Best Headlight Bulbs/HID Kits

lucasxdiniz · Post by **lucasxdiniz** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:42 pm

Aeroadster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:42 pm
lucasxdiniz wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:02 pm
Jl-c wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 9:30 pm Is the beam pattern as good as they claim. I've always found with previous forays into LED headlights that they are very bright but with rubbish beam pattern and have a very short throw. ie. bright infront of the car but no distance vision at all.
It's better than OEM Xenons, which I'm quite bitter about. Specially after spending £80 on new D2S bulbs that are seemingly amazing and still feel disappointed.
Doesn't the Z4 take H7 bulbs instead of D2S. And isn't a HID kit different from Xenons?

My first Z4 (E85) had halogens (H7), so I installed an LED kit which improved the looks and light output considerably. Then I moved on to an E86 which has OEM Xenons (HID would be the same... High intensity discharge xenon bulbs), which felt considerably worse than the LED kit I had been using in the E85.

I tried many easy fixes for the OEM xenon to make it better, such as removing the projectors and cleaning them, cleaning the inside or the headlight housing, eventually getting the best bulbs... I was never satisfied with the beam pattern and light output so I've just spent a couple of hundres getting Morimo Mini D2S projectors and I'm finally satisfied with my headlights. They're amazing.

bearded_ed · Post by **bearded_ed** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:50 am

I've got this kit to fit to my car today! As I too found stock setup to be utterly useless.

Do you gotta take wheels off to fit do we think??

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2501371676

lucasxdiniz · Post by **lucasxdiniz** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:13 am

bearded_ed wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:50 am I've got this kit to fit to my car today! As I too found stock setup to be utterly useless.

Do you gotta take wheels off to fit do we think??

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2501371676

Did you get the adaptor plates?

It should be doable without removing the wheel, but jacking the car so the suspension droops will give you a lot more room to work with without the hassle of removing the wheel.

bearded_ed · Post by **bearded_ed** » Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:29 pm

lucasxdiniz wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:13 am
bearded_ed wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:50 am I've got this kit to fit to my car today! As I too found stock setup to be utterly useless.

Do you gotta take wheels off to fit do we think??

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2501371676
Did you get the adaptor plates?

It should be doable without removing the wheel, but jacking the car so the suspension droops will give you a lot more room to work with without the hassle of removing the wheel.

What adaptor plates?

I still haven't gotten around to fitting these yet. And cars going in for some warranty work shortly too... Nice bit of clunking going on!

lucasxdiniz · Post by **lucasxdiniz** » Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:50 pm

bearded_ed wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:29 pm
lucasxdiniz wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:13 am
bearded_ed wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:50 am I've got this kit to fit to my car today! As I too found stock setup to be utterly useless.

Do you gotta take wheels off to fit do we think??

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2501371676
Did you get the adaptor plates?

It should be doable without removing the wheel, but jacking the car so the suspension droops will give you a lot more room to work with without the hassle of removing the wheel.
What adaptor plates?

I still haven't gotten around to fitting these yet. And cars going in for some warranty work shortly too... Nice bit of clunking going on!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-BMW-E60- ... 2749.l2649

tuco · Post by **tuco** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 4:45 pm

1000rr, any chance you could post a link to H7's you bought or a model number as there are loads of the them ?

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