I've noticed many of you have grafted bixenon projectors from acuras, audis, bmws, mercs, etc. I'm wondering, where did you find these projectors? Being in Canada, you simply won't find any at salvage yards. They are removed and sold long before anyone can get to them.

They used to be relatively available on ebay, but they've darn right disapeared or become outrageously expensive within the last year.

Where are you guys finding bixenon projectors?

 

Ebay.com or HIDplanet.com

 

some gloves, a mask, a crow bar and a good set of sneakers.

 

ebay HID Planet.com

 

Been checking Ebay, where I used to be able to find 3 series, audi, merc, acura, etc, occasionally in the $150-250 range, nowadays, you can't find them anymore. You'll only ever occasionally find a single projector.

As for HIDplanet, I was hoping to pick up used/cheap projectors. I already have a set of Phillips HID's from a previous HID retrofit ready to go so I only need the projectors. If I didn't already have the bulbs/ballasts, the HIDplanet route would be the obvious one. To be honest, their Audi/Porsche kits are pretty reasonable considering it's all new components.

 

lol...maybe borrow a good pair of legs too? Preferbally one from an athlete. Haha.

 

Ha Ha Ha, heck, why stop there right? Might as well take the whole car then I won't need the pair of legs at all.

 

try the junk yards

 

I've tried the local yards and I think the problem is that I'm in Canada, and we simply don't have as many cars around as there appear to be per capita in the US. You guys just seem to have masses of cars everywhere there are people, or ever were people. But local searches have yielded nothing so far. When they get these newer cars in the lot, they never make it to the average consumer like me. Somehow they get sent straight off to other consumers which I'm assuming are things like (illegitimate) repair shops and what not.

 

Try www.car-parts.com...you might be able to get an entire headlight for cheap...just get one that is crappy on the outside (the actual glass) but good on the inside. This is a database of a bunch of junk yards nationally...I'm sure someone will ship to you in Canada.

 

Buy some used off a member on the forums. You don't need to buy from their actual website.

 

Has anyone that has already responded to this thread done a bixenon setup yet? Have some concerns regarding the wiring of everything.

 

here...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-E...spagenameZWDVW

e46 bi-xenon with bulbs, ballast and igniter. Everything you need for $359

and 150-250??? with bulbs, ballast and igniters??? when was this?...thats really cheap!

 

Lots of us have. Look on the HIDPlanet forums, they have bixenon wiring diagrams for each different set of projectors.

 

That is a good price. But I already have ballasts, and I've since found a great source for the parts cheap, but used obviously.

Now it's time to wrap my head around the wiring. I've gone through some of the wiring diagrams on that site. The biggest problem is, some of them are just plain wrong, and admittedly so by the posters. By any chance, does anyone know if the 4th gen is a positive switch or ground switch 9004 setup?

 

You could PM maxgtr2000, he should know.