What did you do for your ZHP/ BMW / MINI today? #2

[sillieidiot]

Just driving the Tesla around all the time?

I don't blame you - been using them for pretty much this entire week, and I feel slightly ashamed to say that when I got back in my car I kinda missed the Teslas... you definitely can't get that raw, old-school feeling of the E46 with them, but damn they are just such good daily drivers.

Yeah. It's a god send for carpool. I woke up late to work. But I made up the time flying through the carpool lane lol Plus I can eat and do other stuff while the car is on AP. But yeah the car just feels numb to me. Great DD which is exactly what I use it for.

E46 is a great DD too when I used to DD it. But I mean, I would be doing $120/week on gas with the driving I'm doing currently. I'm only paying like $35 for charging.

Officially sold my old car. I thought I would be sad but it’s a massive relief honestly. Word on the street is depending on if the shop that’s buying it can get the trunk to close, she may become a SpecE46 race car.

Obligatory anything you guys need from a chassis? I can see if I can pull it…

Also for my secret project, final piece comes in tomorrow

Edit: outside of the motor I can basically pull anything, don’t be shy

cluster? door seals? oh visors. I need those lol

[johnrando]

Congrats on the sale.

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[YoitsTmac]

cluster? door seals? oh visors. I need those lol

Visors or black but driver mirror is cracked. Drunk friend stepped on it prior to install. Let me know though.

Cluster he specifically demanded per SpecE46. Door seals are grey, let me know if still interested.

[YoitsTmac]

Congrats on the sale.

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Thank you! Getting rid of the old car feels like the final piece I need to put this all behind me. And I miss my go fast bits from the old car for sure.

[YoitsTmac]

Found a full LED headlight from a G20 for $250. What do you guys think? I think that projector may look out of place in the E46, whereas an F30 LED projector - not so much. Thoughts?

[az3579]

Found a full LED headlight from a G20 for $250. What do you guys think? I think that projector may look out of place in the E46, whereas an F30 LED projector - not so much. Thoughts?

Are you talking about the F32 LCI projector? The F30 used reflectors on their LED headlights.

[YoitsTmac]

Are you talking about the F32 LCI projector? The F30 used reflectors on their LED headlights.

The F30 LCI reflectors. I thought the F32 LCI LED also had the same reflector design. Sorry I also thought the term was projector regardless, but yes it somewhat resembles a halogen housing

[az3579]

The F30 LCI reflectors. I thought the F32 LCI LED also had the same reflector design. Sorry I also thought the term was projector regardless, but yes it somewhat resembles a halogen housing

So yes, the F30 LED lights are all reflectors. The F32 has two different LED headlight designs; one adaptive and one not. The non-adaptive ones used projectors, and look like this:




The adaptive ones look like the F30 ones and are reflectors, like this:





I believe the reflectors rely on the reflective housing inside the housing to project the beam pattern, whereas the projectors use the glass lens to project the light into a beam pattern. If I understand it correctly, headlights with projector lenses have a nicer, sharp cutoff.

I'm not sure if you knew about the projector one, but figured it could be another potential option for you to make it look as E46-OE as possible...

[das boots]

So yes, the F30 LED lights are all reflectors. The F32 has two different LED headlight designs; one adaptive and one not. The non-adaptive ones used projectors, and look like this:




The adaptive ones look like the F30 ones and are reflectors, like this:





I believe the reflectors rely on the reflective housing inside the housing to project the beam pattern, whereas the projectors use the glass lens to project the light into a beam pattern. If I understand it correctly, headlights with projector lenses have a nicer, sharp cutoff.

I'm not sure if you knew about the projector one, but figured it could be another potential option for you to make it look as E46-OE as possible...

Are the F32 non-adaptive adaptable to the E46? I figure some modifications, mountings and wirings would be required. It would not be a cut and paste modification.

Would also probably work best on a Sedan lens since they are removable?

[YoitsTmac]

So yes, the F30 LED lights are all reflectors. The F32 has two different LED headlight designs; one adaptive and one not. The non-adaptive ones used projectors, and look like this:




The adaptive ones look like the F30 ones and are reflectors, like this:





I believe the reflectors rely on the reflective housing inside the housing to project the beam pattern, whereas the projectors use the glass lens to project the light into a beam pattern. If I understand it correctly, headlights with projector lenses have a nicer, sharp cutoff.

I'm not sure if you knew about the projector one, but figured it could be another potential option for you to make it look as E46-OE as possible...

Massive thanks for this. I did not know. I’ve been looking at all G series and F30 LCI but I didn’t know about this projector LED. Any idea how it performs compared to the reflector design? Did they come under a different name? I agree, it would look much more OEM