New Application for E36's!

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05-14-2005, 12:51 PM

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New Application for E36's!

This isn't about Maxima's, per se, but a few folks have done headlight conversions on their maximas so I had to share:

This is the automotive equivalent of "polishing a turd"

Yesterday I was travelling on I-495 in Massachusetts and I was passed by an early-90's Buick Roadmaster Station Wagon with an E36 headlight conversion! I was in disbelief so I caught it and double-checked. Yep, complete with halos.
Unfortunately, I didn't have the digital camera with me so no pics! Use your imagination. Try not to flinch.

Sporty Wal*Mart "spinner" wheelcovers and coffee-can muffler to follow.

05-14-2005, 01:16 PM

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haha you said turd!

ive heard the jetta community or someone else retrofits them aswell.

05-14-2005, 03:03 PM

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seen them on Jettas and Corrados before too

05-14-2005, 06:12 PM

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seen them on Jettas and Corrados before too

u ain't the only one. over here in Miami i've only seen one Jetta with the E36 conversion and i also saw an early '90's Chevy cavalier 2dr coupe with the 5 series headlights with halos.

05-14-2005, 06:21 PM

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I'm sure all those guys are laughing at us for putting BMW headlights on a 4door Japanese sedan

05-14-2005, 07:09 PM

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Yeah a friend of mine is buying a corrado and he is going to sport the E36's

05-14-2005, 09:46 PM

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Personally, I think the E36's look 10x's better than the bland stock lights. If they should happen to fit on a dozen other cars, so be it. I look at my car from the front so differently, it looks somehow more agressive, yet classier at the same time. Oh hell.... Me likee me likee!!!!!

05-14-2005, 10:29 PM

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Seen them on crx's

05-15-2005, 10:52 AM

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Seen them on crx's

But they are not E36's. After market companies like APC, actually make headlight conversions for the CRX and older model POS civic's.

05-15-2005, 02:20 PM

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Are the E36's brighter than the stock headlights? I like the light my stockers give off, but I'm always looking for more light.
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05-15-2005, 02:33 PM

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STOCK IS CRAP in comparison. Also depends on your bulbs. Alot of ppl use brightwhites which are great, mine burned out so I use some no name 100watts. But I have the ebay halo ones that use h7's for low.