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  • ieatpeople
    E30 Modder
    • Mar 2008
    • 883
    #1

    e34 euro smilies in an e30

    i bought a set of e34 euro smilies off of egay, and wanted to know the easiest way to retrofit them in my e30 headlight "buckets". i already have us ellips, but the tabs on the smilies stick out much farther than the ellips i have now, and the "citylight" connector sticks out and hits the headlight bucket.

    i already searched, but couldn't really find what i was looking for.
    Originally posted by BillBrasky
    That's like Vlad challenging Chip Foose to a car painting contest.
    Originally posted by acolella76
    i'm pretty sure 'Phillis' is short for syphilis
    2007 CVPI, stock and slow
    1994 tercel, 5efhe swap, i/h/e
    1984 t-type, 5.3/th350 swap in progress

    My newest addition:
    Rebecca Arlene, born 4/19/2013
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    • gearheadE30
      No R3VLimiter
      • Jun 2007
      • 3734
      #2
      E34 lights don't fit the e30. You will need to do some fabrication to get it to fit.

      Project M42 Turbo

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        • ieatpeople
          E30 Modder
          • Mar 2008
          • 883
          #3
          that's pretty much what i figured. would it be possible to cut the tabs off the smilies, and plastic weld new tabs on to make it fit? or would it be easier to just make a custom bracket?
          Originally posted by BillBrasky
          That's like Vlad challenging Chip Foose to a car painting contest.
          Originally posted by acolella76
          i'm pretty sure 'Phillis' is short for syphilis
          2007 CVPI, stock and slow
          1994 tercel, 5efhe swap, i/h/e
          1984 t-type, 5.3/th350 swap in progress

          My newest addition:
          Rebecca Arlene, born 4/19/2013

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            • gearheadE30
              No R3VLimiter
              • Jun 2007
              • 3734
              #4
              I'm going to guess custom bracket, but I have never tried it myself. The only real difficulty with a custom bracket is that you have to design in a way to adjust headlight alignment.

              Project M42 Turbo

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                • mikeedler
                  R3V OG
                  • Feb 2004
                  • 6707
                  #5
                  why dont you just sell them and buy the correct lights- rather than hack up a nice set of e34 lights- the e34 guys love euro ellips too.

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                    • gearheadE30
                      No R3VLimiter
                      • Jun 2007
                      • 3734
                      #6
                      haha didn't realize those were elips. Yeah, you should probably sell those and get some of the right lights. E34 elips are fairly hard to come by compared to e30 ones, at least as far as I can tell.

                      Project M42 Turbo

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                        • ieatpeople
                          E30 Modder
                          • Mar 2008
                          • 883
                          #7
                          okay, that sounds like a better idea. who knows where to get some e30 euro smilies?
                          Originally posted by BillBrasky
                          That's like Vlad challenging Chip Foose to a car painting contest.
                          Originally posted by acolella76
                          i'm pretty sure 'Phillis' is short for syphilis
                          2007 CVPI, stock and slow
                          1994 tercel, 5efhe swap, i/h/e
                          1984 t-type, 5.3/th350 swap in progress

                          My newest addition:
                          Rebecca Arlene, born 4/19/2013

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                            • gearheadE30
                              No R3VLimiter
                              • Jun 2007
                              • 3734
                              #8
                              Ebay and the classifieds here mainly. If you want new ones, I think abrahamsmotorsport.com can source them, but don't quote me on that. Be careful with Ebay, because the DEPO replica smileys aren't particularly good quality. Expect to pay around $200 for a set of used OE ones.

                              Project M42 Turbo

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                                • ieatpeople
                                  E30 Modder
                                  • Mar 2008
                                  • 883
                                  #9
                                  lights are for sale:clicky
                                  Originally posted by BillBrasky
                                  That's like Vlad challenging Chip Foose to a car painting contest.
                                  Originally posted by acolella76
                                  i'm pretty sure 'Phillis' is short for syphilis
                                  2007 CVPI, stock and slow
                                  1994 tercel, 5efhe swap, i/h/e
                                  1984 t-type, 5.3/th350 swap in progress

                                  My newest addition:
                                  Rebecca Arlene, born 4/19/2013

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                                    • BraveUlysses
                                      No R3VLimiter
                                      • Jun 2007
                                      • 3781
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by gearheadE30
                                      Ebay and the classifieds here mainly. If you want new ones, I think abrahamsmotorsport.com can source them, but don't quote me on that. Be careful with Ebay, because the DEPO replica smileys aren't particularly good quality. Expect to pay around $200 for a set of used OE ones.

                                      Turner sells them for less.

                                      Smoked:
                                      http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...=1DL005930-801
                                      Clear:
                                      http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...=1DL005630-801

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                                        • norcalE30
                                          E30 Modder
                                          • Dec 2008
                                          • 932
                                          #11
                                          how are $450 and $640 less than $200?
                                          Originally posted by kronus
                                          pff, all of you are slow as hell anyway. Eta > all

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