The ZKW Burnt Bowls Thread

[ryankokesh]

So can I just buy the FXR's from Lightwerkz for $135 and plop them in? I read this entire thread and I'm still a little confused...

http://shop.lightwerkz.net/Morimoto-...rojectors-D2S#

[nike001]

So can I just buy the FXR's from Lightwerkz for $135 and plop them in? I read this entire thread and I'm still a little confused...

http://shop.lightwerkz.net/Morimoto-...rojectors-D2S#

No. There is dremeling to be done. The FX-R projector is WAY bigger than the OEM ones that come on E46's

[ryankokesh]

I can dremel. I think I'm just going to order these and be done with it.

So I basically just make the replacement look like the original, using a dremel?

[nike001]

I can dremel. I think I'm just going to order these and be done with it.

So I basically just make the replacement look like the original, using a dremel?

Oh yeah, I forgot you're in a ZHP now.

Here are two good DIY's you can follow:
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=760394
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=772065

[zj96sc]

There is no 100% plug and play swap except for AL parts, and even that isn't cut and dry.

E90 bowls require some massaging, cutting, clipping to fit, and then you have the issue of the bulb holder.

FXR or any of lightwerkz stuff is a total non-oem retrofit that ultimately gets held in with JB weld. By far the best light quality, but it will take a lot of work to have the physical retrofit be quality.

[ryankokesh]

Hmm, cool. Thanks for the links. I think this might be the route I go. I'll have to think about i...

[llll1l1ll]

What about the Depo 46s? Aren't they just drop in and go?

[ryankokesh]

From my understanding (read: what follows is probably not correct) they are plug and play, but the light quality isn't as good for some reason, they aren't adjustable, and you loose the brights? And I think they're more than 2x as much $$.

[zj96sc]

I left depos out because I have never heard a single positive thing about them.

[ryankokesh]

Or that.