The Perfect BiFecta: AL Bowls with ZKW Lenses. A road to Purgatory

[danewilson77]

Ahh ok. I misinterpreted. Yes you are correct... Bowls for visibility first, then go for lenses to fine tune the lighting.

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[Imola.ZHP]

The retrofit source sells the ZKW-R lenses. I haven't seen or used these, so I can't comment on the quality, but I'm sure they're great. I purchased some other stuff from TRS and they seem to be a great place to do business with.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=136

Of course, like I said, if you already have ZKW lights in your car, no need, just take the lenses out of these lights. If you have a mismatched set like LivesNearCostco, you'll want to get a matched lens set of some sort. Ideally, both lights are 100% the same in terms of inner parts too, just so that your cutoff and beam focus are the same.

Thanks for the help! So since I have AL bowels I can just buy those lenses (that you linked) and swap them in? Sweet!

$40 isn't bad at all...

Do any of you guys think my nearly 10 year old bulbs might need to be replaced? What about this random issue I have with one side not coming on initially , but then later on coming on? Sounds like a ballast to me, not necessairily the bulb. I guess I could swap bulbs and see if the problem stays to the drivers side or swaps to the passenger side. If it is my ballast, can those be replaced separate from replacing the headlight?

Thanks!

[danewilson77]

Yeah....you can replace the ballast. I would recommend it. You could also swap ballasts side to side to see if the problem follows the ballast, to verify prior to purchase.

I would continue using the bulbs until light output is insufficient.

[derbo]

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/show...enon-projector

From this thread:

I've run into a snag. The ZKW-R lens is slightly larger in diameter than the stock Bosch lens, so it's not seating correctly in the lens cradle.

What to do...

but I believe he may have a different version of the ZKW since retrofit source has a small footnote:

The ZKW-R lenses work well on Bosch Bi-xenon (AKA "E46") projectors when you have the version with the notch cut into their lip. If you intend on using these on your Bosch Bi-xenon projectors, please make sure to leave us a note in the comments when checking out so we send you the right version.

I will definitely be doing the ZKW lenses after some other priority modifications are finished. Great job Dane!

[danewilson77]

Thanks Derek!