What did you do for your ZHP/BMW today?

[kayger12]

^Looks awesome.

[das boots]

Installed the 5000k HID bulbs and did the Forever Black on the ext. trim.

50/50 shot of using the magic eraser on the trim.



After the Forever Black...





Middle section is about a month old, they both match after using the forever black.

Are the mid-section easy to remove? Any clips that need to be purchased?

[MrMaico]

Lots of E46 parts at that Ebay seller that Webster posted in the M3 mirror thread. I wonder how much work it would be to install this adjustable lumbar setup?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bmw-E46-Lumb...item2ebc3a868e

EDIT: looks like a fair bit of work.....

http://www.tmk.com/lumbar/index.shtml

Sure would be nice to have though.

[MiniD]

Back to black is awesome. Did that today too!

[Washburn]

Drove the car 403 miles 3 days ago from Raleigh, NC to Clinton, TN and back today... (total of 800-900 miles)
each (one way) trip was done with exactly 3/4 of a tank ....the 'to' trip got me about 30-31 MPG!
...pretty good, esp. considering all the mountains in Asheville, NC...that was fun, as always.

BTW, the Conti DWS rock in rainy weather and windy roads at brisk speeds...got the car up to 95 one time (passing) and they felt rock solid, despite pretty wet conditions.

After the return trip, stopping to pick up the mail from the post office....

[Newjack]

Back to black is awesome. Did that today too!

I just bought some of that stuff. Have been meaning to do this for a little while now. Looking good Nomar!

[MiniD]

I did my difuser. It was faded so I went over with it with the black stuff, let it dry and it turned out great.

[cakM3]

It's defiantly a personal preference thing... Not sure why the light against the house looks green but it's more of a white blue color


~Steve
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Steve,

Most likely because you are running with both your headlights and fogs. Blue and yellow make green. That's why the light on your garage looks green because you have a blend of both lights. Looks like you are running with 8000k lighting....way too dark if you ask me. You lose so much lighting vs distance running higher temp lighting.

For everyone's info:

3000K indicates a yellow light sometimes used for fog light applications.

4300K is a white light with a slight yellow tint. This is usually OE xenon lighting based on high performance output lighting.

5000k is a white light which provides fairly good light output which is almost as good as 4300k. (This is the lighting I am considering going to)

6000k is a white light with a slight blue tint. Still considered high performing HID output but is less than 4300k.

8000k provides a pale blue light offering even less light output than 6000k

10000k is a deep blue light with severely diminished light output.

Speaking for myself, I wouldn't be going any bluer than 6000k but I would prefer more light output since I do occasionally drive at night through country roads. I just wanted to put out this info. If anything I put out is incorrect I would expect someone from the "family" to correct me. Thanks

[midlandtech]

The shot against the garage was just headlights but I get what your sayin... I have tried numerous different xenons ranging from 3000 to my current 8000 while your correct that anything over 6000 sees a drop in lumens I personally like the look and haven't had any problems with beam distance or lighting at night being an issue for me... Again IMO it's a preference thing



~Steve
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[Hermes]

Installed reinforcement plates and new windshield cowl