juani Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I just got my new(old) Z a month ago. First thing I wanted to do was to improve visibility at night, which only can be done right by retrofitting projectors. I had a set of E46 Bixenon projectors to use on this retrofit. A picture is worth thousand words. Here we go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The love of JDM Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 WOW, looks nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Looks good. Trying to decide if Ill do this once my cars on the road... Also where did you get a carbon fiber hood from you were willing to cut up??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juani Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 cf hood is from my previous car which had damaged cf hood from an accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerAce Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 that is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsonian Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I like the fact that these don't stick out too much in a bulbous manner. Nice to see another projector option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenshinX Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Cool. I like it very much How did you set up the lighting? Can you list all of the parts required/ used and total cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 How are you going to keep all those parts from getting wet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juani Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 I'm getting a Arita Speeds G-nose + Fender flares, so I'm going to make a lens cover to put on the headlight bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaohabq Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Nice job, I've been looking for ways to put projectors into a Z, I was thinking about maybe cutting up a set of Mini-cooper lights or maybe honda fit lights, but they're all too large for the Z. Cutting down the casing like you did might work well though. I was also thinking about having a Lens cover made to install projectors into as a bolt on unit. They wouldn't be cheap though since i'd have to have moulds made. Actual Glass would be very expensive too, though much better than clear plastic. Nice job on yours tho, I love the bathroom plumbing parts. better seal up the back of them w/ silicone or something to keep water from behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieBird Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 hell yea thats nicee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpetRhapsody Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Beautiful, I might be doing a E55 swap soon, so this is good inspiration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I'm getting a Arita Speeds G-nose + Fender flares, so I'm going to make a lens cover to put on the headlight bucket. Is there an arita speed s30 gnose? Ive only seen the ZX version sold by 280zforce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo7MN Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 How much would one expect to pay for a set of the E46 lights? Very interested in doing this myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juani Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Is there an arita speed s30 gnose? Ive only seen the ZX version sold by 280zforce. I believe Arita speed kit for S30 doesn't exist here in the states. so I bought it over from Japan through a broker. Picture of the kit. How much would one expect to pay for a set of the E46 lights? Very interested in doing this myself... E46 Projectors + OEM HIDs are fairly cheap. I bought it from the ebay for $250 couple years ago. It's not the best projectors, but it's good enough for me. and rest of the hardware will cost you about $30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted June 6, 2009 Administrators Share Posted June 6, 2009 ... E46 Projectors + OEM HIDs are fairly cheap. I bought it from the ebay for $250 couple years ago. It's not the best projectors, but it's good enough for me. and rest of the hardware will cost you about $30. VERY nice work and thank you for sharing your conversion step by step. I just installed aftermarket HID's in my E36 M3 with Euro Ellipsoids lenses earlier this week and from the pictures, I think I'd prefer your E-46 HID’s light beam pattern. Yours appears to have broader even light beam spread, less rainbow at the edges, etc... Hmmm… Gonna have to start digging around to see if I can somehow use the E-46 HID now… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DekThaiG35 Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juani Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 I just installed aftermarket HID's in my E36 M3 with Euro Ellipsoids lenses earlier this week and from the pictures, I think I'd prefer your E-46 HID’s light beam pattern. Yours appears to have broader even light beam spread, less rainbow at the edges, etc...[/b'] If you want real crisp cut off and wider beam pattern, get a s2k projectors for single xenon or TL projectors for bixenon. They have stanley projectors and they are known to be one of the best projectors out. You can gather lots of information from hidplanet.com/forums you can also find good used OEM projectors + HID from the same forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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