The ZKW Burnt Bowls Thread

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Originally Posted by cakM3

Smolck, take a look at the diy, it might help you out...:)

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Thanks, I saw it. I may try it, but I really don't like the idea of hacking my housing. if I screw up (and I will) I am hosed. I dunno. I think I am going to try putting aluminum tape in there and polish it with my dremel and mag wheel polish. Might be good enough until I can save up for the lightwerks fix. My old 323i was a car that I would do ANYTHING to just for kicks, I promised myself I wouldn't do that in a car this nice. Plus, I have only had it for two days.

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Originally Posted by Smolck

Thanks, I saw it. I may try it, but I really don't like the idea of hacking my housing. if I screw up (and I will) I am hosed. I dunno. I think I am going to try putting aluminum tape in there and polish it with my dremel and mag wheel polish. Might be good enough until I can save up for the lightwerks fix. My old 323i was a car that I would do ANYTHING to just for kicks, I promised myself I wouldn't do that in a car this nice. Plus, I have only had it for two days.

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I know where you are coming from regarding costly mistakes, that's why I put up this DIY to help others. If you are going to have someone else do this retrofit then I would go with Lightwerks solution. They seem to have the best solution if you are willing to shell out more than $200. Since the dremeling and cutting was at a minimum, I felt comfortable enough to tackle this job for under $200. In the end it came out very well and I now have more than adequate lighting. Anyway, good luck and keep us posted :thumbsup

OKay, so I didn't work today and just sitting around the house wasn't in the cards. So I went ahead and did the retrofit found here.....

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1585551

Worked pretty good. I have to finish up because I don't have the wiring done for the bi-xenon shutter, for some reason my auto leveling won't work, and I don't have a way to mount the high beam headlight. BUT, the light output with my brand new 6000k bulb is nothing short of spectacular. I used my old ZKW lens and wow, wow, wow. I can see!!!!

Sorry, pics aren't that good, but I DID IT! Once the wiring is done it'll be 100 perfect. Notice the new headlight lens. Makes the car look 10 years newer, on that side anyways.

Wrong link in your post, Smolck.

Here is a more dramatic look at the difference. First pic is unfixed ZKW light on drivers side only. Second is the new retrofit on the passenger side only. Amazing.

Damn!!! Now that's what I call a successful ShadMod! There's no cheese in this retro!

Here is my bowl, never seen one like this before.

Holy moly...keep that for the BMW records!! Email that to BMW NA!!!

So I finally found someone who had retrofitted AL Bi-Xenons into a 99-01 sedan housing!!

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showpos...&postcount=105

If I can't find a way to do this myself for less, I will definitely pounce on these! He currently want's $550 for the set. But I want to see if I can't get them for $500 shipped to my apartment. Then I need to have an Updated LCM...Trying to get an 06 with an SW value of 4.0 or 4.5 as they have the triple flash blinker! So that will be shipped to TerraPhantm directly and have him code it for all that cool stuff and then ship it to me :) My dream of being able to see at night is finally coming true!!

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Originally Posted by Hornung418

So I finally found someone who had retrofitted AL Bi-Xenons into a 99-01 sedan housing!!

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showpos...&postcount=105

If I can't find a way to do this myself for less, I will definitely pounce on these! He currently want's $550 for the set. But I want to see if I can't get them for $500 shipped to my apartment. Then I need to have an Updated LCM...Trying to get an 06 with an SW value of 4.0 or 4.5 as they have the triple flash blinker! So that will be shipped to TerraPhantm directly and have him code it for all that cool stuff and then ship it to me :) My dream of being able to see at night is finally coming true!!

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I want that tipple blinker!