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E46 retro 3.0 complete!
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April 29, 2010, 04:31:54 PM »
Just a couple quick pics of retro 3.0. This will be the final revision. Just a few tweaks along with clear lenses as opposed to the smoked ones. Those pics will come later.
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Re: E46 retro 3.0 in progress
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Hey, are those TSX projectors with the e46. How did you end up mounting them?
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Details.
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more details!
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Re: E46 retro 3.0 in progress
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No Rich. Those are the same e46 projectors along with new e46 shrouds. What I did this time around was remove the foreground limiting shield, paint the facing part of the shield red, extend the e46 shrouds back with pieces of the old, beat to hell Crossfire shrouds, then painted the formerly black reflector with off the shelf "chrome" spray paint. I also enlarged the 9005 opening in the high beam reflector to take the 9006 HID bulbs I already have. Unfortunately, as of this posting, I'm at a standstill since I melted one of the clear lenses from the lights I got from Lex. Now I need to find a junkyard near me. I'm not exactly happy right now.
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The lights are mounted and aimed up. After doing the short drive to aim them, it made me wonder why I ever went with smoked lenses to begin with. These 50 watt ballasts I have put out so much damn light, having HIDs in the high beam reflector would be overkill. Fuck it. What's wrong with over kill? Enough babbling. More pics!
Finished and ready to be mounted:
Cutoff shot:
Cooked lens:
Ghetto oven:
Pics mounted on the car coming soon. I finished these things and installed in the fucking dark. Sorry for the iPhone pics as that's all I have right now.
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May 01, 2010, 02:22:58 PM »
haha nice oven!! I really like the red look of the projector as well, looks mean!
I am thinking the same thing about my smoked lenses, they are off right now and I am running with 55watt 5000K hids in high, low and fog. SO MUCH BRIGHTER!!
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May 01, 2010, 03:27:44 PM »
Damn Z, that shit looks fucking sexy and the mounting looks like it's OEM. Nice work.
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May 01, 2010, 05:17:46 PM »
i have 55w hids and i love them go overkill on high beams i tried it one night and was amaze at the light out put
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May 01, 2010, 06:18:07 PM »
very nice z. red lens looks evil. (borat voice) "I LIKE!"
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May 01, 2010, 08:12:45 PM »
Thanks guys. Painting shields gives so many possibilities. Here's a couple quick and dirties I took earlier today:
Not the best quality photos, I know but like I said before, its what I got.
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That looks wicked bro!
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May 01, 2010, 11:50:53 PM »
Thanks man. Pics do not do them justice. Especially shitty iPhone pics.
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May 02, 2010, 10:56:00 AM »
Looking good Z! When are you starting mine?
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Gb for retros from z?
Hahaha
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