E39 touring LS swap project

[Silverlight]

Did anyone else notice the red eyes or something in the tree towards the right?

[airkhin]

those lights are fantastic! i now check this thread regularly. haha

[RVAE34]

That's because there is a small electrical station of some sorts with a small tower right behind those trees lol. Does look a little crazy though.

[ode2joy]

Sasquatch!

[Orxan4ik]

Got FX-Rs, too. Hate the performance. The shape of the housing dictates a beam thats wide, but short. OEM Hella's low beam was much better suited for driving - you see whats in front of you further out as opposed to seeing everything on the road, but only so far out. Makes the bi-xenon feature kinda useless, there's just not enough lumens in those bulbs to have a bright light everywhere. Maybe I'll give CBis a shot, too.

[levous]

captivated!

[RVAE34]

I'm famous lol. Keep refreshing til you see it

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/index.php

[oekundar]

Nice job!...love the cut off on the projector!

[Jason5driver]

Agreed!
The light output is amazing...!
I would love to have that kind of visibility at night...!
Currently, my lights point down...

Do you have any pictures of the lights hitting a wall, or garage door...?

Thanks!
Jason

[RVAE34]

Sure do. I plan on fixing the alignment this weekend and taking more as well. You can see here that the driver side needs to be rotated clockwise just a hair.

[jp5Touring]

The headers are pure sex,,

Sweet build,, Now get back in that garage I want to see more !!!

[airkhin]

damn... ive been wanting to upgrade the lights in the e30 and the e39 for quite some time now...

[BavariaNick]

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[RVAE34]

damn... ive been wanting to upgrade the lights in the e30 and the e39 for quite some time now...

Then you should do the TSX retrofit like I did on my E34. I also built about a half dozen sets for others including an E30 set.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1665271

[airkhin]

Then you should do the TSX retrofit like I did on my E34. I also built about a half dozen sets for others including an E30 set.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1665271

i studied that diy quite well when you first made it. haha. i just keep going back and forth of actually wanting to cut up my perfectly working hella lights, haha. i think im going to get a set of depos for the e30 to do it on...

[RVAE34]

Yeah! Don't use the Hella's. I am not even sure if the methods I used are the same as I only used Depo's.

[airkhin]

Yeah! Don't use the Hella's. I am not even sure if the methods I used are the same as I only used Depo's.

good to know. thanks.

[RVAE34]

Ordered black 75mm Wheel studs and 17mm nuts from VAC. Tires will be here on the 19th, headers on the 20th and I hope the wheels arrive on the 21st or 23rd.

[parkerbomar]

Can't wait to see

[RVAE34]

Me too! Got a text that the wheels are shipping today from CA. The holiday will probably screw up the timeframe though. My motor still hasn't arrived either

[RVAE34]

Installed the VAC wheels studs and nuts since the new wheels will be here next week. Decided to take a few pix with final ride height. About an inch or so lower than the last pix. Also adding some light output shots. They are almost perfect. Need to find out why the driver side angles a little up to the right side of the cutoff line.

[oekundar]

Looks good...what wheels are you going to be running? Will you be rolling the fenders? If so the rears are a b!tch!

[RVAE34]

Volk TE37 replicas from Varrstoen. 19 x 9.5/10.5 matte black. 245/35/19 up front and 275/30/19 in the rear. I will probably end up rolling front and rear. My friend has the good hub mount fender roller.

[airkhin]

those lights came out amazing! lookin forward to the wheels on there!

[Jason5driver]

Installed the VAC wheels studs and nuts since the new wheels will be here next week.

Decided to take a few pix with final ride height.

About an inch or so lower than the last pix.

Also adding some light output shots.

They are almost perfect.

Need to find out why the driver side angles a little up to the right side of the cutoff line.

Wow...!
Looks perfect...!
Love the sharp cut-off...
That is also my goal... to obtain a SHARP cut-off as well...

Thank you much for the updates...!
Looking forward to seeing more...!

Thanks!
Jason