Headlight conversion

[Lillywhites]

Hello, iwas wandering what you guys suggest for headlight conversion? Of cource i would like the euro "smileys" but cant afford them so i was thinking about the Hella H4's. Has anyone tried them and do I have any other options? thanks for the help.

 

[Ryan Stewart]

I had them before my Euro Ellips. I liked them a lot, they go for about $40 a lense usually. They dont light like my smileys but they are a huge improvement over sealed beam.

 

[bichmgnt]

Not having looked into this very much other than possibly doing a HID conversion, I'm wondering why converting to smilies is so expensive? What kind of bulbs do they use, what gets replaced in the conversion, what mods have to be done, etc.?

Steve

 

[mrferg]

Are plain old US ellipsoids okay? That's what I have.

 

[Ryan Stewart]

going new is expensive because they arent in the US. They have to be brought in, and that makes them rare. rare = expensive. They also use H1 bulbs, bright as hell.

I got Euro ellips and then put HID into them. if you have us ellips and dont care about the citylight or the look of the Euros I would get hid. This person is talking about going from selaed beam though.

This is what the smoked ones look like:

The hella conversion is just like the sealed beam except they use H4 and work much better, similar light pattern as the Euro ellips.

 

[mrferg]

going new is expensive because they arent in the US. They have to be brought in, and that makes them rare. rare = expensive. They also use H1 bulbs, bright as hell.

I got Euro ellips and then put HID into them. if you have us ellips and dont care about the citylight or the look of the Euros I would get hid. This person is talking about going from selaed beam though.

This is what the smoked ones look like:

The hella conversion is just like the sealed beam except they use H4 and work much better, similar light pattern as the Euro ellips.

What are the highbeams? I like the look of those.

 

[rjp325i]

I found the US elipsoids not very good in my '89. At the very least change out the bulbs to Sylvania Silverstars (about $20 ea). Euros are better and smileys better yet, but it all depends on how much you want to spend and whether you can do it yourself.

 

[Lillywhites]

Thanks guys. by the way i found this place caled www.nikisplace.com and they suppsidly have they smileys (smoked) for like 350.00. Are those the real ones or what?

 

[mrferg]

Thanks guys. by the way i found this place caled www.nikisplace.com and they suppsidly have they smileys (smoked) for like 350.00. Are those the real ones or what?

Is that the right link?

 

[rjp325i]

It can't be

 

[Ryan Stewart]

I can not recommend NIki-place. THey have screwed people over before. Tried to screw me and I ended up screwing them back.

The highbeams I have art part of the Hella BLackline kit. The X is what makes them black but allows them to shine just as bright

One mod on US ellips is to modify the high beam to go in the low beam housing. http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main/Upgrade/More_light.htm I did this in my dasd 7, helped a little. I second the SIlverstars.

 

[Ryan Stewart]

as for sources for new, unfortunatly they are going for like $400-$500 right now. Hopefully Mike Abrahams can get back in business again, he got them to me for $350 back in the day.

 

[mrferg]

I can not recommend NIki-place. THey have screwed people over before. Tried to screw me and I ended up screwing them back.

The highbeams I have art part of the Hella BLackline kit. The X is what makes them black but allows them to shine just as bright

One mod on US ellips is to modify the high beam to go in the low beam housing. http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main/Upgrade/More_light.htm I did this in my dasd 7, helped a little. I second the SIlverstars.

This Blackline Kit intrigues me, where can you find this?