Projector headlights

weeksyz4 · Post by **weeksyz4** » Sun Nov 18, 2018 9:50 pm

Hello all,

I'm thinking of upgrading my halogen headlights with these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Z4-E84-E ... 1438.l2649

My question is, does anyone else have these and are they any good? I do like the look of them and the angel eyes upgrade they provide but are they better than the standard halogen headlights? My car also has headlight washers - would that prevent me fitting them?

Thanks!

G600 · Post by **G600** » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:00 pm

I've not got them but I've seen enough posts about them on here to put me off getting a set.

IAmOrion · Post by **IAmOrion** » Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:10 pm

weeksyz4 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 9:50 pm Hello all,

I'm thinking of upgrading my halogen headlights with these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Z4-E84-E ... 1438.l2649

My question is, does anyone else have these and are they any good? I do like the look of them and the angel eyes upgrade they provide but are they better than the standard halogen headlights? My car also has headlight washers - would that prevent me fitting them?

Thanks!

Are you 100% sure yours are Halogen? Generally speaking, headlight washers are normally in combination with Xenon headlights

Jakg · Post by **Jakg** » Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:29 pm

IAmOrion wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:10 pm My question is, does anyone else have these and are they any good? I do like the look of them and the angel eyes upgrade they provide but are they better than the standard halogen headlights? My car also has headlight washers - would that prevent me fitting them?

Mine has halogen projectors and headlight washers.

IAmOrion · Post by **IAmOrion** » Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:32 pm

Jakg wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:29 pm Mine has halogen projectors and headlight washers.

Hmmm - fair enough lol. Maybe headlight washers was an optional extra. They are required by law for Xenons (hence why I said they normally come as a combination with Xenons)... but interesting to know they were available to non-xenon headlight vehicles - like I say, I'm presuming they were an optional extra then that could be purchased without xenons

simon1963 · Post by **simon1963** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 5:41 am

IAmOrion wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:32 pm
Jakg wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:29 pm Mine has halogen projectors and headlight washers.
Hmmm - fair enough lol. Maybe headlight washers was an optional extra. They are required by law for Xenons (hence why I said they normally come as a combination with Xenons)... but interesting to know they were available to non-xenon headlight vehicles - like I say, I'm presuming they were an optional extra then that could be purchased without xenons

Mine are halogen with washers, maybe part of a winter pack? As I understand it, if you don’t have headlamp adjust on the light switch panel then you have zenons.

Post by **srhutch** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 7:51 am

IAmOrion wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:10 pm
weeksyz4 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 9:50 pm Hello all,

I'm thinking of upgrading my halogen headlights with these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Z4-E84-E ... 1438.l2649

My question is, does anyone else have these and are they any good? I do like the look of them and the angel eyes upgrade they provide but are they better than the standard halogen headlights? My car also has headlight washers - would that prevent me fitting them?

Thanks!
Are you 100% sure yours are Halogen? Generally speaking, headlight washers are normally in combination with Xenon headlights

From memory all 3.0si facelifts came with headlamp washers.

mjennings23 · Post by **mjennings23** » Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:25 pm

Best option, in my opinion, would be the TRS retrofit kit to replace the halogen projectors with Morimoto Mini D2S 4.0 units. I've just done this on my car with factory xenon's and even over them they're miles better. Can only imagine it'll feel like you've strapped floodlights to the car coming from halogens.

They sell a full kit including bulbs, ballasts etc too and probably a similar price to those headlights listed above, but for that you'll get some of the best xenon projectors on the market.

Capa · Post by **Capa** » Tue Nov 20, 2018 2:01 pm

Where would one acquire such a kit...

noiseboy72 · Post by **noiseboy72** » Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:14 pm

Just bear in mind that after market xenons are now a straight MOT fail if picked up on and could also get your car seized at the side of the road as they fall foul of Construction and Use Regulations. PC Plod uses this to get the boy racers off the road!

I'm not saying don't fit them, just make sure they look like OEM!

Edit: Those headlight assemblies you have linked to are fine, as they are E-Marked and legal to retrofit.

scarlet-jester · Post by **scarlet-jester** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 12:43 am

srhutch wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 7:51 am
From memory all 3.0si facelifts came with headlamp washers.

I have a 2006 3.0Si and it does not have headlight washers

weeksyz4 · Post by **weeksyz4** » Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:01 pm

Thanks for everyone's replies.

I'm pretty sure my headlights are halogen. In the car, I can control the height of the beams, which I thought was only possible on halogen models.

Is it possible to swap factory halogens to factory xenons units and if so, does anyone know how hard is it to do?

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