Need an opinion Headlights. OEM ZKW Vs. Depo W/ Angel Eyes

[Vas]

Yep no issues at all and still bright as ever

I think I will be going down this line as well. Thanks

[az3579]

Since it has been a couple of years ago, how are they holding up? Still the same as day one?

I was quoted $510 plus return shipping.

$510 for projectors, possibly bulbs (?), and all the labor to retrofit, for lighting with better output/pattern/cutoff/whatever than OE...

$1000+ each side for new OE lights.


$510 sounds like a bargain to me.

[Vas]

$510 for projectors, possibly bulbs (?), and all the labor to retrofit, for lighting with better output/pattern/cutoff/whatever than OE...

$1000+ each side for new OE lights.


$510 sounds like a bargain to me.

$510 plus shipping is just for labor and projectors. Labor is $400 of that amount.

No bulbs included.

Other option is to find used AL headlights or do the retrofit yourself.

[az3579]

Other option is to find used AL headlights or do the retrofit yourself.

You could, but... I've seen FX-R lighting in person before. It's worth the premium to me, which is why I have a set of FX-R 1.0's sitting in a box ready to go in. I'll probably have it done before winter.

If you're on a tighter budget, then the AL's do the job just fine, though by the time you end up buying a set of AL headlight housings, you could potentially be close to the price of a retrofit anyway, depending on who's smoking what when they list their headlights (pricing). You could just do the projectors, but that is a lot more work that you have to do yourself. It's a balances thing, as with anything... convenience or price.

I have the M3 AL's, and the lighting is nice overall, so you can't go wrong with those either.

[jiggz]

You've got the ideal situation in that you've got 2 sets of headlights - you can still drive your car while either shipping your ZKW's out, or doing the work yourself and taking all the time you need.

I shipped my ZKW units to Lightwerkz and had them do the FX-r retrofit + new bulbs. Highly recommended. Noticeably better than AL's as well, which I had on a prior E46.

[Vas]

Yeah finding a used set of AL headlight is somewhat difficult and the price is closer to the FX-R. I am leaning towards that since it is all new parts. Plus the cut-off line on the FX-R is pretty awesome.

[Sockethead]

I don't know if they put new bulbs in mine... They never mentioned it that I remember

[Vas]

I don't know if they put new bulbs in mine... They never mentioned it that I remember

They told me I would use my old bulbs. But I have a member here that is letting me borrow a set of headlights so I can send out my current ones to get fixed. Looking forward to being able to see.

[jiggz]

I don't know if they put new bulbs in mine... They never mentioned it that I remember

I doubt they'd just put them in I paid an extra hundred some dollars as I recall for the OEM replacements.

[Sockethead]

Agreed...