Alright I got the us spec e36 headlights for 50$ not bad right? Exspecially because they put out better light than the stock headlights. tget are also in pretty good shape. I am now asking if anyone has pictures of them with HIDS. i know the eurospec with projecters is better with hids, but i got these ones at such a reasonable price. Worth it to get hids with it. or should i just use these. save for projecters and hids far down the road? So if anyone has pictures can you please post them here.

 

i can try and post them with HIDs possibly tomorrow if not later on in the week. i have the '04 Nissan Murano ballast and ignitor with 12000k violet blue bulbs in my E36 headligts. it looks nice to me but i still have to make adjustments in the headlights for the aimin'.

 

Awsome thanx. just wanted to make sure they USspec are better and worth putting the hids in since a pawn shop down the road offered me a 10k hid system for my old subs/box. wasnt sure.

 

well to me the HIDs in the E36 r pretty good but they work a lot better in the projector but i didn't want projectors but ill try and post those pics up for u.

 

how hard is it to do the bmw swap. i know that there is brackets to buy but i was just wondering how hard it is to do. and how clean is it when its done?

 

its pretty easy and straight forward. to do the E36 headlight conversion ur gonna need heat shrink tubin' for the wires that ur gonna reconnect, 2 9005 harness's (1 for each side), 2 9006 harness's (1 for each side), E36 headlights, stock 3rd gen headlight brackets, and a grinder and two stips of sheet metal to bolt the E36 headlights to the stock 3rd gen headlight bracket. there is a link but i don't have it so if ur lucky someone in here will be generous enough to give u that link. most likely it should be in the stickies already but if u can't find it let me know and i'll search for it.

 

How much would you charge me if i asked you to install the angel eyes in my 3rd gen. i live in miami by varela highschool. so if you can get back at me with a price and when you will be able to do it.

 

SkyMax - http://www.angelfire.com/trek/tko/bmw_conversion/

http://www.geocities.com/craigbrace/ --> LINKS --> Another bmw conversion page

I read both and am going to do mine within this week.

 

i was unable to take pics of it at night but if u want i can get them for u.

 

GRNMAXDMON, what fogs are those? I like the grill.

 

How about flush mounted and sealed with HID's?

 

i was unable to take pics of it at night but if u want i can get them for u.[/QUOTE]

Please do

 

oh thats my dog rick. i see you put the car back together. nice.

 

stock headlight stock bulb left.
hid bulb bmw e36 us spec right

 

this is how mine look....flush

 

yeah u never did send me the pics James on how u sealed ur headlights. i've been waitin' to c them buddy.

 

thanks Jbr8k. the fogs r from eurolite but i will be swappin' them out and put my stocks back on. i actually did the grill that same day.

 

On a scale from 1-10 how hard is it to rig those E36s in there flush

Thinling about replacing headlights.........

 

I dont know about flush. that is still to be done. i am ordering e46 projecters to put in my lights soon too. but the difference with the us specs is amazing. the projecters will probally give me a heart attack when i see how bright those are.

 

 

Pic with lights on would be good^^^^.

 

I stumbled across something without even meaning to. This would make it so much easier for you. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissa...QQcmdZViewItem

 

thanx but already installed myself.

 

Well, I e-mailed the guy on eBay about the install kit he had on there. Now this crack head wants $100 + Shipping for it. How in the hell? lol
F That!

 

just do it yourself 10 x easier than u could ever imagine. SHeet Metal SNips. a dremel. 4 2x6" strips of sheet metal for brackets and wiring harnesses are what u need. goto town its an easier mod than i thought it would be too.

 

lolz the guy that did mine didnt even make a mounting bracket now i must do that so that the lights can be flush witht the bumper and side marks as much as possible.

 

well to be fair to the guy you got the car from the projectors (what you have) are larger and you cant use the maxima brackets on them without cutting the plastic on the light housings. That also explains why they dont match up well with the corners. You can get it to look really good if you do some minor adjustments to it.

Wait a minute...did you get this car from DMad8724?

I knew he hasnt posted in a while but wasnt aware he sold his car.

 

I was just thinking about asking Dmad if he still had his max.

 

It looks like his car?

http://www.cardomain.com/id/dmad8724

 

different wheels, but the color is the same and fairly rare.
though from IA to WA is quite a way

 

looks like it to me plus Dmad had problems putting his projectors in and didnt get the corners all the way in.

I thought I remember he had family in WA as well. I guess someone should PM and ask him.

 

no i didnt get it from IA i bought this one from a guy who is in the military here in WA and the guy before him was a pretty large guy as the driver seat seat bracket is broken and the car u are showing me has the number code punch in keyless entry mine doesnt i highly doubt we are speaking of the same maxima as the one i have doesnt have a CAI or ay sound system parts inside of it all the door speakers and head unit are all still the factory bose

 

DMad8724 Last Activity: 06-03-2006 06:51 PM

 

ok the owner before me was Richard gaeth and he bought the car i guess in VA and brought it over here when he was transfered over here due to military placement and there for i highly doubt that the car is the car of the person you all speak of plus this car like i said has no CAi or any of the audio parts listed on that guys car domain website

 

OK no prob...just thought of the lights and the color so it made me think it was his. btw his doesnt have the keypad on it...his old gxe did but not the blue SE...unless he added it recently.

 

no prob bro yeah similar but not the same and the e36 headlights are the same as most the ones u all are using i have looked at them and there the exact same juz the guy that did them didnt spend time to make a mounting bracket for them he juz put them in his own way now ima have to go back and fabracate some brackets for them

 

I talked to DMad last night.
he still has his VE.
He just lost interest in modding it anymore.

 

lol D4mn see my max isnt the same one you all were speaking of this is a totally different one

 

i know since this is the a thread on the e 36 headlights i thought i would ask this question. ok we all know that the e 36 headlights come with halo lights as well as the headlights and ive noticed that the wouldnt turn on when i turn my headlights on so i took my headlight out and dismantled it and found dat one of the wire connectors in the house that go to the halos are not connected and no where in the housing is there another wire dat connects to them so does anyone know how to fix that so that the halo's will work and light up?

 

if the wires you are talking about go to the halo LEDs (or however they light up) then you can connect them to whatever source you want. I think most connect them to the running lights so they come on when you turn your running lights on and stay on when you turn the actual headlights on.

Make sure that the wires have a resistor pack in them (should be a small black square piece) before you plug them to 12V because if not it will blow the LEDs. The resistor pack should be on there though...just make sure.