Sina's BMW 318i: Project Re-Shell & Beyond! (Starting Page 46)

[canakami]

Meh, I think an H4/H1 conversion would have better light output/quality (your typical Hella/Bosche/Cibies).

But someone once told me I'm an old man at heart, so ymmv.

[TimKninja]

What does R3V think about these?
One of my sealed beams burned out, and I'm sick und tired with the low output.
These are pretty affordable for me, and I could get hi-bulbs & 35W HID's for lows fairly easily, as well.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEPO-SMILEY-...a33b5f&vxp=mtr

Their OK. Product review somewhere around here.

Ill be buying them come spring.

[freeride53]

Meh, I think an H4/H1 conversion would have better light output/quality (your typical Hella/Bosche/Cibies).

But someone once told me I'm an old man at heart, so ymmv.

so are you talking about using sealed beam setup, or implementing those on the depo smileys?

[canakami]

I'm referring to the H4/H1 E-codes that weren't legal in the US at the time, leaving us stuck with shit-ass sealed beam-halogens. Their direct replacement housings that have replaceable bulbs and vastly superior output and pattern.

Justin(OKC)'s car has a set of Cibie CSRs as an example:



That being said, Cibies are at the upper end of the price scale, there are more affordable and nearly as good offerings from Hella and Bosche, your Peugeot forum probably knows a thing or two about them as well.

I'd take the quality of these over any DEPO set-up any day.

[freeride53]

Ah very interesting. I know of several dude's who've done similar with the Peugeot.
However, the more popular swap amongst RWD Peugeot enthusiasts is to swap out the entire dual-round assembly for the one-piece glass european lights like below:


My 1983 Peugeot 505 circa 2009 by sina.pour, on Flickr


New goodies by sina.pour, on Flickr

Would these european style h1/h4's be "direct replacements" to the stock US sealed beam mounts?

[canakami]

Dun even have to replace the mounts, just the housings. It'd be different if you started out with Ellipsoides, but since you've got sealed beams it's a plug and play swap.

[freeride53]

Dun even have to replace the mounts, just the housings. It'd be different if you started out with Ellipsoides, but since you've got sealed beams it's a plug and play swap.

Very tempting. I'm highly considering going amber on the lows and clears on the highs. I've been trying to find some on ebay though to no avail.

[freeride53]

So... what do you guys think of these?

http://www.tirerack.com/lighting/detail.jsp?ID=1123&brand=Hella

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http://www.amazon.com/Nokya-Hyper-Ye.../dp/B0031R3YUC

[acolella76]

Buy DEPO smileys and retrofit FX-R projectors into them. Bitches love bi-xenon.

[nokincy]

Those headlights are the wrong size.

[nick123]

Awesome thread awesome cars.

[freeride53]

Those headlights are the wrong size.

ahh sorry, i was flipping through some pages and meant to post the 5.75's (these would be going on my other car if I were to buy Danielson headlight buckets)

Here's a better comparison...something like these or Depo's?

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=105031

[canakami]

Those are way better than depos, imho. But I'm the minority on that it seems.

[acolella76]

Of course, Depos out of the box suck. I think most people use them to retrofit brighter projectors into... at least that is pretty much all they're good for

[freeride53]

Some more recent pics of my ish. I was able to track down a fourth BBS center-cap from a bargain from an Oregon member.

To be honest, aside from the little things that I need atm, aka:

• Headlights (depo smilieys/french h3's)
• Front bumper respray or replacement
• Paint on LF Fender
• Paint/buffing on roof
• buffing on trunklid that's been keyed
• small ding-repairs/paint corrections on little spots around the car
• Real Euro-trim (my DIY's are starting to look like shit upclose) lol
• Twin exhaust tip

...I think that the car's close to being presentable.

But you all know how it goes ... no E30 can ever be complete :D


Comparison: 318i vs 325i by sina.pour, on Flickr


Sun bathing by sina.pour, on Flickr


Proper spin in the E30 to bring in the Spring by sina.pour, on Flickr