thanks - am right at the mounting stage so would be great, once I get the flat mounts made from cutting off the metal recon reflector housing was there any advice or photo showing how you got the mini attached? - any missing tip from there would be a great help.
for mounting the mini to the old plate I went to the hardware store and got the same screw that the mini uses - it connects the black lens mount to the reflector dish - but a little longer and self locking nuts. the stock ones are 1/2 inch, the ones I bought were 3/4 inch. you can see them in this pic and one of the 3/4" is in the projector.
I replaced 3 or the 1/2" with the 3/4" and drilled new holes on the old mounting plate. If you drill the holes a little bigger then the screw it will be easier to align the mini onto the old plate. I just kept the top of the mini mounting plate parallel with the top of the old plate. It helps keep the projector clocked correctly.
Also get some JB Kwik Weld, I used it a lot, I cracked one of the mounting plates when trying to drill the new holes in it.
Another key piece is the 3rd mounting point, the one that swivels. The Mini is slightly longer then the old projector so you will need to fab a new mount for the swivel. I didnt get any pics of it besides this one of it finished -
What I did was take a left over 3/4" screw and thread a self locking nut all the way down it. That now becomes the ball for the socket on the black piece, you can discard the old silver ball mount thats threaded on the other end. I then put jb kwik on the 3/4" screw with the black piece mounted on top and mounted it in the threaded spot where the old one was. leave it out just far enough for the swivel to function and it will put the projector in the perfect spot, if its too far out the projector will hit the black faceplate when you reassemble. Heres it finished -
That was confusing as hell, lol. I should have just made a video. Fell free to ask more if all I did was confuse you.
The other thing I cant stress enough is when your projectors are mounted up install the base in the truck before sealing it up. Go for a drive to make sure the lights are aimed high enough in low beams. you can make adjustments by grabbing the threaded mount points with needle nose and turning them.
