E30 Zone

anyone know if you can get LED rear lights for my e30 and from where?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh dear. you sir are a deviant of the highest order!

tsk tsk, and no, unfort I dont know where to get said abominations

LoL i was wondering about that too. Im glad someone asked. Its a damn shame, they don't have it yet. Well, i guess someone will make it soon. Shouldn't be too hard.

I cant find any, they dont look tooo bad, but they are a pain in the butt to drive behind! (unless the car in front had a crap pair) you have to be directly behind them to see them come on

Eeuugghhh

There is a tourer in my town Red Alpina influenced lovely car completely let down by some black/led/lexus esque lights.

dobbie82 wrote:I cant find any, they dont look tooo bad, but they are a pain in the butt to drive behind! (unless the car in front had a crap pair) you have to be directly behind them to see them come on

i know of a few people who fitted LED bulbs to 205 gti's and when you're not right behind, you can't see them! the result was two mates smacking into one another on a roundabout at night! someone walked out in front of the lead car (unseen by the rear car) and when the lead car hit the brakes, the lights were at the wrong angle to be seen and the rear car smashed into the front one. needless to say i won't fit them!

you can buy replacenet "bulbs" that are clusters of LED's. They are sposed to last longer, be brighter and draw less current, but i cant remember when/where i saw them....sorry

that's the kiddies i'm referring to. not worth the money unless you're after a crash for an insurance payout! (if they pay when they see the bulbs that is...)

Nooooooooooooo, Dont do it. Thats aproper saxo boy mod, Very council.

e36boy wrote:Nooooooooooooo, Dont do it. Thats aproper saxo boy mod, Very council.

i dont mind council ,just look at my choice of engine and i grew up in one of edinburghs roughest estates . its just an idea, i was curious about what theyed look like on an e30

I've wanted to know looks cool on the later models

fuzzy wrote:

e36boy wrote:Nooooooooooooo, Dont do it. Thats aproper saxo boy mod, Very council.

i dont mind council ,just look at my choice of engine and i grew up in one of edinburghs roughest estates . its just an idea, i was curious about what theyed look like on an e30

morningside was that, mr james s preston esq?

what, what, pass me a brandy old boy

fuzzy wrote: i dont mind council ,just look at my choice of engine

i got that bit in before you did neil no where as rough as morningside for me old chum,born with a silver spoon in my mouth in sunny wester hailes

fuzzy wrote:

fuzzy wrote: i dont mind council ,just look at my choice of engine

i got that bit in before you did neil no where as rough as morningside for me old chum,born with a silver spoon in my mouth in sunny wester hailes

wester hailes? us frae the 'tyre taught all the radge basa's in wester hailes all they know but not all we know

as for the lump jibe (being the proud owner of a 318iS i can no longer have digs at 4pot 16v's )

Horrible imo but you asked, and from .....

http://www.bmwlights.co.uk/MyCar2.asp?I ... es%20(E30)

Out of stock atm (shame)

And the red led clusters i'm sure you can get from any halfords, i did when i needed them for clear frosted rear's on my old mk2 golf

what do the e46 have? dont they have an array of red LEDs ?

yeah but they are designed and engineered in such a way that they can be seen from all angles!

what and no one else can?
this is what makes me want to get a BMW tatt just like the bloke off jack ass

yeah other motor manufactures can but those little makers that supply halfrauds and the like just take existing bulb holder designs and convert them to LED and bang them out!!!

Has anyone tried those led bulb things????

yeah i tried them in my side indictors and they were worse than the bulbs!!! no good in daylight!

i wouldnt do it mate, they look good on modern cars but not on a classic

i know mate never again!!!

cliffybabe wrote:Has anyone tried those led bulb things????

check out my post further up the page

i've been thinking about it for a long time now and i really brelieve that well spaced led's would look well in oem cluster instead of bulbs -- maybe if you could evenly space (in a grid not a spiral) 30 - 40 led's for each large light on the rear it would look well.
must figure out how to try it htough - my electric skills are cr@p.

Hadez wrote:

Horrible imo but you asked, and from .....

http://www.bmwlights.co.uk/MyCar2.asp?I ... es%20(E30)

Out of stock atm (shame)

no not these i was thinking more of a standard looking light with LED as per the newer e46

thank fudge for that!!!!!

liam012 wrote:i've been thinking about it for a long time now and i really brelieve that well spaced led's would look well in oem cluster instead of bulbs -- maybe if you could evenly space (in a grid not a spiral) 30 - 40 led's for each large light on the rear it would look well.
must figure out how to try it htough - my electric skills are cr@p.

i strongly agree, the only thing is, i dont think the cluster will come apart for you to do this. i dont think even putting them in the oven will work..

my electronics skills used to be ace, so we can work on this together if its at all possible and you want ?

Something like this maybe, I like it




it's this one from Germany

http://wp1016621.wp027.webpack.hosteuro ... f00513.htm

...and the LED front indicators + xenons

very nice - where to buy those lights? $$$??!
though persoanlly o might go for a tad less led's if i did custom - but that is damn close....

i think you can't buy it, the German did it himself, but it's a great idea and a very good job

yes the more i see the more i like - he did a damn fine job - not gone on fronts though but the rears are

nice wily