GB: Bi-xenon HID PROJECTOR - SakeBomb Garage
 

We all know that the stock headlights on the Rx-7 are vastly inadequate for driving at night. We finally decided to fix this problem once and for all. SakeBomb Garage is pleased to offer the first and only true 'pop-up' Bi-Xenon Projector HID kit for the FD.






HID Lighting 101:
Other HID “kits” use the stock headlight housing in conjunction with a Xenon bulb. The plus side, they are unbelievably cheap. The negative side? Typically these setups:
-blind other drivers
-have a horrible field of view
-severely scatter the light
-have uneven lighting with no cutoff
-actually WORSEN your night vision (they throw intense light into the foreground (actually making your pupils close) causing your distance night-vision to become worse than with your stock halogen lights)

Projector HID's on the other hand are what is used in every OEM HID lighting setup. Our Projectors:
-Have a very even dispersion of light
-Have a very wide dispersion of light
-Have a very long throw (with high beams)
-Illuminate much larger portions of the road while not ruining your night vision
-Oh yeah, and they don't blind other drivers, or attract attention from people who may or may not drive Crown Victorias


To truly see the difference you need to see our kit in person, pictures honestly don’t do it justice.

The SakeBomb Garage Projector HID kit is plug and play. Simply pop out your own lights, trim the headlight bucket, pop in the new lights, and connect the ground and power cable.



HIGHLIGHTS:
~New headlight housings, with bi-xenon (high/low) projectors
~Optically clear projector lenses
~New (OEM) Philips 4300K bulbs.
~High quality 35 watt weatherproofed ballast
~Plug and play wiring harness specifically for the FD


At the request of a few forum members, we are offering as an option the Mistubishi Generation 4 35w OEM ballast, to replace the aftermarket ones included in our standard kit. Functionally these are the same 35w output as the aftermarket ballasts, so the light output will be the identical. It's basically a name brand vs generic choice, but we wanted to give people the option to choose.


Pricing:
$750 - Standard
$830 - Upgraded Ballasts

(Buyer pays actual shipping cost)


As you can clearly see (no pun intended ), these are not your cheap h4 conversion kit lights. There is an unbelievable amount of work which goes into creating each kit, but once you install these lights in your car you will quickly realize why you could NEVER go back to anything else! This kit, while retaining the stock appearance, brings to the FD the lighting quality and output of this decade!


NOTE **Unfortunately we got our subforum on RCC a little late. The current GB we are running is ending at the end of THIS MONTH (OCTOBER)!! Payments must be made by Nov. 1st to be included in this GB. **

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One week left!

This looks pretty decent! I have a few questions though,

Do you have any pictures of the retrofit? Is the the projector fitted into a stock reflector housing, usable with the stock shroud ect?

What projectors are used with this kit?

Do you have pictures of the cut off against a wall? Has the cut off been modified in any way, for sharpness or flicker?

How were the ballasts weatherproofed? Silicone dipped or thermally conductive epoxy inside?

Is there any rotational adjustment for the projectors to level/line the cut off up?

Shipping to Canada?

Thanks :)

Hey, Thanks for your interest. We had everything in slideshows but unfortunately RCC wont accept HTML code so we cant display the slide shows we have of all of the parts. I'll post pics and video of everything but all of the explanations that normally go along with our pictures wont be there.

Shipping to Canada is not a problem and we can get a price quote for you if you are interested. The projectors we use are FX projectors with optically clear lenses. The cutoff is very sharp and does have blue/purple flicker at the top of the cutoff. The ballasts are weather-sealed (i believe a silicone gasket... though I havent taken them apart). Yes the lights can be adjusted up/down and L/R just like stock using the stock adjustment screws :) I'll post pics, video, and sideshows below. -Heath

CLICK HERE FOR SLIDESHOW -> http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/w...rage2smB2d.jpg

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CLICK (Why buy projectors compared to much much cheaper H4 HID retrofit kit)-> http://s723.photobucket.com/albums/w...ACK_SQUARE.jpg

Awesome. Count me in, just let me know what the shipping cost would be and where to send the money! I imagine you'll do paypal?

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PAYMENTS:

Paypal - sakebombgarage@gmail.com

e-check payment is preferred as we are not charged the 3% paypal fee for the transaction, and therefore don't pass any extra cost on to the customer (either up front in the price or afterwards in the payment process). **Please add 3% to the total if using STANDARD paypal.** We decided that it would be better to NOT build in this 3% into to the cost up front, but give customers the option to save the money. Unfortunately it adds some confusion to the payment process. (Please contact me if you choose to pay using e-check, and need any assistance using it. Basically paypal's e-check function is free because it withdraws money from your bank account instead of credit card... I guess paypal likes that method better and therefore does not charge for it) -Heath

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Less then a week left!

ok an actual updated list of EVERYONE so far signed up.

1. efiniste (RHD - standard ballast - UK) Lights/Shipping
2. Maximum (standard ballast) PAID
3. 93Silverbullet (standard ballast - 97405) shipping $20
4. SnkyDvl (standard ballast)
5. Highwind (standard ballast- 22153) shipping $14
6. GoodfellaFD3S
7. JdmRX (standard ballast) PAID
8. johgar (standard ballast – 98034) shipping $15
9. jmadams74 (standard ballast) PAID, but still owes a bit more
10. n rider89 (95050) shipping $18
11. phinsn98 (standard ballast)
12. TRISPEEDFD3S (standard ballast) PAID Picking up from Ginger man
13. Monkman33 (standard ballast – 99301) shipping $18
14. Railgun (46375) shipping $16
15. neit_jnf (standard ballast - 00692) shipping $35
16. aoc007 (upgraded ballast) PAID Picking up from Ginger man
17. BirdyRyu (Standard ballast - 92843) shipping $18
18. DaleClark (Standard ballast - 32504) PAID minus shipping
19. Bob H (Standard ballast- 78413) shipping $17
20. Chamama ( RHD - standard ballast - Bangladesh)
21.edd956 (upgraded ballast- 78541) shipping $17
22. Mobius from RCC (standard ballast) PAID

^ thanks dan :D

5 days left boys and girls....

all right im in

proz07------standard ballast (72023)

ill do the e-check once i know shipping

thanks
z

Updated :)

1. efiniste (RHD - standard ballast - UK) Lights/Shipping PAID
2. Maximum (standard ballast) PAID
3. 93Silverbullet (standard ballast - 97405) shipping $20
4. SnkyDvl (standard ballast) PAID
5. Highwind (standard ballast- 22153) shipping $14
6. GoodfellaFD3S (hasn't paid, picking up from Scrubby/Danno)
7. JdmRX (standard ballast) PAID
8. johgar (standard ballast – 98034) shipping $15
9. jmadams74 (standard ballast) PAID, but still owes a bit more
10. n rider89 (95050) shipping $18
11. phinsn98 (standard ballast)
12. TRISPEEDFD3S (standard ballast) PAID Picking up from Ginger man
13. Monkman33 (standard ballast – 99301) shipping $18
14. Railgun (46375) shipping $16
15. neit_jnf (standard ballast - 00692) shipping $35
16. aoc007 (standard ballast) PAID Picking up from Ginger man
17. BirdyRyu (Standard ballast - 92843) shipping $18
18. DaleClark (Standard ballast - 32504) PAID minus shipping
19. Bob H (Standard ballast- 78413) shipping $17
20. Chamama ( RHD - standard ballast - Bangladesh)
21.edd956 (upgraded ballast- 78541) shipping $17
22. Mobius from RCC (standard ballast - canada) PAID
23. proz07 from RCC (standard ballast - 72023) shipping $16
24. Fd3S2005 (standard ballast - 33328) shipping $16

lol weird seems iv been e-checking all my stuff.... didnt even know it good thing i havent been paying PP fees. at least i think ive been doing it right.

payment sent

z

What sort of time frame should I be expecting for this? I'd love to have them by next April.

proz07 - Thanks for the super fast payment :)
Mobius - After the GB closes we will order all of the parts and begin making the lights. We will ship them in the order that people are on the (main) list as each one is finished. We are aiming to have the last sets shipped before Christmas.

-Heath

1 day left till we close this thing....

Put me in for a set w/standard ballast.shipped to 22630
I'll ppal in the A.M.

No problem... Shipping will be $16. Thanks, Heath :driving:

Payment sent.

Update time :)

The GB is now CLOSED :seeya:

1. efiniste (RHD - standard ballast - UK) Lights/Shipping PAID
2. Maximum (standard ballast) PAID
3. 93Silverbullet (standard ballast - 97405) shipping $20
4. http://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/angel.gif SnkyDvl (standard ballast) PAID
5. Highwind (standard ballast- 22153) PAID
6. GoodfellaFD3S (hasn't paid, picking up from Scrubby/Danno)
7. JdmRX (standard ballast) PAID
8. johgar (standard ballast – 98034) PAID received check
9. jmadams74 (standard ballast) PAID, but still owes a bit more
10. n rider89 (95050) PAID Will pick up
11. phinsn98 (standard ballast)
12. TRISPEEDFD3S (standard ballast) PAID Picking up from Ginger man
13. Monkman33 (standard ballast – 99301) shipping $18
14. Railgun (46375) PAID
15. neit_jnf (standard ballast - 00692) shipping $35
16. aoc007 (standard ballast) PAID Picking up from Ginger man
17. BirdyRyu (Standard ballast - 92843) shipping $18
18. DaleClark (Standard ballast - 32504) PAID
19. Bob H (Standard ballast- 78413) PAID
20. Chamama ( RHD - standard ballast - Bangladesh)
21.edd956 (upgraded ballast- 78541) shipping $17
22. Mobius from RCC (standard ballast - canada) PAID
23. proz07 from RCC (standard ballast - 72023) PAID
24. Fd3S2005 (standard ballast - 33328) shipping $16
25. rxcited2 (standard ballast - pickup in Bay Area) PAID
26. artowar (standard ballast)PAID
27. 2gslse from RCC PAID

Just a quick update guys, parts are ordered and we are waiting on them to arrive (the large order cleared out a few vendors, and we are still waiting on a few additional parts so we can get going). We should have an update with some REAL progress shortly. :) -Heath

Great!!! can't wait to see them (and the road) I drove my car the other night w/the candles that mazda calls headlights

Hi, efiniste pointed me at these projectors but I see I'm too late :(

Do you by any chance have any spare sets or are you likely to be doing any more?

Any updates???

do you need RHD or LHD? We may be able to come up with an extra set... shoot me an email @ sakebombgarage@gmail.com



We're on it... parts are just taking longer than we had expected unfortunately. I've got 21 sets of housings here, all the various other parts, and a box-o-projectors is in the mail on the way to me now, and should be here in just a number of days. :icon_tup: That's the good news. :driving:

The bad news: :icon_tdown:
We've cleared out our vendors of housings, and are trying to locate the last 9 now. What this means is a temporary hold on the last 9 units until we get more housings. Hopefully this wont take too long, and we still have 21 sets to build now, but we're working on getting the rest of the housings now.

Good news for the first 21 on the list bad news for the rest of us :( oh well maybe I will move sooner the next time.

Emailed you last night :)

Ok here's what we have so far.....

The parts are taking longer than we had expected unfortunately. I've got 21 sets of housings here, all the various other parts, and a box-o-projectors is in the mail on the way to me now, and should be here in just a number of days. That's the good news.

The bad news:
We've cleared out our vendors of housings, and are trying to locate the last 9 now. What this means is a temporary hold on the last 9 units until we get more housings. Hopefully this wont take too long, and we still have 21 sets to build now, but we're working on getting the rest of the housings now.

So that's the latest update from the elves in Santa's workshop... hopefully Christmas wont come late this year http://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

1. efiniste (RHD - standard ballast - UK) Lights/Shipping PAID
2. Maximum (standard ballast) PAID
3. 93Silverbullet (standard ballast - 97405) shipping $20
4. SnkyDvl (standard ballast) PAID
5. Highwind (standard ballast- 22153) PAID
6. GoodfellaFD3S (hasn't paid, picking up from Scrubby/Danno)
7. JdmRX (standard ballast) PAID
8. johgar (standard ballast – 98034) PAID
9. jmadams74 (standard ballast) PAID, but still owes a bit more
10. n rider89 (95050) PAID Will pick up
11. phinsn98 (standard ballast)
12. TRISPEEDFD3S (standard ballast) PAID Picking up from Ginger man
13. Monkman33 (standard ballast)PAID
14. Railgun (46375) PAID
15. neit_jnf (standard ballast - 00692) PAID
16. aoc007 (standard ballast) PAID Picking up from Ginger man
17. BirdyRyu (Standard ballast - 92843) shipping $18
18. DaleClark (Standard ballast - 32504) PAID
19. Bob H (Standard ballast- 78413) PAID
20. Chamama ( RHD - standard ballast - Bangladesh) PAID
21.edd956 (upgraded ballast- 78541) shipping $17
22. Mobius from RCC (standard ballast - canada) PAID
23. proz07 from RCC (standard ballast - 72023) PAID
24. Fd3S2005 (standard ballast - 33328) shipping $16
25. rxcited2 (standard ballast - pickup in Bay Area) PAID
26. artowar (standard ballast)PAID
27. 2gslse from RCC (standard balast - 22630)
28. onefast3gen (aftermarket ballast) PAID
29. jmchin (Standard Ballast 95032) Pickup in Bay Area PAID

Well, Christmas is in a week. How are the lights making out? Any luck on finding more parts for the last nine?

last i read on 7club that numbers 24+ were still in limbo but they had a good lead to fill those last orders.

z

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aftermarket ballasts

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found a use for the reflector bulb shields ;)

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Sorry for the lack of updates everyone... I'll get some pics posted up shortly. So long story short, we've been working on the lights non stop and there are many many hours of work that is going into each set... it looks like we're not going to make the Christmas deadline.

On the plus side, we have purchased another 16 sets of housings which will be shipped soon. Since there are so many and shipping via air would have been the same price as the lights themselves they have to come by boat. We are probably looking at a 1.5-2 month wait... still waiting to hear back on final shipping times for the housings.

So in a nutshell, we are moving along but are still behind schedule. Sorry for the delays guys...

-Heath

How is everything coming now? Did you find enough housings yet?

I dropped an email several weeks ago but I take it there's no chance of any spare sets if you don't have enough housings for current orders?

Not sure how I missed it. We placed an order for 16 sets of housings which left around 8 extras (4 of which have sold already). They are coming by boat from Taiwan, and the estimated time frame is between 1-1.5 months for them to get to us (give or take). If you would like one of the remaining 4 let me know.

To everyone else waiting on lights... if you are #23 or below we are currently still working on them but getting very close. We have about half done. We'll post an update as soon as we have the last ones finished and then send tracking numbers. If you are later in the list please bear with us as we are simply waiting on the shipment from taiwan to arrive. -Heath

Dropped you an email :) Cheers!

hey dan / 3rotormotor, do you still have any extra's?

aftermarket ballast (77008)

thanks, mark

PM sent :icon_tup:

payment sent.........thanks again