Swapping the Sealed Beams for US Ellips

[KBMW222]

has anyone does this?
Oreo... says it isnt a direct swap and there needs to be work done to the wiring soooo is there any write up or how to's??
thanks fellas

[grlaneriejr]

check out www.lukasbmw.com
he has a good write up on this.

[UDM Motorsport]

Why do you want to do this?

I ditched my ellips. a long time ago and installed the Cibie E-Code lights....huge difference.
Set of 4 cibie headlights will set u back about $250

Franklin

[grlaneriejr]

I saw this on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33710&item=2449802833

Is this any good?

[OreoGaborio]

Why do you want to do this?

I ditched my ellips. a long time ago and installed the Cibie E-Code lights....huge difference.
Set of 4 cibie headlights will set u back about $250

Franklin

is that total cost including necessary hardware & bulbs? i have a feeling i'm gonna go for hella h1/h4's soon

[UDM Motorsport]

The cibies will have to work with the stock non ellip housing. So if you have the sealed beam, then just swap out the housing and use the cibies. i cannot remember if they came with bulbs but the bulbs are rather cheap.
My lows are H1/H4 and my high beams are H1.

http://www.cibielights.com/headlamps/headlamps.htm

you will need the 5 3/4 e-code lights. They have a few versions, flat face or the regular ones.
Wiring was easy for me, i just spliced my ellips wires into the sealed beam plugs and it works like a charm.

Hope this helps
franklin

[Rob]

I'm a cheap bastard, so thats why I'd be considering the us ellip. swap

[M-technik-3]

I'm a cheap bastard, so thats why I'd be considering the us ellip. swap

Funny when I'm selling a set of US style Euro ellipsoids. They are EURO but minus the smileys. see the fs section.

[KenC]

I saw this on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33710&item=2449802833

Is this any good?

Well the Housing may be worth the $50, but the bulbs are ABSOLUTE TRASH!

Get an H4/H1 setup and use Osram Silverstars!