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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 09:56 PM
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I just finished putting one of my retrofitted headlight back in...
Here it is... E46 projectors w/ custom shroud...

Old Dec 25, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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not bad roger, what did u use for the shrouds?
Old Dec 25, 2006 | 10:39 PM
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I just used one of those pipes for plumbing.
I might redo this retro fit soon because the projector is a litttle too far out. It was pretty hard fitting the E46 projector in cause the back was kinda big.
Old Dec 25, 2006 | 10:48 PM
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Damn that's a clean cutoff.
Old Dec 25, 2006 | 10:55 PM
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Can we get some more picks a little further away?
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 01:19 AM
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watching for more pics! looks great!
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 01:29 AM
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looks good ...
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 02:09 AM
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Looking good
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 02:54 AM
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very nice man.
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 03:09 AM
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why not use the e46 shrouds?
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 03:11 AM
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any chance for pics with the lights off?
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 03:16 AM
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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 04:48 AM
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I used E46 projectors for retrofit before, and one mistake I made was not covering up the projectors. Looks like you made the same mistake. That's with your low beams is emitting lights everywhere, which may causes glare. If you have a chance, cover it up with something
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 04:53 AM
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what do u mean by not covering up the projectors?
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 05:07 AM
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what do u mean by not covering up the projectors?
Have you seen the e46 projector yet? there are large open spaces between the lense and the bowl. That's why his/her low beam lights scatter everywhere instead of centralizing within the lense.
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Noodle
I used E46 projectors for retrofit before, and one mistake I made was not covering up the projectors. Looks like you made the same mistake. That's with your low beams is emitting lights everywhere, which may causes glare. If you have a chance, cover it up with something
I know what you mean. I might redo this w/ TSX projectors later on.
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Originally Posted by Yanki01
why not use the e46 shrouds?
I couldn't make the E46 projector sit far back enough to fit the shroud there.
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 02:03 PM
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nice! very nice!
Old Dec 27, 2006 | 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by ricexizxgood
Originally Posted by Yanki01
why not use the e46 shrouds?
I couldn't make the E46 projector sit far back enough to fit the shroud there.
The problem with these E46 projectors is that the distance between the lip of the bowl and the lense is much longer than the distance from the bulb holder to the lip of the bowl. So, it is understandable on how you can't fit the BMW bezels.
Old Dec 27, 2006 | 12:28 AM
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pics with lights off plz



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