projector headlights?

[Mystikal]

Originally posted by AndreNY
yes u can instlal them but you cannot see ANYTHING, its a total waste of money. I ahd xenons on my Hella smoked, and could not see $hit i was sooooooooooooooooooooooo pissed. Someone told me the reason i couldnt not see was because i was using the wrong bulb. but that is not the reason

Something was off. I've seen so many pics of HID kits in E30's (Ryan Stewart comes to mind, he even has smoked Hella's) and they always come out amazing.

[BimmerBalla14]

so...xenon,halogen,smiley,projector,ellipsoid,hid. ..whats recomended/preferred?

[Gamite]

Originally posted by AndreNY
yes u can instlal them but you cannot see ANYTHING, its a total waste of money. I ahd xenons on my Hella smoked, and could not see $hit i was sooooooooooooooooooooooo pissed. Someone told me the reason i couldnt not see was because i was using the wrong bulb. but that is not the reason

The reason for that was because the length of the bulb was different than the original 9006 bulb, so the focal point of the filament, or arc in the case of xenon was positioned either too far ahead or to the rear of the housing, and the light was not bouncing off the correct angles.

[Mystikal]

Originally posted by BimmerBalla14
so...xenon,halogen,smiley,projector,ellipsoid,hid. ..whats recomended/preferred?

xenon = hid, projector = ellipsoid.

For an E34, you already have the ellipsoids, so you can just buy an HID kit for your housing. It won't work as well as say OEM xenon's in an E39, but it's the best you can do with that platform, and will be significantly better than halogens.

[Mystikal]

Originally posted by Gamite
The reason for that was because the length of the bulb was different than the original 9006 bulb, so the focal point of the filament, or arc in the case of xenon was positioned either too far ahead or to the rear of the housing, and the light was not bouncing off the correct angles.

H1 bulb in Euro ellips.

[Gamite]

Originally posted by Mystikal
H1 bulb in Euro ellips.

o ya, I forgot, but same shit, xenon bulb is a different length than H1.

[Gamite]

Originally posted by Mystikal
xenon = hid, projector = ellipsoid.

For an E34, you already have the ellipsoids, so you can just buy an HID kit for your housing. It won't work as well as say OEM xenon's in an E39, but it's the best you can do with that platform, and will be significantly better than halogens.

not all E34's came with elipsoids, 92 and 93 didnt' come with them for some weird reason.

[Miguel]

Originally posted by Gamite
not all E34's came with elipsoids, 92 and 93 didnt' come with them for some weird reason.

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