e46 Bi-Xenon projectors.
09-25-2005, 04:05 PM
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e46 Bi-Xenon projectors.
All in all, it took me 20 hours total to do the job. I did it all at once too, since I only have one car & had to keep working until I am finished.
Too many details to list but the kind of work I did is the kind that I would never find anyone do. Not one cable is just "connected", everything is soldered together & nothing is just "hanging loose".
It's definitely not a job for someone that knows nothing about electronics or basically wiring. I have a bunch of wiring schematics that I've done along the way & will post them along with pictures of the finished job in the morning. (it's 1:11am here).
Pics to follow along with a wiring diagram for those interested.
Glad this job is over & I would definitely not want to do it again
- Jay
Too many details to list but the kind of work I did is the kind that I would never find anyone do. Not one cable is just "connected", everything is soldered together & nothing is just "hanging loose".
It's definitely not a job for someone that knows nothing about electronics or basically wiring. I have a bunch of wiring schematics that I've done along the way & will post them along with pictures of the finished job in the morning. (it's 1:11am here).
Pics to follow along with a wiring diagram for those interested.
Glad this job is over & I would definitely not want to do it again
- Jay
... ummmmmm r u serious ... who makes a post like this without pics!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... its like a tease
09-25-2005, 11:01 PM
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Word up son!! Welcome to the club of projector retrofits and the world of HID lighting. There are some weird radio programs that come on at 1 am eh?? Trust me, there are. There is a lighting faq link in my sig to guys looking for some basic wiring diagrams.
09-26-2005, 03:19 AM
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OK. I'm still working on the wiring diagram(s) but some first pictures are here.
The cutoff is different than for you guys in the US since we have to have the right side of the road really light up. (you can see how the light goes up on the right side).
The projectors I was working on were from the US so I had to grind down the metal piece that's inside the projector (high beam, low beam) and once I made the 15° angle, they are now legal here.
The cutoff is different than for you guys in the US since we have to have the right side of the road really light up. (you can see how the light goes up on the right side).
The projectors I was working on were from the US so I had to grind down the metal piece that's inside the projector (high beam, low beam) and once I made the 15° angle, they are now legal here.
looks ill kid!!
09-26-2005, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Kevlo911
So your gonna give me the wiring diagram for the E46 Bixenon setup?
LED tails are next (maybe even this weekend).
I was checking out your site & have one question.
When your lights are on & you step on the brake pedal, did you make it so the leds light up brighter?
09-26-2005, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 1FSTMAX
what country are you in?
(just moved here in July)
The whole reason for projectors was because there's no other way around inspection here. US headlights are different & the only way to make them "legal" is to put projectors in. I've seen many US cars on the roads that all had projectors put in.
- Jay
09-26-2005, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by BourneJ
Yes Sir.
LED tails are next (maybe even this weekend).
I was checking out your site & have one question.
When your lights are on & you step on the brake pedal, did you make it so the leds light up brighter?
LED tails are next (maybe even this weekend).
I was checking out your site & have one question.
When your lights are on & you step on the brake pedal, did you make it so the leds light up brighter?
Nope, it just lights up more rows. It would be nice to make um brighter when I hit the brakes but I like them they way they are.
09-26-2005, 01:26 PM
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great job on the install man, the projectors look great!
i've got a question though, don't you drive on the same side of the roadthere in Poland as we do here in the US? why did you have to alter the cutoff if thats the case then? also, did you ship your maxima from the US to poland?
good luck with the LED tailings. i did my own projectors but i'm not about to tacle a project like that. way too much wireing for me
i've got a question though, don't you drive on the same side of the roadthere in Poland as we do here in the US? why did you have to alter the cutoff if thats the case then? also, did you ship your maxima from the US to poland?
good luck with the LED tailings. i did my own projectors but i'm not about to tacle a project like that. way too much wireing for me
09-26-2005, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevlo911
Nope, it just lights up more rows. It would be nice to make um brighter when I hit the brakes but I like them they way they are.
09-26-2005, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by BourneJ
ok. i'm going to have to make them light up brighter because of the cops here. They pull you over for every single detail in your car. your LED Tails are really well done
Thanks.
The cops here have not bothered me about it at all. I have had many behind me at night and no problems.
09-26-2005, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 007max
great job on the install man, the projectors look great!
i've got a question though, don't you drive on the same side of the roadthere in Poland as we do here in the US? why did you have to alter the cutoff if thats the case then? also, did you ship your maxima from the US to poland?
good luck with the LED tailings. i did my own projectors but i'm not about to tacle a project like that. way too much wireing for me
i've got a question though, don't you drive on the same side of the roadthere in Poland as we do here in the US? why did you have to alter the cutoff if thats the case then? also, did you ship your maxima from the US to poland?
good luck with the LED tailings. i did my own projectors but i'm not about to tacle a project like that. way too much wireing for me
I did ship the max, it cost roughly $1500 with all the fees when picking it up, etc... took 5 weeks and the car was really well taken care of while in transit. No complaints about the shipping company.
I am actually picking up another car tomorrow that has been shipped out in early August.
- Jay
09-26-2005, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BourneJ
I did ship the max, it cost roughly $1500 with all the fees when picking it up, etc... took 5 weeks and the car was really well taken care of while in transit. No complaints about the shipping company.
I am actually picking up another car tomorrow that has been shipped out in early August.
- Jay
I am actually picking up another car tomorrow that has been shipped out in early August.
- Jay
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09-26-2005, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by eLMo
Damn, I wonder if that's how much it is to ship a car to Montenegro. What company did you use and how do they ship it?
Phone Number for the NJ location: (908) 862-1700 ; I don't know if they ship worldwide but they might.
I dropped off the car at their office, it went into a container along with another car that they had, and picked it up here 5 weeks later. It was shipped in the container on a ship.
09-27-2005, 07:44 AM
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Nice job, heres a pic of mines. Still looking for somebody local to me to help aim the projectors better. It still looks great. I used the vertical adjustment to aim it, but need to go driver side fixed a lil, and passenger side to the right more. Its a dual setup with hid projector low beam (single bosch e46) with h3 foglight as high beam.
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09-27-2005, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ßaller
Nice job, heres a pic of mines. Still looking for somebody local to me to help aim the projectors better. It still looks great. I used the vertical adjustment to aim it, but need to go driver side fixed a lil, and passenger side to the right more. Its a dual setup with hid projector low beam (single bosch e46) with h3 foglight as high beam.
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very very nice indeed!
09-27-2005, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by ßaller
Nice job, heres a pic of mines. Still looking for somebody local to me to help aim the projectors better. It still looks great. I used the vertical adjustment to aim it, but need to go driver side fixed a lil, and passenger side to the right more. Its a dual setup with hid projector low beam (single bosch e46) with h3 foglight as high beam.
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Is the H3 enough for a high beam?
I was actually thinking of something like this but I couldn't find the parts in the last minute before the install.
- Jay
p.s. are those angel eyes on there?
09-27-2005, 09:37 PM
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The H3 is needed to be legal to pass inspection since its a single xenon. If you had bixenon, then no need for the h3 foglight to be there.
Yes, they are "Angel Eyes" Leds.
With the hid, you won't really need to use high beam alot. I still do need to aim mines better though.
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Yes, they are "Angel Eyes" Leds.
With the hid, you won't really need to use high beam alot. I still do need to aim mines better though.
- ßaller
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