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Infiniti Q45 HID Projector Installation

December 10, 2009 by admin

As some of you know I was working for a long time on putting some HID’s in my car. Of course….I couldn’t do it the easy way by getting a plug and play kit off ebay. It just wouldn’t be as fun without using power tools.

Well I talked to my friend who happens to work at Sylvania. We got the top of the line projectors, which happen to be the same bi-functions they put in the 2005 Vipers, and parked my car for a couple weeks. I somehow had to get more room behind each of my headlights for the projectors. The battery had to go to the trunk and I either had to design or buy a cold air intake for the Q45. Luckily I got in touch with Terry who had already designed the intake and he was able to finish one quickly so I could get my project moving. This first picture is of the car with the headlights, battery and air box out.

Infiniti Q45 Projector Headlight Retrofit

This next picture is of me drilling the hole in order to put the tube down for my CAI. My air filter is now sitting directly behind my running light on the left. By the way….BIG power difference with the intake.

Infiniti Q45 Projector Headlight Retrofit

In this next picture we are actually baking the headlamps to a temperature of 250 degrees for about 5 or 10 minutes. The allows the hot melt used to seal the lenses on to melt just enough for us to peel them off without damaging anything. The picture directly after that is of the headlamp with the lens off, prior to any modifications.

Infiniti Q45 Projector Headlight Retrofit
Infiniti Q45 Projector Headlight Retrofit

Finally it was time to start cutting. It just so happened that the hole previously used to put a cup over and seal up the old bulbs was the perfect size for our hole saw. It gave us a dead center hole with perfect placement and a guide for the saw. It also helped in aiming the light when we glued it in.
Infiniti Q45 Projector Headlight Retrofit

The next picture is of the headlamp with the hole cut in it and also a projector which we used to help us with some of the extra cutting we did. That is not one of the bi-function projectors and it has not been finished like mine are.

Infiniti Q45 Projector Headlight Retrofit

The next picture is of the projector placed in its final resting point in the housing. We used epoxy to glue it in place.

Infiniti Q45 Projector Headlight Retrofit

Now its time to put the lens back on.Its a little trickier than taking it off. We used a heat gun to melt all of the hot melt and then used black silicone to insure that it was going to seal.
Infiniti Q45 Projector Headlight Retrofit

Now the projectors needed to be sealed from large amounts of water getting inside. The only way we could think to seal it on this car, was by cutting a football in half and using the inner bladder to cup over it.

Infiniti Q45 Projector Headlight Retrofit

Questions, comments, or just want to talk about your Q45? Check out the Infiniti Q45 Forum!


Filed Under: Q45 Articles Tagged With: headlamp, headlamps, headlights, HID, infiniti, projectors, q45

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