Brando5641

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Good lord its like these posts are invisible.

jason rotten

You can adjust the headlight beam with allen head screws located on the top rear of the headlight assembly one for the high beam and one for the low beam. As far as adjusting the whole assembly on the car I just had to play with it to get it to fit the best I could I still have small gaps on the side but it is acceptable don't know how the guy in the original pics got them to fit so tight

6SIX6

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Im so gonna try this mod over the winter as the headlights on these cars really do suck at night. I do all my driving at night so this is a must. Thanks for the MOD so I can add it too the list

xavier_pr84

im in love

The Project

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Don't forget to throw up some pics on this and "CCFBG" as well.

Let's see if there is anyway NOT to cut the rad brace.

6SIX6

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If I have to cut it I will but I will try my best not to. I will document everything for everyone so I can post a more detailed how to as everyone Ive seen so far hasnt really been to good explaining.

I have one question for everyone thats done this. How did you mount the lights to the car so they dont move?

usacamaro

if you look on page 6 of this thread post 282 you can see how i mounted the lights to the top of the lights the bottom of the lights i made a L bracket and i added a side bracket . lights are pretty firm and dont move when driving

6SIX6

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do you have any pics of the way you mounted it on the side and bottom? just want to get some ideas as im so far looking at a making a bracket to match the contour of the top of the light housing to cover the entire top

J-RoKz

I would love to this on my iroc looks hella sick but im to scared to cut that much off of my radiator support

6SIX6

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Too me im not worried about cutting it at all as i can re enfoce behind it to carry the load. its i dont want it to look like crap

6SIX6

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Im just about to start this and wanted to know what you used to cover the cuts to the rad support so you dont see it. If you got pics that would be cool

Also im gonna try to keep the top where the rubber piece for the hood is if its at all possible

Also I got a quesion on the wiring as the low beam headlights ( I think ) have the 3 wires goin to it. I ended up geting HIDs for it and was wondering how you got the 3 wire to 2 wires so the high beams would still work as Im sure the 3rd wire is for the high beams

Thanks

KG427KG427

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Are these the lights I should order: ? This would be a good project for me and my dad. He is great wiring and we can cut a little just want to make sure I order all the right parts??

97-03 BMW E39 5-Series Angel Eye Halo Projector Headlights Head Lights Set Lamp
eBay


I just need this ?

KG427KG427

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http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/E3...D-Kit-included

This looks like the best deal not cheap crap from eBay.

So I'm going to get the

E36 DJ euro headlights (hid kit included)

HID: DDM 55W
Color: 8000K or 10000K or 12000K ?
Angel eyes: white LED


So 250$ looks like great material not cheap like ebay

About to order any suggestions ?

Z28 Rider

i just ordered this set off ebay will this work
BMW E36 318 320 323 325 328 M3 3 Series 92-99 Head Lamp Angel Eye Headlights


390552197734
Item number:

Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
any help is appreciated thanks so much

6SIX6

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Z28 rider - those are the lights you dont have to cut the rad support at all from what I have read

KG427KG427 - I cant get the link to open for some reason

These are the E36 lights I went with

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/DEPO-BMW-E36-...item27cfa0c2ed

They are the depo ones so I will have to cut up the car but im not shy to do so as I really like modding my car as it is. Plus if its not what I want I can cut the rad support of a parts car I got here and weld it in without an issue. Gonna be starting this in the next few weeks as Ive been stupid busy around the house of late. I got some pics I printed off from previous members who Have done it and I will see where I can save some metal here and there. With a plasma cutter it should go pretty quick for sure.

Heres a few mock ups on the parts car I have

jaybdaboat

What was wrong with this one? Big price difference

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/BMW-E36-318-3...#ht_3438wt_771

6SIX6

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To be honest im not a fan of those at all and they look extremely cheap to me. When you get the depo ones with will see the quality of them. Plus I dont mind cutting up my car in the least.

If thats what you want to use go for it as im sure it will work but its not for me

Z28 Rider

one of the reasons i decided to go with these is they do not look like they came off a 90's model bmw they just look like a new conversion kit that was made for the car. but the downside is that i had to order a set of halo rings that were brighter than the ones that came with it, they were bright but not the way i liked it. the car would def stand out with them since no one has done this conversion around my area yet but i wanted them even brighter. i will post pics if i can figure out how to post them.these lights almost fit perfect i did have to shave a little to make them fit perfect but not to much. The ones u are getting i think will def look awesome im sure for that price the lighting will be out of sight, i just didnt really care for the style of lights, and i actually was told about these and orderd them then i started seeing others but im really pleased at how they came out im going to post some pics on my shop facebook page also www.facebook.com/jjautomotive im also going to try to post on this message board

Z28 Rider

those lights are definatly going to be bright post some after pics

6SIX6

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I will post up pics and I think I will do a step by step write up for the swap as well. There are so many questions out there on the swap and I will try to cover them all. Ive got a ton of pics of my car since I started. As you can see so far i havnt cut as much as other people as im trying to save the rubber pieces for the hood that it sits on.



I still have to cut the bumper on a angle so the head lights will sit properly. When I get that done Im gonna fabricate a support for behind it and weld it either to my car or make it bolt on somehow. I will see when I get it finally set

Trevmust

not sure I would want to cut my rad support unless I made a mounting bracket that re-enforced the cut-out?

6SIX6

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you could do that. I took a hammer to mine and its didnt move at all. To me it doesnt even really do anything besides hold the rad. Sure it goes across the front of the car but unless you plan on a side or head on collision its not gonna make a difference as ther its tons of metal left to keep it stiff

Trevmust

actually wait... what if I did a crossbar or something. Rad support to fender

6SIX6

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You could do that. I suggest putting it on the back side of the support so its not seen

Trevmust

is the fog light a sealed beam unit too? or does it take a bulb.

6SIX6

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Foglight? If you are refering to the 2nd pic in post 370 under the headlight its the marker light just a clear version of it

Trevmust

no my car has connectors and i dont know where they go lol

6SIX6

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They would be a bulb that connects to a weathe pack connector. really the only one in the front of the car

Trevmust

oh ok

VortecZ

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Been working on mine. It takes a lot of cutting, grinding, beating, and a little welding to get them to fit right but they can fit pretty nice. Not completely done but i thought i would post it anyway. Notice the up/down adjuster lines up perfectly with the hood bump-stop hole. Also notice the mounting screws. welded in a lower/inner bar to bolt to and and used the edge of the fender for the upper/outer location. It is very stable between those two points and some other edges catching to hold it tight.

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VortecZ

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couple more pics

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VortecZ

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The car is currently all stripped out in the process of an LS/T56/9" swap so it was a good time to do this mod and repaint the engine bay and core support.

zenish

i like the look but id screw it up if i tried that.

6SIX6

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Nahh man its not hard at all. Its pretty easy if you have the right tools. Driver side took 3 hrs to cut the hole as it was the first one I did. Passenger took 35min to do. Then 20min a side to make and weld the mounting brackets. Wiring another 20min a side and done. it can be done in a day easy

6SIX6

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Here check out my swap as I went pretty indepth

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/auto...ight-swap.html

powder white

nice would you mind helping me out on this mod

Charliej088

What year did you use?

Juan Santos

sorry for asking but what year bmw headlight u got
im interesting on that swap

evo-offer

92-97 e36

Dgreer82

what e36 headlights are they? What year model bmw? I have an 84 z28, thinking about swapping out. Right now I have projectors with 6k hids text me 281-608-0355 thx.

DontBlnkBadWolf

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Time to bring this back from the past. 2018 was the last post with a question on what ones to get. Well, I started reading this and did a search. The OP mentioned to get the Euro version and not the US version. Said the US version sucks. As for the year, OP said 92-99 but I found some from Germany and they list them as 90-98. Here is their translated eBay link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Halogen-Hea...4383.l4275.c10

As you can see by the price, it doesn't cost as much as it did for the OP (he quoted over $300), all we need is the wiring and we are good to go. I think that I will do this myself. Sure, it's another copy from the OPs, but I haven't seen one like this in Indiana.

Duane's 91 Z/28

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I think I want to do this mod as they are growing on me. Do the ones on Ebay (link in quotes) come apart so I could put the halo rings in them?

Tombowman89

The cover plate was a nice touch, I going to use something just like this. The only difference that I will do is tig weld the panel and drill holes for adjusting the lights and put some rubber plugs is place. My plate has a aero catch hood latch system that I’m incorporating right now. Stay classy

Tibo

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Don't do this. It was good 15 years ago before LEDs when there were no good headlight options. We now have good LED headlight options that don't require this amount of work and can easily be put back to stock.

DontBlnkBadWolf

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You are correct, it sounded and looked good, but I didn't like cutting into the radiator support. There is someone that converts stock headlights into LEDs.