InfiniteReality
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First thing I need to state that this idea may be a waste of money and time to get everything done like I want. I don't have expetactions of the carbon coming out perfect, but any defects in my workmanship will be hard to see being behind a lens. This ismy original retrofit.
https://www.hayabusa.org/forum/threads/morimoto-mini-d2s-retrofit-mini-how-to.189272/
Finally getting around to doing my 2nd Hayabusa retrofit, figured now's a good time so I can install it when I put my OEM fairings back on. This retrofit will have dual Morimoto Mini H1 Bi-Xenon projectors, Morimoto ballasts, Morimoto 5500K top bulb and Morimoto 3000K bottom bulb (to be different and I feel safer, lol). For added difficulty (and I love carbon) I'll be filling in the OEM shroud and skinning it in 2x2 twill carbon fiber.
I think with the information mabupa gave me, the lower projector may not be too hard to install and make my life easier thanks to his info. The top projector it's looking like I'll need to trim a space for the solenoid, hopefully that goes fairly easy. I have Iris and Occular shrouds for the top projector, since I'm filling in the area on the lower shroud, Iris may look the best. So my headlight isn't 100% carbon fiber, I'm thinking I'll paint the Iris shroud satin black or maybe the metallic charcoal I just sprayed my nitrous bottle. I have enough to skin it in carbon, but may be too much carbon (is that a thing? lol).
While apart I sprayed gloss black to the areas where the 194 running light bulbs go. I don't run them because they don't quite match my HID so I just leave the bulb in there but disconnected. Being black will allow it to blend in nicely especially due to the lens being diffused for them and I can leave bulbs out too.
So far I have the OEM shroud filled in, sanded and painted black (so it doesn't bleed through the fiber). Nice part about that is I can just build the Bondo up (did do in layers), I mainly just need a fairly smooth shape that's identical on both sides. I got my fiber ready and sprayed the OEM shroud with adhesive so I could get it to stick to it. After that a light coat, enough to wet the fiber, of 2 part epoxy. Used the heat gun to remove any pinhole air bubbles and gave that a couple hours to some what dry. Came back with a heavier coat, used heat gun and that's where it's at right now. Still looks rough, future pictures should look alot better.
Tonight I'll do alot of wet sanding to knock down the high spots and apply another coat of epoxy. I may repeat that step again tomorrow depending how it looks. This will be a work in progress and I'll update as I go through the steps, sort of hoping starting a thread will push me to get it done quicker without rushing. There's also some orange demon eyes that will be installed as well, possibly to use as a DRL. Definitely have some re-wiring to do on the bike to get stuff operating like I want.
https://www.hayabusa.org/forum/threads/morimoto-mini-d2s-retrofit-mini-how-to.189272/
Finally getting around to doing my 2nd Hayabusa retrofit, figured now's a good time so I can install it when I put my OEM fairings back on. This retrofit will have dual Morimoto Mini H1 Bi-Xenon projectors, Morimoto ballasts, Morimoto 5500K top bulb and Morimoto 3000K bottom bulb (to be different and I feel safer, lol). For added difficulty (and I love carbon) I'll be filling in the OEM shroud and skinning it in 2x2 twill carbon fiber.
I think with the information mabupa gave me, the lower projector may not be too hard to install and make my life easier thanks to his info. The top projector it's looking like I'll need to trim a space for the solenoid, hopefully that goes fairly easy. I have Iris and Occular shrouds for the top projector, since I'm filling in the area on the lower shroud, Iris may look the best. So my headlight isn't 100% carbon fiber, I'm thinking I'll paint the Iris shroud satin black or maybe the metallic charcoal I just sprayed my nitrous bottle. I have enough to skin it in carbon, but may be too much carbon (is that a thing? lol).
While apart I sprayed gloss black to the areas where the 194 running light bulbs go. I don't run them because they don't quite match my HID so I just leave the bulb in there but disconnected. Being black will allow it to blend in nicely especially due to the lens being diffused for them and I can leave bulbs out too.
So far I have the OEM shroud filled in, sanded and painted black (so it doesn't bleed through the fiber). Nice part about that is I can just build the Bondo up (did do in layers), I mainly just need a fairly smooth shape that's identical on both sides. I got my fiber ready and sprayed the OEM shroud with adhesive so I could get it to stick to it. After that a light coat, enough to wet the fiber, of 2 part epoxy. Used the heat gun to remove any pinhole air bubbles and gave that a couple hours to some what dry. Came back with a heavier coat, used heat gun and that's where it's at right now. Still looks rough, future pictures should look alot better.
Tonight I'll do alot of wet sanding to knock down the high spots and apply another coat of epoxy. I may repeat that step again tomorrow depending how it looks. This will be a work in progress and I'll update as I go through the steps, sort of hoping starting a thread will push me to get it done quicker without rushing. There's also some orange demon eyes that will be installed as well, possibly to use as a DRL. Definitely have some re-wiring to do on the bike to get stuff operating like I want.