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DinanM3atl

01-27-2009, 08:48 PM

You start with this...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3413/3231360675_9a0394f789_b.jpg

Then you pull your car inside and start taking stuff off...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3510/3232341249_3190c3967d_b.jpg

Then you keep removing...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/3233189630_0639dcfba6_b.jpg

Then you remove your bumper!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/3233188812_ccbf29724c_b.jpg

Get the fogs in, mount the ballast and test fit a headlight...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/3232338813_1798f03de7_b.jpg

Everything is all installed!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3365/3232338123_f320bec0ea_b.jpg

Then amaze yourself that you actually did everything right!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/3232342109_b39324dc5a_b.jpg

OTG Signs

01-27-2009, 08:49 PM

Looks good. Time for an HID retrofit. :D

(The projector route)

Christopherr

01-27-2009, 08:52 PM

Looks good. Time for an HID retrofit. :D

(The projector route)

:thinking:

Aren't those HIDs?

OTG Signs

01-27-2009, 08:59 PM

:thinking:

Aren't those HIDs?

Drop ins, it looks like.

I'm talking an HID retrofit, not plug-and-play. :)

DinanM3atl

01-27-2009, 09:01 PM

Drop ins, it looks like.

I'm talking an HID retrofit, not plug-and-play. :)

What?

This is an H1 projector in the low beams. I guess it is technically plug and play but does require a bit of wiring.

55w H1 6K HID both in the lows and fogs.

I don't do the retrofit stuff. I don't have the time or patience for that little lighting mod ;)

OTG Signs

01-27-2009, 09:02 PM

I don't do the retrofit stuff. I don't have the time or patience for that little lighting mod ;)

It's not THAT little of an outcome! :D

Plus it's very expensive for something that some guys hardly ever use.

2turbo4u

01-27-2009, 09:17 PM

It's not THAT little of an outcome! :D

Plus it's very expensive for something that some guys hardly ever use.
I'm lost he got H.I.D's installed, and it was plug and play so what was he supposed to do?
O.P why you didn't get the angel eyez headlights?

OnURleft

01-27-2009, 09:25 PM

Nice roundel Halston! You forgot the angel eyes..

G.C

01-27-2009, 09:29 PM

Nice

DinanM3atl

01-27-2009, 10:09 PM

I need a new roundel. Yes I know! roflmao

I fucking HATE angel eyes. They are fucking terrible. Everyone makes fun of neon ground effect kits but it is cool to put neon tubes around your lights? Yah NO THANKS!

Plus all the kits are shit and just break and go bad. I had to simply unplug the ones in my M3. After swapping with umnitza multiple times I gave up. They are terrible.

OEM BMW angel eyes. Good deal. CCFL angel eyes on an e36? Terrible.

DinanM3atl

01-27-2009, 10:09 PM

It's not THAT little of an outcome! :D

Plus it's very expensive for something that some guys hardly ever use.

I have seen the results. Just not interested in that for the time needed.

4uh8ers

01-27-2009, 10:12 PM

looks good mane. Whats next on the list????

GaGen2Teg

01-27-2009, 10:20 PM

looks good...fuck the angel eyes and retrofit just leave like it is

DinanM3atl

01-27-2009, 10:21 PM

I need to swap one of my sets of 17s over to this car so it doesn't look so gangster. Then I have some wheels coming for it. Coilovers sometime soon.

Black Kidney Grills
New Front Roundel

Going to do speakers, amps and a stealth sub :)

404 THE DC4

01-27-2009, 10:30 PM

I think i saw your car at ur work last saturday. is that you who I was talking to about buy me race tickets correct?

DinanM3atl

01-27-2009, 10:33 PM

I work downtown at BSW.

I don't think so.

404 THE DC4

01-27-2009, 10:36 PM

Ok my bad. i jus thought that was you cause i saw the whip @ andretti kartin. my bad.

404 THE DC4

01-27-2009, 10:37 PM

BTW, NICE DIY WRITE UP!

shadowx3

01-27-2009, 10:40 PM

looks good

Logan

01-27-2009, 10:46 PM

oh yes.

hotness ITT.

nismo_b14

01-27-2009, 10:55 PM

nice setup!

DinanM3atl

01-27-2009, 11:11 PM

BTW, NICE DIY WRITE UP!

I was going to do a DIY but decided not to. Just took some pics.

swollix

01-28-2009, 12:51 AM

atlxpat

01-28-2009, 01:19 AM

Nice work man, what are those? ellipsoids, depo, zkw?

Looks good. Time for an HID retrofit. :D

(The projector route)
YES!! I'd love to see a retrofit in an e36 m3, i cant wait to get mine done

AirMax95

01-28-2009, 08:39 AM

Looking good!

Tell someone to unpack those boxes, Jason may have a conniption!

Frög

01-28-2009, 08:42 AM

Looks awesome! Now you need a new BMW emblem..

Brian*

01-28-2009, 09:11 AM

☠ Fkin nice, reps for you and your new parts! ☠

Sammich

01-28-2009, 09:14 AM

AWESOEM LOOKING RIGHT THERE

DinanM3atl

01-28-2009, 09:35 AM

Clean that engine bay. Get a new roundel. Respray front bumper. Black out grills for the win.

PS: Why choose 55watt HID? The 35 are bright enough. ( I just got pulled over for my HIDs, a record three times pulled over in one week)

Pulled over FOR HIDs? Um I have never and been driving on them when BMWs and Mercs didn't even come with them. 7+ years ago. I think you might be attracting attention to yourself to get pulled for headlights.

I will get a new roundel and black grills. Not wasting money on a bumper respray. I already cleaned the engine bay. It was worse. I hosed it down. I never clean that. Who cares. What is there to look at?

Nice work man, what are those? ellipsoids, depo, zkw?

YES!! I'd love to see a retrofit in an e36 m3, i cant wait to get mine done

It is old news really. TSX, S2000 and others have all been retrofitted.

They are Depo Gen IV.

swollix

01-28-2009, 10:16 AM

Pulled over FOR HIDs? Um I have never and been driving on them when BMWs and Mercs didn't even come with them. 7+ years ago. I think you might be attracting attention to yourself to get pulled for headlights.

The past three tickets for tint, turn signals, and HIDs have been unprovoked. It is getting rediculous.... When pulled over for tint, the cop was like "Sir you know what I pulled you over for?...........Illegal window tint!" They must be trying to catch drunk drivers or drugs... Too bad my car has nothing in it... in the 21 times I have been pulled over they have never searched.

DinanM3atl

01-28-2009, 10:23 AM

Again.

I have obviously illegal tints on my M3. Still drive it on the streets and it screams pull me over. I just don't hear about getting pulled over for just tints very often. Definitely not headlights.

AirMax95

01-28-2009, 10:30 AM

What % are your tints? Both of you, lol.

swollix

01-28-2009, 10:49 AM

What % are your tints? Both of you, lol.

I got a ticket for 29%, when the legal limit is 32%.:2up: I bought the car with the tint... Halston, you don't live in Cobb. My brother and my friend were also pulled over recently for tint on the highway lol. My friend was pulled over by GSP. Although they are much more deserving at 20% and 13%...

Atlblkz06

01-28-2009, 10:59 AM

Pulled over for HIDs and 29% tint? That's rough.
Are you sure you didn't try to race em or something? Maybe you looked at em the wrong way lol

AirMax95

01-28-2009, 11:00 AM

I got a ticket for 29%, when the legal limit is 32%.:2up: I bought the car with the tint... Halston, you don't live in Cobb. My brother and my friend were also pulled over recently for tint on the highway lol. My friend was pulled over by GSP. Although they are much more deserving at 20% and 13%...

I will agree, Cobb County is a different animal. Getting pulled over there is a routine, lol.

swollix

01-28-2009, 11:01 AM

Pulled over for HIDs and 29% tint? That's rough.
Are you sure you didn't try to race em or something? Maybe you looked at em the wrong way lol

How could they tell if I looked at them the wrong way? My tint is obviously too dark for them to see me... The other one was heinous too, for my turn signals being clear and not orange.... they still put out a yellow light.

I will agree, Cobb County is a different animal. Getting pulled over there is a routine, lol.
I have been pulled over 21 times, only once was that in another county.

gen2freak

01-28-2009, 11:08 AM

looks great man!
yeah please dont put angel eyes, thats gay as hell!
reps to u man!

MR.EM1

01-28-2009, 11:16 AM

you need a good hi speed buffing.

lights look good

DinanM3atl

01-28-2009, 11:17 AM

I will agree, Cobb County is a different animal. Getting pulled over there is a routine, lol.

I am miles from Cobb and I drive to eat lunch there all the time. I see cops all the time.

Don't see a ton of people complaining about it. I dunno. I drive more like a grandma when I was just driving around on surface streets. Highway I get up to speed but not really driving crazy.

21 tickets? Dude it has to be your driving. I am sorry but you are attracting attention to yourself with that many tickets.

DinanM3atl

01-28-2009, 11:17 AM

you need a good hi speed buffing.

lights look good

It is coming. 2 weeks.

AirMax95

01-28-2009, 11:20 AM

21 tickects/stops is a lot, lol. Are you ripping when you take off from a light, or andretti carting through turns?

swollix

01-28-2009, 11:22 AM

21 tickets? Dude it has to be your driving. I am sorry but you are attracting attention to yourself with that many tickets.

I did not say 21 tickets. I said pulled over 21 times. I have 7 tickets, mostly for minor stuff:
15 over
15 over
32 mph over
no turn signals
improper lane change
tint
corner lights wrong color

puregroove

01-28-2009, 11:25 AM

looks really good. very nice.

DinanM3atl

01-28-2009, 11:43 AM

21 tickects/stops is a lot, lol. Are you ripping when you take off from a light, or andretti carting through turns?

Ok well same deal. 21 stop is A LOT.

Atlblkz06

01-28-2009, 02:39 PM

I did not say 21 tickets. I said pulled over 21 times. I have 7 tickets, mostly for minor stuff:
15 over
15 over
32 mph over
no turn signals
improper lane change
tint
corner lights wrong color

I've been stopped about... 10 times now but thats over the past 9 years or so.

The stupidest one was when I blatantly cut off a cop while driving a 15 seater van. I pulled a 2-3 lane change and cut across the striped median to get to the exit. I immediately saw red/blue lights. (I think it was NJ, not sure) He came over and goes "Now what the hell was that son? Give me your license and registration".

Instead I gave him a map and said "Sir I'm really sorry - I saw you there but I've been lost for the past hour, and I was just really frustrated. I saw the exit sign an didnt want to miss it again."
Well he bought it - and sent me on my way lol.

I have one other story involving 5-6 cruisers but I'd rather not say that in public lol. Got off without even a warning though so its all good.

Oh and if you're out of state - look flustered and blame the GPS - works very very well, especially with female cops :cheers: