E30 Zone

Does anyone have any pics of E30's with smoked headlights they can post please?

my current and old chariot

Thanks, youve made my mind up, im just gonna order a set!

yummy

Is night time driving badly affected? Where Can you buy them, I thought they were DIY??

You can get them from ebay, £130 + £15 p&p from germany, ill let you know about light when ive fitted them.
I cant see that night driving will really be affected as you are going from old dirty units to new smoked clean units and they are approved.

Simon13 wrote:

I just pooped a little How evil does that look

That red one looks so much better with the smoked headlights.

oscar300 wrote:Is night time driving badly affected? I thought they were DIY??

Night time driving isnt affected at all - the smoked effect is done by trick of the light, the lamps work exactly as non smoked lamps.

There are genuine Hella smoked lamps, but I dont know if they are still available. DIY is the cheap way and can look just as good, if you take the time to do them well.

lokkin good

More pic's please...!!! Me also intrested..!!!

macau....

these are genuine hella lights and were complete units

DIY all the way, look at my tech article in the articles section. these are now over 18months old and no problems with them, as said take your time and they will look as good as the real thing. here are some pics, with the tech2 on is 18 months old, without the tech2 is when i first did em.

also a couple next to nonsmoked for comparison.

and the nighttime is not affected, read the article it explains how they work. note thay look darker from cetain angles especially the main beam lights but the effect is certainly noticable

Mr.LEE30... Can u please explain more about "DIY" for that angles...!!! :D

With and without

smoked hellas

Mine:



I will have another set of genuine smoked Hellas very soon. These are boxed, brand new units direct from Hella GMBH.

Anyone interested....

ste wrote: I will have another set of genuine smoked Hellas very soon. These are boxed, brand new units direct from Hella GMBH.

Anyone interested....

Maybe I've no idea what gen hellas go for...I'm new

my lights r bein tinted by a verygood mate of mine as we speek, ill post some pics when he has finishe dthem

in the middle of doin mine atm

Mine, home made

Matt

Mr.LEE30... Can u please explain more about "DIY" for that angles...!!!

confused mate, click on
http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... hhella.htm

explains all i think but feel free to ask any questions i will do my best to answer.

mrlee

stevieg, that is a fucking beauty mate!

My touring with smoked hellas...





And the M3...



I think smoked hellas are fast becoming the next BK 171's!

LMAO!

Smoked Hellas are class - DIY smoked lights are becoming BK171s.


[Lights touch paper, stands well back....]

ste wrote:LMAO!

Smoked Hellas are class - DIY smoked lights are becoming BK171s.


[Lights touch paper, stands well back....]

Yeah, I'd agree with that....but, guess which of the above in my pics are DIY!?

Not a great pic, but here's my cabby with factory smoked Hella's:

The touring!

What I don't get in the tech article is the 'Thingy' How do I make one?

ste wrote:Mine:



I will have another set of genuine smoked Hellas very soon. These are boxed, brand new units direct from Hella GMBH.

Anyone interested....

I think smoked would toughen up my front end but hoo much?

ste wrote:LMAO!

Smoked Hellas are class - DIY smoked lights are becoming BK171s.


[Lights touch paper, stands well back....]

**** *** *** ******* ****!! Maybe my Hartge splitties will become pina-rep-alikes, by association?

What I don't get in the tech article is the 'Thingy' How do I make one?

make one out of galvonised metal, 1 or 2mm, cut it out with tin snips and finish with a grinding wheel, then glue the two pieces together to get the cross hair shape. for a template i used a piece of cardboard, but somwhere on this zone is a pdf file from RV3 that gives the exact size, but i cannot find it on my computer, check with simon i thought he had the file.

c'mon steve, a man who sticks an M50 engine in an E30 getting stumped by a bit of metal fab work??!!!

mrlee

just did a search dazleeds has the template, if you pm him nicely he might just email it to you!!

I've got it too... drop me an e-mail

I made mine out of the side of our old washing machine - perfik!