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Projectors for sale

4/28/2012

Ok, i'm going to post this here so I can easily upload the pics and add a description:

Pair (Two of each)
Valeo 3" Bi-Xenon Projectors
Valeo Slim Mount HID Ballasts
Osram HID Bulbs
New 3" STi-R Clear Lenses (to improve the output/cutoff)

These came out of a GMC Arcadia.
These are in Like-New condition as they were inside an un-damaged headlight.
Ballasts are fine and firing without problems everytime.
Solenoid for the Projectors are perfect and fire everytime.
These also come with brand new 3" STi-R Clear Lenses so you can swap out the stock lenses to improve the output and cutoff of the projector even more than it was from stock.

I picked these up for a project that I'm going a different direction in, so my loss is your gain.
Basic All-in-One projector kits like this start for around $275; I'm willing to sell these for $200 plus shipping OBO.

If you have any questions, feel free to email, text or call.
Thanks

Travis
Trax Customs
Owner
208.577.8167
[email protected]

Aftermarket Headlights on a BMW 540i

4/28/2012

Troy came in with his 97 BMW 540i and some aftermarket DJ Auto headlights.
These have a better projector and CCFL Halo lighting than the stock headlights...even in this case where the car didn't come with HIDs....but he already had a set of cheap aftermarket headlights installed.
All I was simply doing was re-wiring everything and putting the new lights in.

Re-wiring things (solder, tape, zip ties) was easy and difinitely helped the clutted behind the lights.
The tricky part was that the new headlights have CCFL lights, which can sense and turn on with very low voltage; the old lights had halogen halo lights (which is why they were so dim). But Halogen will not turn on with such low voltage, so you couldn't tell that the computer in the BMW is constantly checking to see if the lights are still working. Once the CCFLs were installed, they flickered....randomly....like strobe lights. I rewired them differently 4-5 times until we settled on having them wired into the fog lights for now.
I say for now, as the passenger side headlight came with a bad CCFL halo...so we will be warranty swapping that for a new one. Then the company might have an answer for the CCFL issues. Oh well...I can already tell the output is much better with these lights.....kind of wierd going from an American Cutoff to a European cutoff.....muuuuuch different.

Project One Off Solsti - Foglights almost done

4/27/2012

Been chuggin' away at other projects, but this one is coming along. Just a few more things to do then I can seal these up and ship them out.

This custom made board will be wired into a Plug n Play custom bulb socket that will....well....plug into the stock bulb holder and 'play' nicely with the electrical system.

Trax Rapid Jumper

4/21/2012

Rags brought his 21' Weldcraft with a 450 hp 8.1 liter with a Hamilton 212 pump.
This unit didn't come with a stereo of any kind....so we needed to put something in that will piss off the other fishermen out there.....as well as give him the drivin' music to be able to get up some of those gnarly rapids.

Here is what we installed:
Clarion M309 Marine CD/MP3 Player with USB/iPod inputs
Memphis Marine MR 5.750 5 Channel Amp (80x4, 350x1)
Memphis Power Reference 6.5" Coaxial Speakers up front x 4
Memphis Marine MM62 6.5" Coaxial Speakers in the rear
Digital Designs 12" 1000 series Woofer in a custom made ported enclosure

We were originally going to just put the Power Reference speakers in, but then I remember I had the Marine speakers for the golf cart project....so we used those.
So technically, power-wise, this boat is at:
50x4 up front, 80x2 in the rear and 350x1 for the subwoofer.

The fronts and rear sound perfect...and since it's an aluminum boat, projects the sound all around and does a good job of it.
The DD sub fit perfectly under the boat's front un-used cabin area, and the port loaded off the front live-well perfectly.....deep deeeeep bass inside and it carries VERY well outside...shaking things inside the garage while we were tuning it.

All in all, this boat system does exactly what Rags wanted it to do, all while only installing a very minimal footprint of electronics.

Project Wicked Solstice - Pre Assembled

4/21/2012

Got the Wicked Solsti headlights retro'd and ready for owners final decision on whether to leave it all wicked or add some black accent paint in there.

So far they look good....they'll look even better once I'm done adding the CCFL lighting....but for now they will remain all wicked.

Project "I still have no idea what I'm going to call it" - Update

4/18/2012

So slowly but surely I've been getting parts for the truck.
So far we have:

Black Replacement Carpet (Switching Interior from Blue to Black with Grey Accents)
Custom Made Seat Covers
Sport Mirrors
Custom Range Rover Front Clip (Headlights will be retro'd and LED'd out)
Smoked Tails

Just this week I received all my audio equipment:
Digital Designs 6.5" Component System x 2
Digital Designs 8" 2500 series Subwoofer, custom platnium carbon fiber dust cap
Digital Designs MONSTER SS5 5 Channel Amp - 120x4, 800x1 (yup, you read that right)

So, now I just have to find the time to tear into it, get it ready for Paint (Full body paint) and then the audio nonsense can begin.

Words cannot express how excited I am about this beast of a sub.....800 watts RMS....giggidy!

Custom Subwoofer Box for Trax's Rapid Jumper (Jet Boat)

4/18/2012

So Rags is coming down from Salmon and bringing his new jet boat to get a sound system installed. I'll post pics of that when it's all said and done.
Products:
Clarion Marine Headunit
Memphis Audio 6.5" Coaxials x 4
Memphis Audio 5 channel Amp
Digital Designs 1012 12" Subwoofer in a ported enclosure

Box was a basic design I had made for someone and they didn't come through.....so, sealed it up perfectly, bedliner'd it, and called it a day.
Then thought might as well make this the center piece of the install....so i threw some plexi on there. Painted one side black, threw a DD sticker on the other side.....worked out perfectly.

HID Upgrade in a Dodge

4/17/2012

Had a client with a 2009 Dodge Ram come in wanting a serious HID Upgrade.

Recieved Digital Low/High Beam 6000k HIDs as well as some Digital 6000k Foglights.
The trick with this one was the Dodge's CAN-BUS system. In the past you've usually had to bypass the headlight circuit and splice the system into the Parking Light circuit...it worked, but sucked.

Not now....the specially made harness solved all these issues and everything works as it should.

He also had his driver side fog lamp recieve a HUGE rock chip that damaged the housing...so I replace that as well.

Bright Bright Bright!!

Project Wicked Solstice - Kill it with Paint!!!!

4/17/2012

My painter bro-namath got to all the parts I sent him.

Here is some progress pics of them.

I'll be assembling these for client approval soon.

Till then...

Accord DLS Speaker Pods

4/15/2012

Client came by today with a monster set of DLS MS6A Component speakers he wanted to put in his Accord. After palying around with placement, it was obvious these badboys weren't going to fit normally. Custom Pods it was!!!!
Jason had an extra set of speaker grill covers, so that made this easier knowing that he can go back to stock easily if needed.

First thing was first....remove old UBER small Bose speaker.....it was cute.

Mocked up the stock grill, cut out what I needed, then cut a ring to fit the pod....after some trimming here and there, she fit like a dream. Tacked that into place and she got some Duraglas love. After that, i secured the pods from the backside, then stretched Grill Cloth over them and they recieved a final sealer coat of resin. Grinded that down, threw some matching carpet over them like their neighbors to the sides of them...and BOOM goes the dynamite.

Tweeters were simple enough....cut giant hole in door, place awesome basketball-esque tweeter in it's place.

He wanted these re-wired and ran to the rear for his 4 channel amp, so I'm not sure what these will sound like...but I KNOW they'll pound better than that cute little 3" Bose thought was a good attempt at Sound Quality.

This was a fun little project....can't wait to do more on this.

Project Wicked Solstice has begun

4/15/2012

Ed swung by the shop early this spring, as he was in town visiting family. We discussed some options for his Solstice and come up with a pretty good plan. Once he got back to Texas, he sent me the lights and I've just begun to work on them.

So far, all I've done is prep everything for paint. These badboys will be getting a complete washout of Wicked paint. Wicked is GM's Ruby Red Metallic color. Ed liked the way the Corvette's headlights look, so we are going to see how they turn out on a solstice. If he changes his mind, it'll be easier to paint certain parts black, than viceversa.

Biggest thing was taking apart the new Version 3 FX-R hybrid projectors....these are a bit different than the Version 1 or 2's that I'm use to....but they are ready and good to go. Also, on these newer projectors, they are wider in the lens holder area, so significant mods were made to the Gatlin shroud in order for it to fit.......lots of dust flyin' around after this one.

Paint on Monday, Retro on Tuesday, mod the lights and should have these ready to go soon.

Quick DDin DVD Player in a Nissan

4/13/2012

Had a buddy of mine that was in need of an upgrade.

Wanted a deck that would allow him to do everything he wanted but wasn't sure what was available.

JVC to the rescue. This JVC KW-AV70BT Double Din Multimedia unit does it all; coupled with a KS-U30 Video iPod Cord and Sirius' SXV100v1 Tuner Kit, this deck will do HD Radio, Satellite Radio, Bluetooth, Pandora, USB and SD Card reading, as well as DVD Playback with future expansions of a backup camera. This deck doesn't offer Navigation out of the box, but with a simple download of JVC Navigation App on his smart phone, the owner will have a fully featured Navigation unit as well. With a few Metra Vehicla Specific parts, this big beast fit nicely into the 2009 Nissan Frontiers Dash.

Saturn DD Install

4/10/2012

Had a return client come in for a full DD Audio system install. I recently installed a single 12" DD Audio package system into his car, with about 350 watts of power. It was good enough to get him into the spirit of good sound. A few months later he's back for more....in a big way.

We kept the 600 watt amp I installed, but we swapped out for (2) two 12" 500 series woofers in a custom made slot ported box.
I replaced the stock speakers (which were factory amplified premium speakers) with DD's CS5.2 and CS6.5 component speakers to provide with crisp, clear sound. Installed the crossovers in the doors and hardwired them back to the new 4 channel DD Audio amplifier.

Originally I installed the 600 watt mono amp on the back seat, but seeing as how the 4 channel amp was the same size, there just wasn't enough room for this to happen. So, after a few minutes of playing around with location, up under the deck lid was where they both went.
Install was a bit difficult, as in order to get them up there and miss the subwoofer box and the deck lid when it shuts, I had to put them in JUST the right spot. Now the amps are completely hidden and out of the way, and if the box needs to be removed, you can't even tell the car has an aftermarket system installed......just the way I like it.

Without any sound deadening installed, this system actually sounded amazing....this is DD's entry level system, and I'm more than impressed with it.

Customer will be back for sound deadening and more fire power under the hood (Battery)....but for now, he's one happy customer.

Project Demon Solsti......On Car

4/6/2012

Owner sent me over some on-car pics of the headlights he purchased.......turned out great.
He's un-sure if he wants to re-install the red covers.....I'm 50/50 on that.....It think they look great as is.......thoughts????

Plug n Play Projector Foglights get a Donor Car

4/3/2012

Had a local car guy step up and allow me to borrow his wife's car for the night.....good thing, as my original adjustments would have been way off (way to go Pontiac for making something level that should have been level).

Anyways, as you can clearly see, the only thing that is different about these lights compared to stock is the method of output. The bulb is the exact same bulb, nothing higher powered.....and i'm thinkng it's about 150% more coverage where needed....out front and down low. The stock fogs provide a better IMMEDIATE up front coverage, but they disappear after 20-30 feet....not these upgraded bad boys....they'll keep going muuuch further.

Now that I have these leveled how I needed them, i can get on to designing the LED layout for the turn signals.

Cheers

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