Strict budget, slow restoration. *Now with moar budget*
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Naw. No reason for shrouds--the smiley housings will serve that purpose. I am not sure how I'm going to seal the projectors to the housings though--last time I used a bunch of aluminum tape--kind of ghetto but it worked. Hopefully this time I can think of something a little better.
The smileys are taking their damn sweet time to get here but I will keep it updated. I am mainly concerned with how the beam pattern will look going through those lenses as they are rather thick and still a little pitted.
I thought of getting replacement (new) polycarbonate lenses (http://www.bmwlight.com/bmw_e30.htm) but those unfortunately do not come without the fluting.paint sucksComment
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You certainly have my attention. My next question was going to be how you'd seal them LOL.
I want great headlights too because I drive upstate frequently and at night its PITCH BLACK. A couple of weeks ago I barely noticed a deer on the side of the road, the fucker actually CHARGED at my car...thank goodness I was going slow enough to spot him/her and at the same time able to take off quickly.IG: deniso_nsi Leave me feedback here
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Get your Bass on. Luke's r3v Boxes are here: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=198123Comment
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My computer died (presumably too much tranny porn) so I will be updating this with my iPhone.
Look what came in the mail yesterday!
Super cheap yet awesome Obcon 10" sub and finally the Bosch smileys. They are in great condition but the adjusters were damaged during shipping. So, before I can hack into them I need to fix that.
At the recommendation of Andrew (nitrorustlerdriver) I picked up some of this stuff
Let it cure for 24 hours and hope it holds.
As it turns out the FX-RS are shorter than ellipsoid projectors, so there should be no problems fitting them, no need to delete the ABS or anything as I was worried about before.
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Wait, don't you already have smileys?Comment
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YES YES YES YES.
Oh and wtf, tire rack says that if I order TRM wheels right now, I won't get them until May, so F'd.The Red Dragon V.5 1991 318iS / 2013 F800GT
"You gotta fix the nut behind the wheel before you fix the bolts on the car"Comment
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Got started on the retrofit tonight.
Here comes the crude part...
The curvature of the FX-R lens is a lot more extreme than the e30 lens. So if you try and get it to sit flush with the inner ring of the smiley housing the projector lens will hit the housing lens--not great. So I am going to have to space it back a little.
Luckily the cutoff has not been affected by the smiley lens.
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