The Official Show off your E36 thread!!! (Post pics)

[InfectedKetchup]

Much better, is that Calypso?

Thanks!, Yes it is calypso

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[5SpeedGangsta]

[Thrifty S50]

Thanks!, Yes it is calypso

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Calypso is awesome!!! Looks so good now

[EnaM3l]

My new to me Byzanz M3!

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[CblockM3]

My new to me Byzanz M3!

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Very clean, I love byzanz!


Jaw's insanely clean e36





After Griot's M Car show:

[MParallel]

Today at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. No laps done, as the track was closed because of accident #276312873812 and didn't open again today.

[InfectedKetchup]

Calypso is awesome!!! Looks so good now

Thanks! Looks like an entirely different car now

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[turbotime]

Beautiful welcome to the club

[GMT400Tahoe]

Results of my second projector retrofit on my M3.

• Bosch euro-spec headlamp housings
• Morimoto Mini D2S 4.0 bi-xenon projector
• Hella ballasts
• Phillips 85122 D2S bulbs

[LockDots]

Looks great. How'd you mount the projector inside the housing?

[GMT400Tahoe]

Thanks. It was surprisingly easy. The two bottom mounting points on the Bosch housings were exactly the same distance as the mounting points on the new projector. I made a small metal bracket to relocate a third mounting point on the top of the projector.

The projector mounting bracket that was inside the Bosch housing and the metal bracket I made to relocate the third mounting point are shown in the following picture. Once I got that set up, I simply bolted in the new projector.

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[LockDots]

Nice! No issues with rotating it to line up? Looks great. Very OE look to it. I wish my fx-r retrofit was as clean looking but the performance makes up for all of its downfalls (which really aren't many).

[GMT400Tahoe]

Thanks. That was what was great about being able to use the mounting points already present, the rotation was already locked in.

If I had to be critical, it looks like the left side projector is <1 degree CW relative to the right side projector, but I am going to just live with that since it is so small.

Keeping an OE appearance was definitely what I was going for. A few small things that I did was I replaced the glass inner lens with one I recovered from a set of E38 headlamps, since they have the hole removed in front of the projector, so that makes for one less layer of material for the output to have to pass through. I also replaced the low beam cover in the back of the housing with the rubbery boot from a pre-facelift xenon equipped E39, which already has a hole ready-made for the Hella ballast to snugly pass through and it fit perfectly on the back of the Bosch housing as well. It made for a very clean and OE looking install even behind the housing. The flexibility of the rubber boot allows me to dial in the adjustment up/down left/right adjustments as well.

I am in the process of retrofitting the FX-R 3.0 with the 2.5 inch lens in my Tahoe right now, it is a great projector. I like how the FX-R is completely enclosed, so light bleed out the sides isn't an issue.

EDIT: I just browsed through your retrofit album. Also great work on your projector retrofit!

[LockDots]

Thanks! Genius of you to use E38 glass. How'd you figure that one out? It was such a pain to find a shop willing to cut my glass. Even then, it's not perfect but it works and you'd have to really stare at them closely to see why so I'm still happy with the outcome.

[DotBeta]

pic I took with my new iphone 7 plus, Upgraded my phone this past weekend and the camera is amazing for a quick point and shoot. Sure it's filtered but it looks gud

[SwissBliss]

At a local car show this weekend..

Showing off the new apex arc 8s

[Nate047]

[kreasims]

[mslevin]

Quick photo of my fleet. My E36 is looking wrecked, with no vinyl or overfenders on it. Trying to choose a color for the new livery (Bronco is for sale if anyone is interested!!)




And a better photo of the newest addition, 2000 740iL

[CblockM3]

Dig those centerlocks!

[notMpowered]

DSC_0085 by Chris West, on Flickr

[tmswell]

DSC_0085 by Chris West, on Flickr

Beach! Nice shot

[notMpowered]

Thanks! It was taken on our trip down the 101 to San Francisco last week. 2500 miles or so in 10 days. Car made it home no worse for wear other than a cracked fog light.

[Moron95M3]

Thanks! It was taken on our trip down the 101 to San Francisco last week. 2500 miles or so in 10 days. Car made it home no worse for wear other than a cracked fog light.

Nice!!!

We did 6k miles in 10 days (drove from IL to LA/San Fran). Man...US 1/101 is so gorgeous, we caught a sunset near Monteray :o Too bad it was in a mini

[Turbovin]