BMW E36 Headlight Conversion
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Re: BMW E36 Headlight Conversion
Halo's are a bit large, only thing I don't like. The headlight size looks fine just not the size of those Halo's, otherwise great work and everything else looks great as far as stock appearance, fitment and originality.
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Great work man!!! I was thinking about going w/ some halos for my 4th gen. I never knew they were an option for my 3rd!
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Thanks for the great comments!! I am really pleased with how it came out. It makes a lot of necks turn more than they should lol.
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You did a helluva job on that! My first sense was that the lights belonged there. Nice work man...
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That came out great! congrats! Just be sure to reinforce the cutout in the radiator support :-)
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That turned out great!You did an amazing job!
Very hot u gotta send some pics in to a few mags!
BTW- is that your adorable doggie in the pics?
Very hot u gotta send some pics in to a few mags!
BTW- is that your adorable doggie in the pics?
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thanks! I sent a few pics out already. just waiting on some word back! Yeah thats my little girl! She loves to work with me in the garage.
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All the brou-ha-ha over on the "can I cut this" can be terminated.
Now that I've seen it let me add my final
That structure is VERY important to the overall strength of the
entire front end. Were it me, I would look to fab some kind of brace
to bolt-on over the headlight structure.
Very easy insurance.
This kinda makes me regret that I have the bird pop-up's.
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Your car convinced me to ditch my fog lights... Just wanted you to know that...
Now you just need some of those fancy parking lights off ebay. They'd look amazing with those headlights.
I personally like the stock style headlights a lot... but I guess I'm in the minority. However I do like your idea. Looks awesome and definitely looks way better than I expected it to. Great idea!
Now you just need some of those fancy parking lights off ebay. They'd look amazing with those headlights.
I personally like the stock style headlights a lot... but I guess I'm in the minority. However I do like your idea. Looks awesome and definitely looks way better than I expected it to. Great idea!
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Does the headlight wiring heat up? I've heard some guys do a H4 conversion and say the wiring get hot......thoughts?
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So how exactly did you mount the housing? I can't see any bolts or screws.
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Looks sweet dude!! Im doing this!
How do you adjust the angle of the lights I would hate to do this and have them blinding everyone on the road
How do you adjust the angle of the lights I would hate to do this and have them blinding everyone on the road
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Amazing, simply amazing!!!!!!!!!!! I've been planning to get new headlights, but this might be the only way to go! I simply love it. Only thing I will say is the left side of your hood seems to stick up a bit, maybe it's just the pictures, kinda disappointing... but still not bad at all.
I'll say it... A writeup would make you the man!
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I must say I light the BMW headlight conversion better then the silverado headlight conversion seems to fill in a quite a bit better but the one I like most is the lights on the camaro in the sig of pwdbychevy
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HAHAHA Great pictures KnightmareCS LOL!!
This past weekend i made some covers for the headlights. Now you cant see the cuts i made in the front rad support. It also keeps my lights bolted to the car. Looks really Clean and factory! I will post some pictures later this week.
The hood does stick up a little but nothing i would worry about. You wouldnt notice till i told you were to look. This mod does take some "*****" to do. You have to measure 4 times and cut once. I had a great friend help me out on this. I gave him a nickname "Foose" hahah. The headlights have adjustments on them already. REALLY easy to adjust. I havent adjusted them the way it suppose to be but it works and im not blinding anyone.
PM me if you have any questions.
PS. I took a shot in the dark with this headlight mod. Looks like i hit the target straight on
This past weekend i made some covers for the headlights. Now you cant see the cuts i made in the front rad support. It also keeps my lights bolted to the car. Looks really Clean and factory! I will post some pictures later this week.
The hood does stick up a little but nothing i would worry about. You wouldnt notice till i told you were to look. This mod does take some "*****" to do. You have to measure 4 times and cut once. I had a great friend help me out on this. I gave him a nickname "Foose" hahah. The headlights have adjustments on them already. REALLY easy to adjust. I havent adjusted them the way it suppose to be but it works and im not blinding anyone.
PM me if you have any questions.
PS. I took a shot in the dark with this headlight mod. Looks like i hit the target straight on
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Re: BMW E36 Headlight Conversion
ok fine... i have comments... but before i S**T on your parade..
I looks GREAT, I really do like it...
now, ARE YOU F**KIN NUTS? these are UNIBODY cars! that piece of core support you cut out is VERY important to structure!! now that you have cut that corner out, you have made that core support USELSS! your frame rails are now MUCH more suceptible to twisting as well! and if you dont believe me i can show you the damage on my 85 from not having the triagular braces installed, not only did my driver side frame rail crack, but it tore all the spot welds around the puttom of the strut tower off! you MUST get something in there to brace that core support, GM did not make it a boxed structure just to get rid of some extra steel! and on top of that, if you're ever in a colision you;re going to suffer WAY more damage than many others!
I looks GREAT, I really do like it...
now, ARE YOU F**KIN NUTS? these are UNIBODY cars! that piece of core support you cut out is VERY important to structure!! now that you have cut that corner out, you have made that core support USELSS! your frame rails are now MUCH more suceptible to twisting as well! and if you dont believe me i can show you the damage on my 85 from not having the triagular braces installed, not only did my driver side frame rail crack, but it tore all the spot welds around the puttom of the strut tower off! you MUST get something in there to brace that core support, GM did not make it a boxed structure just to get rid of some extra steel! and on top of that, if you're ever in a colision you;re going to suffer WAY more damage than many others!
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ok fine... i have comments... but before i S**T on your parade..
I looks GREAT, I really do like it...
now, ARE YOU F**KIN NUTS? these are UNIBODY cars! that piece of core support you cut out is VERY important to structure!! now that you have cut that corner out, you have made that core support USELSS! your frame rails are now MUCH more suceptible to twisting as well! and if you dont believe me i can show you the damage on my 85 from not having the triagular braces installed, not only did my driver side frame rail crack, but it tore all the spot welds around the puttom of the strut tower off! you MUST get something in there to brace that core support, GM did not make it a boxed structure just to get rid of some extra steel! and on top of that, if you're ever in a colision you;re going to suffer WAY more damage than many others!
I looks GREAT, I really do like it...
now, ARE YOU F**KIN NUTS? these are UNIBODY cars! that piece of core support you cut out is VERY important to structure!! now that you have cut that corner out, you have made that core support USELSS! your frame rails are now MUCH more suceptible to twisting as well! and if you dont believe me i can show you the damage on my 85 from not having the triagular braces installed, not only did my driver side frame rail crack, but it tore all the spot welds around the puttom of the strut tower off! you MUST get something in there to brace that core support, GM did not make it a boxed structure just to get rid of some extra steel! and on top of that, if you're ever in a colision you;re going to suffer WAY more damage than many others!
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id agree with the other member that suggested bolt on plates, id do that at the minimum, everything will look just fine, then one day all of a sudden you'll notice a popping sound when you turn the wheel, i went out and looked and my spot welds all broke and the frame rail cracked. but it does look good, if you brace it up properly i think it will be a good mod, AND RUST GUARD IT!
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Looks great man, how long did it take you, and what is the extent of the mods needed?
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can anyone tell me exactly how he did te wiring for this i reallly wanna do this mod but i dont want to eff something up
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I dont know...maybe its just me....but your passenger side sems to be riding a bit high where it meets the fender. The mod looks great and goodjob and making it happne. Its nothing im going to be doing to mine anytime soon. Looks good...its just not for me.
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Awesome work, these headlights look awesome. It gives your car such a mean look to it. It would be very intimidating if i saw it in my rearveiw mirror.
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very very nice man. how much were the lights? did u say u got em off ebay? or junk yard?
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ok fine... i have comments... but before i S**T on your parade..
I looks GREAT, I really do like it...
now, ARE YOU F**KIN NUTS? these are UNIBODY cars! that piece of core support you cut out is VERY important to structure!! now that you have cut that corner out, you have made that core support USELSS! your frame rails are now MUCH more suceptible to twisting as well! and if you dont believe me i can show you the damage on my 85 from not having the triagular braces installed, not only did my driver side frame rail crack, but it tore all the spot welds around the puttom of the strut tower off! you MUST get something in there to brace that core support, GM did not make it a boxed structure just to get rid of some extra steel! and on top of that, if you're ever in a colision you;re going to suffer WAY more damage than many others!
I looks GREAT, I really do like it...
now, ARE YOU F**KIN NUTS? these are UNIBODY cars! that piece of core support you cut out is VERY important to structure!! now that you have cut that corner out, you have made that core support USELSS! your frame rails are now MUCH more suceptible to twisting as well! and if you dont believe me i can show you the damage on my 85 from not having the triagular braces installed, not only did my driver side frame rail crack, but it tore all the spot welds around the puttom of the strut tower off! you MUST get something in there to brace that core support, GM did not make it a boxed structure just to get rid of some extra steel! and on top of that, if you're ever in a colision you;re going to suffer WAY more damage than many others!
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well that would conflict with the battery as well as mavy other components alignment
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ahh yea that's true it was a good thought though. Although you could relocate the battery the the rear or do some mods I did say it would be time consuming. If there is a will there is a way maybe I'll mess around with that whenever I am able to work on mine I have a spare in my dad's garage that I could prob do the cuts to at some point I would just need the measurements of how far to move it back.
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Here is a little a little more recent pic.
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those pics do your work more justice... looks way better in these. really updates the look! i kinda dig it, but i wouldn't do it on mine.
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I like the look, but how is the performance.
Got a pic of both projector beams(on the road)?
Hows the cut off look(on a wall)?
Id only do that much cutting if the lighting out performed the looks & i would brace the core support.
Nice work though.
Got a pic of both projector beams(on the road)?
Hows the cut off look(on a wall)?
Id only do that much cutting if the lighting out performed the looks & i would brace the core support.
Nice work though.
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Re: BMW E36 Headlight Conversion
more aerodynamic than the std. 4x6's. performs--per square inch, more light, likely less watt consumption, and the coolness factor is there!! WONDER what they would look like in the black headlight pockets for the 90+ models. Someone should photochop it. kicka$$
most recent pics do look great!
most recent pics do look great!
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Very nice! You're making me want to get back to my poor camaro that's been sitting in front of my house & rusting! Thanks for posting!
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Re: BMW E36 Headlight Conversion
I must admit that I really like the way these look. I didn't at first but the more I looked at the pictures the more I think that I want to do it. I do agree with the importance of this structural part of the car so I will at least try to do my best to do it without actually cutting anything out. If I find that I can't then I'll make a brace to around and over the cut part of it and weld it in.
Can you take close up pics of the area that you cut out? And perhaps a shot to see how much the headlight assemblies don't clear the top of the part that you cut.
Can you take close up pics of the area that you cut out? And perhaps a shot to see how much the headlight assemblies don't clear the top of the part that you cut.
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just have to say awesome!!!!!!!!!
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