I am seriously considering doing this conversion but there are two things turn me off to doing it. First off, I know that once I get those lights I am taking them to straight to a body shop so that they can fit them in properly w/o any mis-alignment but my question is, is there any way to fit them without cutting into anything? I would really hate it if they had to cut into my grill. I know after this is done I am going to have to tint my clear corners so they can look flush with the headlights but my question, how are my clear corners going to look like at night with my rewiring mod? My main concern is that they do not look dim. Btw, Stu's Euro-Max is the inspiration for this, his front set-up is pretty tight.

 

in order to do it at all, you will need to cut into the stock head light harnesses... It's just not possible without doing this...

as for the fitment issues, just do it smart... Sam (Czar) installed mine for me and it took about 3 solid hours of work... Mine look about the best that I have seen in regards to fitment... not really a gap anywhere...

I just put in PIAA superwhites in the low beams... they look smooth!!!

I like the conversion since I am the only one to have it in my region of the country and because of the light that it puts out... much better then stock.

 

couple o' pics...

 

damn dirk.. that is definitly a clean conversion.. mine are not as good as i would like, but i got sick of the install and just tried to make em work as best as i could. still it looks alright.

 

looks good dirk, what if 2 months down the line i want to switch back to stock will it be a pain in the a$$?

 

ACUTALLy.....if you really wanted to, you could somehow connect into the 9004 plug and run two wires out, one a high beam and one a low beam. It's more work than it's acutally work though...

 

if you or anyone needs help with this modification i have extensive knowledge from this mod and tips i posted on a diff post. look for all posts that i have made and you might get some help there. otherwise just add me to one of your instant messengers or email me , i am more than happy to help. look on my profile for information. here is a picture of mine. I will take more shots with a better camera. i just got my digital camera hooked up, so when it stops raining i will definatly let you guys see all the glory of my MAX!

 

Dnas, that looks real tight. Thanks everyone.

 

I think this mod looks great!......But how much $$$Money$$$ does it cost in a whole to do it, start to finish???

 

http://www.bimmerparts.com/bilstein_raffle.htm


They sell the pair for $120. You'll need a few items at the auto store, and it will take you a while but do a search and you'll find great instructions available to tell you how to do this mod.

 

does this conversion kit fit in a 90 max?

 

It's NOT a kit. You'll have to do some cutting from your stock headlight bracket and make some small metal tabs, and do some wire splicing. It's a custom job, but do the search and try to find SkyMax's page - there are great and detailed instructions for you. Btw, this should work for all years 89-94.

ALSO (while I'm up): DARRRRRNNNN YOU GUYS!!! [me shakes fist mightily at j00z] Months ago I said I'd never attempt this mod, but after seeing Dirksmoothe's car I find myself buying a set of E36 lights!! [me shakes fist mightily s'more]

 

yes fits all 89-94 maximas/ with these bmw headlight conversions going on and looking sweet/ I think I might purchase a 94 some time later in the future/ It makes the cars look way agressive.

 

Why not see better in addition to loking better.....
http://www.bmpdesign.com/assets/productfoto/053.jpg

Improve your headlight range, with European headlights. At autobahn speed the standard headlights will not project a beam far enough to offer a safe range of stopping distance. Factory components assure you the highest quality. Requires some rewiring. For off road use only. Minor wiring necessary.
L & R assembly
105139 $395.95 (original EURO Elipsoid price)

Purchase @ www.bmpd.com

And guess what!!!
BMP makes replicas now!
Replica part #142441 $289.95
The dufference in performance BMP claims is only the price.
We spend this kind of money on a Y-pipe of compolete exhaust system and no one looks at it as often as a pair of cosmetic and improved visibility headlamps. This is what I will get when I convert over.

As for the non matching stock lenses, that's cool, replace your yellow/white cornering light with an orange bulb.

 

this mod is getting so played out...it's turing into the rice mod for maximas. and the sad thing is, that it looks good too.

 

Eff that..... you don't see anyone in NYC with this conversion, maybe it seems like every 3rd genner here on the org is doing it but how many of these conversions have you seen around your way?

 

yeah...true true

 

i have been all over ohio and i have not seen any maxima with a touring wing or bmw headlights. all stock with tinted windows and maybe some wheels with there trunk quefin' is about the best. i hate trunks that fart! but i love when maximas with there girls in the car point at mine and look in there mirror trying to figure out how i did half the stuff!! and then i wink and take off

 

Yeah... wanting to see ten times better at night sure is ricey.

 

i'll give you that, wanting to see is not ricey, but 90% of the people who put in the bmw lights don't want to see better, they want to look better. once they've converted the lights, they stick in "plazma" bulbs so they look like hids, and by doing so they loose all their visibility. making stock 9004 bulbs light up more than the converted 9005/9006 bulbs.

 

A good portion of the conversions do look pretty ghetto, and honestly it's hard to get them to fit just right. Still, I would do it if I had a 3rd gen just to have those awesome E36 ellipsoids on my car. Maybe put a set of angel eyes on them too... okay, everyone's just a little ricey at heart.

 

If converting to a GERMAN above standard headlamp is "ricey", then pass the Soy sauce, egg-roll, dim sum and stirred fried shrimp cuase I'm swapping soon. Oh wait? GERMAN parts.... instead of "ricey", shouldn't that be "kruet" as in steamed cabage and not rice?

 

that it looks good...yes, this is why it is so played out. everyone gets them cause they look good. only one person can be original. i'm thinking about getting them too. if i did i would take so much time installing them though, cause you have to make it fit right to make it look good.

 

everyone says there so played out. ok let me break it down.

ricey? far from it, unless doing custom mods to your car is ricey now?
Like Brandon said "it doesnt look like I just shoved lights in there, they go well with the car."
second; mabey its "played out" in the 3rd gen forum on maxima.org where all 15(if that many) of us have them, that leaves like what mabey 5 3rd gens in the US without them. one person I have ever seen(other than here) has them in the NY area. two 3rd gens in NY with BMW lights, people in other cars must be like "damn all I ever see is 3rd gens with bmw lights"

and if there so played out why would you get them?

 

back atcha...

<b>lol</b>

 

Do you mean "kraut"? Boy, haven't heard that word in a while! (funny thing is, I plugged it into Altavista's Babblefish and it means "herb" Rice is "reis")

Also, I think people are thinking this BMW thing is played out because we're all concentrated here on the Org. I see a few Maxes out there who aren't on the boards, but do little custom things and obviously like their cars. If I do mine, I'd be the only one on the entire west coast of my country AFAIK!

 

any guys that live in the nyc area , Long Island, who would help out with the conversion.

 

I live in suffolk

 

You know the new line of BMW lights that came out, where there's a ring of light around the high beams...will those fit into the conversion? or are they just too damn expensive to even attempt?

 

said that theres no way the would fit. I thought maby swithcing the housings but after I looked closer I also saw how hard it would be and the finished product wouldnt even look good

 

I've seen 1 in queens.. Mid-night blue with stillen body kit.

 

I think you are much better off taking them to a reputable body shop that will do the job correctly.

 

Maybe he's on the org. There goes my chance of being the first guy in the 5-borough area to have them.

 

first off everyone that thinks this is a "kit" or a swap in/out conversion its not. Therefore there is no "Correct" way to do it.
Go to a bodyshop and talk about a headlight conversion and your talking about at least a $500 job, not to mention youd probably know the better way of going about it because of the info here that they wont have.

Max91se if you want some help doing it let me know. I need to do mine in my SE once i get it fixed Dnas420 gave me real good instructions, and I know some people in my car club that are great at custom stuff.

 

$500...nah I don't think so, I got quoted around $90 (give or take) in Queens.

 

about Doing it "correctly" like you said which would involve reworking the hood so that the 1/2 gap between the hood and the top of the headlight would be gone=paint and bodywork=$$$ and adjusting the grille so that the fit was more even=$$$.. $90 is to cut the bracket and screw the lights in, which I could do for free and do the same job.

 

What bulbs will be used in the swap? 9005s and 9006s? If so I may have a lead on an already existing Harness that will take the stock 9004s and convert it to twin bulbs, no cutting or re-wiring, just a plug & play device; please advise.

 

Low beams are 9005, high beams are 9006.

 

I've been wanting to do this for a year now but I am afraid of the cost and the labor. What if I start to do it and screw it up and have to go to some toothless backwoods body shop to fix my mistakes?? I really want it, regardless of how ricey someone else might think it looks. Hey, I drive a Maxima, not a damn civic or eclipse which is all you see in my neck of the hood. Nothing you guys say or do sounds ricey to me so if someone can help me...

nismo1989@aol.com

 

Read the instructions thoroughly and see if you are up to the task, then go to a couple of body shops and get some quotes to see how much they will charge just in case you mess up. If you were in NYC N34JZ would help you out.

BMW Headlight Conversion Instructios courtesy of SkyMax
http://www.geocities.com/skymaxse/pi...structions.htm