Big Earner
Well make it soon! I need to find out what I need to buy for my retro. So far my friend says just get Bosch/AL projectors/bowls and pop my ZKW lens on. I thought the E90 version was going to be easier but it appears more involving than the AL version. My friend owns a BMW junkyard so i can get anything I want from him...I just have to make up my mind. haha.
--Trevor--
Vancouver, BC
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Will there be inches of bowl. That's all I want to know?
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Zactly KG!Originally Posted by kayger12
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I just got thrown a curveball.
I was looking on eBay (these don't come up for sale often) for E90 projectors and found one. Problem is, it isn't the ZKW that the other people who've done the swap have. It's Kendrion, and after a little research that's the same as Bosch/AL. That's an issue because I personally have no idea if this will work as opposed to the ZKWs which are guaranteed to work.
I have no idea if this one would work with what I have. Anyone know??
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I probably could but am much more satisfied sharing that knowledge and empowering others with that knowledge...
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This is the way I am going with my retrofit DIY. I will lay out everything including pics step by step if you plan to retrofit OEM M3 bi-xenon projector assemblies into the ZKW headlight assembly.
One thing to note is that there will be some cutting and drilling of the projector housing to mount the new projector on....not hard to do. The mounting holes from the old ZKW projector and new M3 projector are not the same which is why I posted some pictures earlier in this thread showing this. It's been a few weeks now with the passengers side being done and I have no problems...I do have to retrofit the bi-xenon solenoid controller circuits though and that will be done over the weekend...
Looking forward to contributing something useful to everyone in the family...
Big Earner
Thank you thank you! Can you get any 325 or 330 sedan/coupe that has AL bi-xenons or is the M3 bi-xenon the only one that's confirmed to work ok?
Does anyone notice how poor light dispersion is with the bi-xenon on with stock ZKW? It is great for the low beams...but once that shutter flips...you wonder where the extra light is. It feels more flood than it is lazering down the highway into the distance.
--Trevor--
Vancouver, BC
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No problem
As for your question I'd guess that as long as it's bi-xenon and you can get them mounted on your housing assembly then it's good. What you have to look at is the wiring to the shutters. In my case, using the OEM M3 bi-xenon assembly, the wiring to the shutter solenoid is 3-wire instead of the ZKW's 2-wire. As a result, I have to incorporate another circuit which converts the 2-wire into the 3-wire that the M3 solenoid requires. I had to do more research to find this, which is why I want to do a good detailed DIY after I have BP come up here to give a hand, then I can pass this along to the community.
I have not really seen any "complete" one-stop shop DIY that fully explains how to do this type of conversion. Yes, the information is out there if you do a lot of searching....I mean a lot...
I liked the stock ZKW lighting but both of my ZKW headlights have burned out projector bowls and I didn't realize just how bad until I retrofitted the passenger's side a few weeks ago. Now I realize that my driver's side is burned out as well but not as bad as the passenger's side was. I will be taking pics of both ZKW projector bowls to put in my DIY as well so everyone can see just how bad they got after 8 years of usage.
With the M3 projector bowl assembly installed w/ ZKW lens, the light output is excellent.
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