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[1st Gen] Authoritative thread: 2002+ NSX Headlight Mods ~LED upgrades, Bounce Fix, NSX-R paint

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Instead of crowding our LED DRL thread with headlight modifications we felt it was best to separate this work away since there is so much information that deserves it's own thread.

Purpose of this thread is to show what can be done with for 2002+ NSX owners who have the fixed headlights. Although the look is very modern, the internals of this headlight is actually quite dated with shoddy materials and sub-par plastic parts which should be updated to modern standards.

A quick summary of our service and how it works is listed below:

1) You will contact us with your ideas or what modifications you want performed on your headlights
2) Once design is finalized, we will give you a quote and take a 50% deposit to initiate the work process and we will order parts / prep
3) You can either ship us your headlight for the work or we can source new headlights from Acura
3) When work is finished, we will contact you for final payment and the lights will be shipped out
4) Typical turn-around time is 1-2 weeks after we receive your lights depending on workload. We also offer a rushed service for a fee.

Typical rates start at $360 to open the headlights, keep in mind the below prices are in addition to the $360, if you do all the work at the same time, you only pay the $360 once, if you do it on separate occasions which we would not recommend as it weakens the plastic, it would be $360 each time.

So you ask what are the modifications we can do? We have been doing headlights modifications ever since the angel eyes of the e36/e46 M3 days and over the past 15 years have worked on over 200+ sets of lights from all brands. For the 2002+ NSX here are some general services but not limited to:

a) Open headlights to remove amber lense or replace with smoked lense (starts $180)
b) LED upgrade internally with LED's along lower portion of lense (starts at $250)
c) Strengthen/upgrade internal plastics to avoid the "Bounce" effect due to sloppy play from plastic shims ($180)
d) Custom paint internal lense such as NSX-R style with the GPW inner section, or matte black/gloss black (varies, shoot us a PM)
e) Projector retrofit to upgrade OEM projects to higher quality s2000 projector glass (not all projectors are created equal!) (varies, shoot us a PM)


Here are some samples of our work over the years, each one is specific for an NSX owner! If you have ideas on anything that is not covered here, shoot us a PM and we'll be glad to discuss with you. Certain things are possible while others are not so we will give you a straight answer.


thank you

www.euroboutique.us


Inner headlights removed and getting ready for paint:


NSX-R Headlights with GPW painted inners:


Matte Black paint + smoked ambers ready to be re-installed:


Stock headlights with lower LED installed (but not turned on hardly noticeable)

LED wired up/installed and ready to go back in the car (note amber pieces removed)


LED's powered up:


Another variation with LED "halo rings"


Bounce Repair started:






s2000 donor projectors (retrofit)


Amber LED upgrade with smoked sides:
 
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This is pretty awesome. Question, can you itemize the costs on the individual options in the thread? The 360 seems to be for labor and delivery only.
 
Looks really good! If i ever get my conversion done, I'll definitely get this done! Don't know if anyone local would do it, so thank you for offering this to us! :biggrin:
 
here's another set of NSX owner headlights getting LED halo work done:




Hard to photograph when lit but the look is amazingly bright! Note we have removed the amber lense which makes it look so much cleaner!
 
We have another set of NSX headlights that have arrived for custom work. Owner is thinking Imola Orange inners with LED Halos and smoked lenses!

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Both halo's lit up ready for burn-in testing and install

 
Can you do a rear tail light set up? Possibly three - two bars with blinkers to match in LED. Do you already have something in stock for the rear?
 
Can you do a rear tail light set up? Possibly three - two bars with blinkers to match in LED. Do you already have something in stock for the rear?

Sorry we do not have a solution for the rear LED tails. Main reason is we have not found a truly RELIABLE way to do it. If the quality is not up to par, we will not sell it. All the owners here also drive NSX's and our rule is if we will not put it in our own cars, we will not sell it. LED tails have a host of issues that majority of vendors do not address.


here's a picture of the LED halos ready to be re-assembled! Perfect lighting and looks OEM when not turned on.

 
Can you please PM me a quote for the following:

a) Open headlights to remove amber lense
b) Strengthen/upgrade internal plastics to avoid the "Bounce" effect due to sloppy play from plastic shims
c) Custom paint internal lens with a grey that is slightly darker than stock
d) Projector retrofit to upgrade OEM projects to higher quality s2000 projector glass

The car is an 05.

Thanks,

Chris
 
We are doing a smoked finish look for a set of 2002+ headlights, stay tuned! Something different from what we have done in the past but this keeps the OEM 2-tone look of the headlights intact.
 
Happy Holidays:

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PM's replied, normal turn-around time is 3-4 weeks depending on the work being done.

****WE DO HAVE THE ABILIY TO MAKE CARFON FIBER INNER SURROUNDS IF DESIRED NOW****

Let us know if you want your NSX headlights to stand out! Or just need to be re-furbrished :)

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Not a 2002+ headlight trim but here's a sample of our CF quality - now just waiting for an NSX owner to step up to get this done!

 
If there are any 2002+ NSX owners who wish to have carbon fiber inner surrounds built, please contact us! We could paint a portion of the headlight in NSX-R white and leave the exposed sections in carbon fiber.

cheers!

here's a recent dash modification project that was ultimately finished in the same carbon fiber weave as our steering wheel and dash pieces:

 
Do you have a picture of the Custom Halo’s in Headlights installed?


Most of our customers are not local so we only get to work on the headlights and when finished it gets shipped out. Let us look through some of our photos if we can find some for you. Looks is definitely unique and very trick! :)

If you Google "nsx 2002+ halo headlight" you will see many samples including some of our photos....
 
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