usacamaro

i dont think i am going to put 200 dollar headlights in a oven sorry just doesnt sound like a good idea to me.

krzyz

what kind of headlight bulbs do the non projector head lights use?

Pillsbry10

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h-7 bulbs i think off the top of my head...or the h-1s

matthufham

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9005 9006

heartofalion

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I have to say this is one of the hottest mods I have ever seen.....excellent job bro....now toward the top of the list of things I'm doing....thanks for the idea

transam85dudeman

does anybody not like this conversion? i was thinking of an idea for trans am lights, i hate how they pop up.. it produces drag...and looks ugly

heartofalion

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Nissan 300z lights fit with some modification

transam85dudeman

how about the trans am sheet metal on top of the "pop up lights" but trimmed off from the rest..and have the sheet metal slide under the under the hood instead... Then have "corvette concept 2006" lights to brighten the way, but custom... hey if the camaro dudes are going to install bmw lights in their cars.. why just fixed light...in my old 5 series that picture i posted above.. they were auto-leveling, and side to side!!..i like this thread only if the Mod dude made it a Sticky.

Pillsbry10

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thats an not really true...its a LOT of modification, they actually made a whole bumper cover in fiberglass to fit the lights in. way harder that it would appear

uummm

so i just read the whole thread, and i really like the lights and plan on doin them myself after i get the body work and paint done on my car.. my questions are as follows..

1) does this mod use the factory headlight switch, or do you have to put in a new switch

2) a wireing diagram would be very helpful for anyone who wants to do this mod.

i have no problem doin some cutting, but what about boxing in behind the e36 headlights with some 14 gauge metal (or larger, i can get up to ten gauge if i feel its needed) and welding it in, kinda like a headlight box. if the whole thing is welded everywhere it can be it shouldnt take too much away from the strength of the support, but on top of that if it would make someone feel safer, it could prolly still be braced too. so to everyone posting what they have on the mod here in the way of pics... excellent job and im sure we all appreciate the footwork here, i know i do. ill be refrenceing this thread to do the job for sure.

heartofalion

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For the record, I did not specify how much modding had to be done. However, it was not a lot as you say. In comparison to most true customizing, it's about an average amount. It's worth it either way.

1bad91Z

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I just bought the euro style e36 lights with CCFL angel eyes. I could easily modify the e36 housings to minimize any cutting of the core support. However, I don't know if cutting any material from the bottom of the hood is absolutely required?

Can anyone who's done this mod shed a little light?

matthufham

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i don't have a stock hood to look at, but i had to cut mine.

1bad91Z

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My lights are different than yours. I got the ones exactly like ramair21. I'm also going remove most of the rear housing, but not on the topside near the lens.

Did anyone else have to cut the hood structure any?

usacamaro

i have the same lights also and i didnt have to cut the hood at all.i did have th cut the ears on the top of the lights .the part you would use to mount them in the bmws. i still have to figure how to mount them. everyone showed how they looked but not how they mounted them.

usacamaro

i am waiting on my blue halos to match my fogs. hopefully i can figure out something soon .

1bad91Z

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To all that have done this light mod :

Could you guys post some pics from a top view of the light housings (with hood up) and any pics of mounting points / mounting brackets...?

usacamaro - your hood is not a stock hood though... it may be different on the bottom side of the hood (as far as bracing/support etc..) than your hood?

puma1552

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I'm sorry but this is one of the worst mods I've ever seen for our cars.

Leave the E36 headlights, to the E36 cars.

Shadow Z

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I like them, but I have to agree. BMW lights belong on a BMW. Especially since I'm a pretty big fan of the 3 series cars, mainly the E36 and E46. A friend used to own an E36 325i, and I was considering an E46 3 series before I bought the Mustang.

puma1552

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Yeah I had an E36, so I'm partial to seeing them stay on the cars they were built for I guess. *shrug*

I was really thinking about getting a 2004 325/330Ci for my next car (Alpine White, of course with black interior and aluminum dash trim), or an E38--a 2001 Sport showed up online in the ultra rare Imola Red with black interior and it was mint as could be but after joining some bimmer boards and hearing those guys themselves say the cars would tear me apart I decided not to go down the road of $2000 catalytic converters on a 100k mile 740i...glad I didn't, because I always wanted a Mustang anyway.

91rallyss

I was wondering how did you mount or attach the lights to the radiator support?

ZONES89RS

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That has been my question, how it actually mounts in and how you adjust them.

KnightmareCS

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usacamaro

my hood is stock i just cut it up to make a custom cowl hood but the front is still stock with the stock underside .
i have been real busy with work so i havent been able to get out and work on the lights . but i did get the blue halos in so hopefully next week i can get some time to find out how to mount the lights in.

uummm

so this thread is about modifing our camaros and people are actually tryin to figure out how to do this mod, also you are on a forum specifically about camaros, third gens to be exact and while i love all kinds of cars, your post was pretty off topic, im sure nobody really cares that much about what car you almost bought unless its a camaro and it resides in your garage now.

puma1552

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Then why didn't you quote the guy before me?

uummm

your absolutely right and i apologize, however i wasnt tryin to knock your opinion, if you dont like the conversion, im not mad about it, just seemed like you and now that you have pointed it out to me as i missed it, the guy above you were just kinda goin on about something that has no revelance to the thread, just tryin to get it back on topic, thats all, btw nice ride in the sig, looks like mine just much nicer paint and such lol

luvmy64

Wiring diagram? Anyone? Bueller?
Also, does anyone have these with a smoked lens on them? I think that would be awesome.......

DBLTKE

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I guess I'll keep beating the horse, how have people been mounting the housings?

luvmy64

After reading this whole thread for the 45768th time, i gather that its just whatever you have to do to mount them securely. Im about to pull the trigger on a set of lights and red angel eyes......
Im also going to smoke out the front lens, so that when you cut on the halos, all you see is the evil red eyes........

usacamaro

well i got one light mounted. i used some 1" wide 1/8" flat metal to make some brackets. i welded them to the rad support and used some self tapping screws to mount the lights. i have one bracket on the top and one on the bottom. i still need to add one to the side to make it really sucure. when i finish i will make a cover to cover the lights up from the top. will post up pics soon.

usacamaro

heres a pic of the top where you can see the bracket i did . simple straight bar welded and two screws. the bottom is just a L shape with two screw in the bottom . i still need to make the side one which will be on the left side.

usacamaro

this is just a little pic of the under hood to show it is still stock in the front.

luvmy64

So you didnt have to cut the stock hood any?

matthufham

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Wiring is simple if you're not a beginner. The headlight wires on the car are the tan and green. Just get the socket pigtails for whatever bulb your e36 demands, mine were 9005/9006. Wire them in. You can get fancy and add relays to go ahead and do the ever popular relay upgrade. halos are 2 wires, tap into the nearby parking light which is a brown wire, the blue/light blue are for turn, brown is parking, black ground.

usacamaro

nope i didnt have to cut the stock to fit these headlights. i did cut it to make the cowl section but the front of the hood is still stock.
as for the wiring i have most of it figured out just going to splice the 9005 and 9006 sockets to the factory wiring the question i would have is ramair21 said he had to short the headlight switch so the low beams stay on when switching to high beams. i am not sure how to short out the switch.

veltboy618

WOW those lights look absolutely amazing

luvmy64

Matt,
You did order the DDMtuning kit, right?
Are there bulbs in all 4 sockets, or does it just come with 2 in the outer ones? Also, will i be able to use aftermarket red halos in them?

luvmy64

Got one headlight in yesterday. Mostly just cut the headlight housing in back, and did very little cutting of the radiator support. Ill post pictures whenever my cable company decides to get the lines back up..(dang tornados)
Also, NO cutting of the hood. If you cut enough of the front bumper out at the headlight, so that the glass of the headlight sits down on it, the hood shuts just fine.

1 DwnCam

I am digging this mod. This is a awesome mod. Way to go.

luvmy64

NEED HELP!!
Tried wiring these things up like matt said, but when one light works, the other goes out and vice versa....??? My old headlights had green, brown, and one black, but i only have two wires on my 9005-9006 plugs. Any thoughts?

//<86TA>\\

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dont know the colors, but one wire is a ground, the other two are high/low beam, thats why they are going on and off.

deadbird

Black - ground
Brown (tan actually) - low beam
Green - Hi beam

luvmy64

Thanks!
Ill post pics as soon as i get them wired.......

Ramair21

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I shorted out my head light switch for the high beams so when the high beams come on the lows will also stay on

luvmy64

How do you mean, "shorted it out"? Do I have to do it at the switch, or can it be done under the hood?
Also, does anyone know what color the fog light wire is? Mines been cut....

deadbird

From switch to lamps, wire color is purple.

Ramair21

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This is wire diagram i used. This is a before image before you short out the head light switch



Then this is after. You need to use a 16 gauge wire and jump the the main power going to the head light switch to the low light circuit. I circled where the jumper is. (Excuse my "paint" work)

luvmy64

AH...i see. You just made it to where the low beams have constant power no matter what position the dimmer switch is in. Now all i gotta do is figure out how to wire my halos to this fog light switch......

Ramair21

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i used my parking light circuit for the halos.