The ZKW Burnt Bowls Thread

[nike001]

Sorry fellas, I didn't document my retrofit because it was pretty much straight forward.

IIRC, It was just taking the e46 m3 lights and: taking lenses off, bezels out.. sedan bezels in, sedan lenses on. Then taking #10 (as mentioned above in previous posts) off the car (its located directly below the lights..and they are what the lights attach to) and bolting #10 from the e46 m3 on there. Then put the headlights in.

Now, I COULD be wrong in this procedure because I took my headlights apart with Terra to install ZKW lenses and modify the cutoff shield.. So maybe (but I doubt) a few steps could have been lost in translation. I"ll think more about this and ask Terra next time I speak with him.

[danewilson77]

Sorry fellas, I didn't document my retrofit because it was pretty much straight forward.

IIRC, It was just taking the e46 m3 lights and: taking lenses off, bezels out.. sedan bezels in, sedan lenses on. Then taking #10 (as mentioned above in previous posts) off the car (its located directly below the lights..and they are what the lights attach to) and bolting #10 from the e46 m3 on there. Then put the headlights in.

Now, I COULD be wrong in this procedure because I took my headlights apart with Terra to install ZKW lenses and modify the cutoff shield.. So maybe (but I doubt) a few steps could have been lost in translation. I"ll think more about this and ask Terra next time I speak with him.

Thanks for any additional nike.

HTC Thunderbolt+TT

[iZHP]

Ugh. I wish there was an easier way about all of this. I would eventually like to see comparisons to which route is most effective (shortest, easiest)

[nike001]

Ugh. I wish there was an easier way about all of this. I would eventually like to see comparisons to which route is most effective (shortest, easiest)

Given you said shortest and easiest, I'd probably have to say mine. Although it could be a bit more expensive. Though you may be able to turn around some items to people with pre-facelift coupes (eg-bezels,lenses,old zkw ballasts)

[CERF04ZHP]

If any of you have questions concerning the retrofit you are more than welcome to PM me and I will get right back to you. Am I correct Channing ?

Best in the biz!

[cakM3]

Just wanted to provide everyone with a status of the DIY I have been working on. I have submitted my DIY for review by a few folks so hopefully the DIY will be posted in the DIY section soon....

Yep! The driver's side projector bowl was just as bad as the passenger's side that I posted on this thread earlier. For less than $200 I got a permanent solution to this problem that works for me !

[az3579]

I just ordered my solenoid circuits last night, so I'm now ready to tackle this project next weekend and verify the DIY...

[llll1l1ll]

I'm interested to see the turnout.

Nike, with the lenses and the bezels: is the bezel the plastic piece that goes overtop of the two headlamps? Or by bezel do you mean sort of a housing/bushing type thing? Or by lenses do you mean the plastic piece that goes overtop the two headlamps? Where is that Real OEM diagram?!

[danewilson77]

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...50&hg=63&fg=05

[cakM3]

Sent copies of my preliminary DIY this morning to a few members on this forum for comments and feedback prior to posting this in the DIY section

Hopefully, we will get this up soon to help other's with this issue...stay tuned!