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fiveightandten
03-05-2009, 07:11 PM
Not 100% Inclusive...I'll probably improve upon this at some point. But until then...hope it helps some of the newcomers.


Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWGNMbkbv0A

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqJ8T-GLayI&feature=channel

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWAgWl73ugo&feature=channel

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfhP5yUoc3M&feature=channel
KillahKal88
03-05-2009, 07:16 PM
Very informational and easy to understand despite "speaking a little quick". Keep it up!
rallypunx
03-05-2009, 08:27 PM
Good useful information. Thanx.
WTFGERMAN
03-05-2009, 08:29 PM
:buttrockshould either be sticky'd or put in the diy section
Pjoerunner
03-05-2009, 11:57 PM
I'm a E36 noob, this is helpful.
ROM3000
03-06-2009, 01:10 AM
Very helpful and informational. Thanks for making the video. I hope to see more.
eXacto
03-06-2009, 01:33 AM
Amazing man!!!!
Answered alot of my "noob" questions.


TTTHHAANNKKSS!!!!:cool
dhinez
03-06-2009, 03:19 AM
good informative info. Thinking about a retrofit now.
cristimm
03-06-2009, 07:15 AM
I have a question: I want to clean my headlights based on DIY from here:

http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/07/30/cleaning-bmw-e36-ellipsoid-headlight-diy/

and I wonder if it would be a good idea NOT to install back the round glasses. The E46 doesn't have them in the first place.

Just to be sure this is the round glass that I want to remove:

http://www.bmwe36blog.com/images/photos/clean-bmw-e36-headlight/bmw-e36-headlight06.jpg

What do you think?
How will it look and how it will perform?
atlantisvip
03-06-2009, 08:37 AM
:handclap:drink1

I so needed schooling on HIDs and learned plenty ! Thanks a lot for this, atleast I know now to hold off on getting HIDs in my DEPOs for now. Any chance of getting fabrication info for the projectors ?
:buttrock:alright
IRideFixed
03-06-2009, 10:16 AM
very very nice!

the info on the depo lights was something i was wondering about.
randomy
03-06-2009, 11:56 AM
Very nice, Thank you.
In Video 2, you point out the uptick, then the phone rings, and you never finish explaining the uptick when you continue to describe the cut-off line. Can you elaborate what it is there for?
atlantisvip
03-06-2009, 12:19 PM
Very nice, Thank you.
In Video 2, you point out the uptick, then the phone rings, and you never finish explaining the uptick when you continue to describe the cut-off line. Can you elaborate what it is there for?

I think he explained it pretty well.
CoolJoe
03-06-2009, 12:43 PM
I'm a E36 noob, this is helpful.


+1
randomy
03-06-2009, 01:07 PM
I watched it again, and still don't see the purpose of the uptick. He says the cut-off line keeps light from shining upward (into oncoming traffic presumably), but no eplaboration on the purose of the uptick, it seems to me the uptick would make sort of stepped pattern in the light output like this:

\-----\ /-----/

That is if I saw it correctly in the video of what the uptick looked like. Why does it create that pattern, and not just go straight across like this:
\----------------/