i am interested on changing my stock lights to them nice looking BMW E36 lights, has anyone done this and if so, what generation do the BMW lights coem from.. any incite greatly appreciated

Oh I have a 93 SE Maxima

 

http://www.geocities.com/bmwconversion/
http://www.angelfire.com/trek/tko/bm...structions.htm


There you go...hope that helps.

 

hack the hell out of the stock brackets, use something to bolt lights to the housings, I was going to make some type of slider system so you could adjust them, but it was going to be too much of a PITA, lol.

 

Thanks 89MAXSE...i just cliked your web page...sorry to hear about yor acident...i know what its like, i ve been in four since a got my max...its been through hell at my hands..anywayz..i just had a question about your lights cause i know that one guy said they come from the BMW '95. what gen. did you get yours from?

 

Gen doesn't matter, dude. Just get e36. They are all the same. The euro spec ones are just a little bigger.

 

The Euro Ellipsoid Projectors look the best IMO. Plus, they have glass housings like the stock headlights, so they won't yellow and fog 5 years down the road, or get rock pitting in them.

 

In what way are the Euro spec ones bigger? Are they taller? That would be nice because I know the gap kind of looks funny up close beside the corner lights.

 

Yeah my car had 208,000 on the odometer but it was probabaly more like 500,000+ the way it was driven. Its been through both my brothers and me. Had about 5 or 6 clutch replacements. lol But anyways, about the lights, they are E36 from a 92-99? 3 series. There is a link to purchase them on that geocities sight I sent you or you can find some projectors on procarparts.com. I heard they are a bit harder to install but I think they would be worth the wait. They look great. Take a look at brad92se He has a super clean install of the projectors.
http://maxima.cardomain.com/member_p...page_id=337224

Good luck man!

 

How long do you think this install will take for a first timer?

 

^^ Thanks Cole!

Yeah, they are both taller and deeper. There are no gaps with the lights, but you also cannot use the factory headlight bracket.

For me, it took a few days to get the first light fitted properly and to figure out how to mount it. The second light was finished in one day because I had an idea of where to cut. Its really not too hard or complicated, just very time consuming.