datsun76_620 Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Any info on these? Quote Link to comment
Green Bastard Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 They are mine :) Guess I could have at least cleaned the bugs off my car before the car show. Anyway they are BMW Ellipsoids. Trim the tabs off the back of the lights to make their shape more like a normal headlight. Next enlarge the hole in the back of the headlight bucket and mounting bracket so the BMW headlight will fit. They are 5.25" so your stock retaining rings will, uh... retain them. As far as the HID conversion.... that takes a little more doing. Quote Link to comment
tangent Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 forgive my stupidity.. but which ones are which?? and what about the HID's did they require a balast or something?? Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 3-series I would guess. 1989-92 only? The left headlight as you can tell is a projector housing. that is the low beam. The other side is also BMW but you can use your factory high beam if you want... or Mercedes yellow fog light or other such creative setup. The HID requires the proper HID bulb for that housing and the HID ballast. Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 I have a set of these Would they fit the same? Quote Link to comment
kiznook Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 thats a nice picture!! Quote Link to comment
tangent Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Jeff how do you make the "I have a set of these" work as a link? Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 I have a set of these [ /URL ] Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Yep just hit the little world siymble with the "c" and backwarys "c" then paste the link in it. Hit okay when your done, then the link will be pasted in the message box with part of it high lighted, just start typing and then hit "post quick reply" and your done :D Quote Link to comment
oregondime Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 and back to the subject.. hids are nice and bright :) i gotta readjust the cutoff.. Quote Link to comment
tangent Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 and back to the subject.. hids are nice and bright :) i gotta readjust the cutoff.. Yea sorry for getting off topic, but you know Oregonedime, youve been meaning to adjust the cutoff on those lights for a while now...:rolleyes: are yours the BMW ones like Icehouses.. I remember seeing your thread about your lights on another forum but I cant get to it now. nice house... Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Yeah are they the same as mine? I really need to get mine installed..... Some many projects.... Quote Link to comment
oregondime Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 lol i have been meaning to, but ive been in virginia for a while doin some army reclassification :) i come back in 9 days finally.. yeah they are one and the same as ice and jordans. ah thats the 'rents house, my personal storage area ;) Quote Link to comment
datsun76_620 Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 So are the "smileys" actually the better ones??? What's involved in the HID upgrade? I thought they were still 'normal'... And look at this...$588....wow...what am I getting myself into???? http://www.suvlights.com/product_info.php?products_id=269 Quote Link to comment
oregondime Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 this website would be your best friend, just dont get a HID "kit" if you search hard enough you just might find someones 510 with hid's ;) (not mine though)http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/index.php and read lots before you do anything.. the smileys are cooler lookin, and they have the city light feature, but im guessing theyre the same, besides the fact that the german ones are longer.. i paid alot less then 588$ too Quote Link to comment
oregondime Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 aha finally adjusted my lights, amazing the difference Quote Link to comment
irsa76 Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 The "smiley" is a full Ecode light as opposed to the DOT light Green Bastard has. The Ecode light is MUCH better then a DOT light, my wife's Mitsubishi suffers DOT lights and I find them awful. I might add that DOT projectors are still better then DOT reflector lights. Quote Link to comment
pope_face Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Ecodes are Euro spec lights, correct? IIRC, aren't Ecodes not permitted in NA? I remember hearing something about having to swap lights out for DOT spec ones on cars imported from Europe... Quote Link to comment
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