Projector/LED headlight conversion on SN95?

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Disappointed with the stock headlights. HID’s are no improvement, IMHO. So now there’s nothing left to do but try LED’s. But, I’ve come to learn that if you want LED’s, ya gotta switch to Projector headlights.
Is this a big deal? Or is it pretty much plug-n-play like swapping out replacement headlight assemblies? Any brands I should look for specifically? Or avoid? Addis also wire looms needed? Tricks? Nuances?

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not plug in play. The first step is to separate the front and the back of the lights and you do this with heat either in the oven or with a heat gun and then pry them apart. Its not as easy as it sounds to get them apart clean with out damage as the glue they use can be pretty strong. Once its out then its not too hard to put everything back together as long as you seal it all up perfectly. Its a few hours work if you know what your doing. I only did it once and I probably have 6 hours into mine.
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Is it worth it? That is up to you to decide.
 
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Instead of all that hassle, aren’t there projector headlight assemblies that can be swapped out?
 

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They make one or two that have projectors in the the problem is that they are cheap pieces of crap. That big lens that hangs off the front of it has to be precision made in order to get good results out of them and the ones premade do not qualify and you end up with a bad looking light output from them. I had a set of those before I did my own. There are people that will do it for you but by the time you are into the actual light assembly, the projector retrofit and then the HID/leds to go in them and the labor to do it all that you are in the $500 range pretty quick.
 
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Oh hell.. I’m going to return the other bulbs and just go with the NAPA brilliant whites
 

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