solara?

I'm impressed, job well done.

Well I'm almost done with one of the member's Solara gen 1 retrofit from this forum (Mr_Chunkz) just waiting for the shroud to get chromed.

Oh so you're the one doin' his retro. lol.
I was wantin' an ABS shroud for my retro.....

The ABS shrouds are $65.00 + shipping for a set. They come in black, but you can paint them any color.

[---CAMRAZY---]

Very nice, kissass!

[Americanctm10]

Wow they look great. I might have to get you to do mine as well.

[Ruski]

Very nice, maybe you should start a business on Sg

[Gangis]

Guys, I called it first.

[TMMK Toy]

How much does that gen 4 camry conversion run? I got a 99 and that looks beautiful and light output looks better than stock with the Xenons. True HIDs im guessin?

[Greg Cheban]

How much does that gen 4 camry conversion run? I got a 99 and that looks beautiful and light output looks better than stock with the Xenons. True HIDs im guessin?

I used Infiniti FX35 true bi-xenon projectors (so high and low beam are true xenon). So the whole retro is no cheap, its $650.00 shipped in U.S.