Another silly question!
Ive got a set of hella smillies off of a later type e30, will they fit my tech 1 chrome bumper?
I was hoping to fit the whole light cluster as one, would have just tryed my self but there are coverd in wd40 and i want to wait untill my paintworks done first before installing them.
cheers guys
Hella smillies on tech 1
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They do fit but you will have to do a bit of wire/plug swapping!
Did it in mine last year,pretty straight forward.
Did it in mine last year,pretty straight forward.
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cheers eko 
do you remember if they are soldered or spade connectors?
are the smillies actually any better than the earlyer type, i only want to change as one of mine looks a bit like a half empty fish tank.
do you remember if they are soldered or spade connectors?
are the smillies actually any better than the earlyer type, i only want to change as one of mine looks a bit like a half empty fish tank.
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I cut the wiring from a facelift(got some here if you need?)and soldered onto mine,cover in heatshrink!
Was a worth while swap IMO
Was a worth while swap IMO
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Ok, so i need the later type conectors and a bit of the wire to connect to the existing, i should have checked this out while i had the turd donnor.
May have them off of you if you have some spare and i can source any locally. do you want any cash for them dude?
May have them off of you if you have some spare and i can source any locally. do you want any cash for them dude?
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Only the cost of post!
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Many thanks Eko,
if i cant get sorted this end ill give you a shout.
if i cant get sorted this end ill give you a shout.
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I have just been changing mine over. Don't know if the RHD has the same probs as mine regarding the ABS unit. The lights are a lot deeper with the "newer" lights. There is not much space between the light and ABS unit when it comes to bulb changing.
As far as the wiring goes ... You can take the 3 female connectors out of the plug on the original wiring ... use the correct 2 to plug straight onto the terminals of the new dipped beam light. Find a bit of wire and then join the last of the 3 (positive to sidelight) to the sidelight plug (or cut wire) and another wire to earth the sidelight. The main beam lights was actually the same plug cos they are still Bosch. I only swapped the dip beam to Hella's.
Hope that helps,
G
As far as the wiring goes ... You can take the 3 female connectors out of the plug on the original wiring ... use the correct 2 to plug straight onto the terminals of the new dipped beam light. Find a bit of wire and then join the last of the 3 (positive to sidelight) to the sidelight plug (or cut wire) and another wire to earth the sidelight. The main beam lights was actually the same plug cos they are still Bosch. I only swapped the dip beam to Hella's.
Hope that helps,
G