Single lamps?

Need technical Q/A then you're in the right place

Moderator: martauto

omgyjya_switch7
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Castle Donington, Derby
Contact:

Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:37 pm

I'm thinking of converting to single lamps, how simple is this? are the twin lights part of a unit? are golf headlights similar?

Cheers!

Mike.
Image
fuzzy
He who sleeps with "Gingers"
Posts: 14351
Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: melbourne Australia

Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:43 pm

someone was discusing this recently so you might find it on the search function.i cant remember the outcome.golf lights were discussed though.
omgyjya_switch7
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Castle Donington, Derby
Contact:

Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:43 pm

Okay, didn't search... :mad: cheers!

Edit;

I've searched and didn't find anything! :cry:
Image
P_VIDDY
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 426
Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: Derby

Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:01 pm

i considered this a while back as i havnt seen it done b4, however after a play on photoshop i decided it would look rubbish so didnt bother.
omgyjya_switch7
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Castle Donington, Derby
Contact:

Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:02 pm

do you still have the photoshop pics? :D
Image
jkarran
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 327
Joined: Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: Isle of Man

Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:06 pm

Corrado/Jetta lights might work if round ones don't :?

jk
E30 320i Rally Turd - Usually broken
E24 635Csi - Rotting in peace for now
E34 540i - Daily driver
Blown R1 Striker - In progress
omgyjya_switch7
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Castle Donington, Derby
Contact:

Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:21 pm

haha, my mate has corrado lights in his golf. wouldn't look right on an E30. :P
Image
ed325i
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 4146
Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:00 pm

Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:04 pm

This is not a photoshop this is a real car in germany.

Image
karaokebykris
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 217
Joined: Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: Staffs
Contact:

Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:12 pm

I think Mk2 Polo lights are the correct size and have both dim/dip bulbs. not 100% sure though.....
It is meaningless to ask; which is real, 'real' or imaginary? It is simply a matter of which is the more useful description

"One valuable thing to remember is that light tavels faster than sound, some people appear quite bright until they speak
ed325i
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 4146
Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:00 pm

Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:16 pm

Its the modding of the grill that the hardest part.
omgyjya_switch7
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Castle Donington, Derby
Contact:

Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:33 pm

I was planning on taking the grill out all together and having single yellow lamps, but after that pic I am unsure... :roll:
Image
J_Mac
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 401
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:00 pm

Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:31 pm

not a fan of the single lights on a e30, just don't look right i think

here's another, one of mine that i chopped

Image
Image
omgyjya_switch7
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Castle Donington, Derby
Contact:

Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:32 pm

I'm glad i've seen pics before I tried it, I dont like it at all! :P

edit; your avatar is stunning! 8)
Image
J_Mac
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 401
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:00 pm

Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:37 pm

And yellow hmmm not for me

If you have any ideas that you want photochopped to your car, give me a pm

Image
Image
omgyjya_switch7
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Castle Donington, Derby
Contact:

Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:40 pm

It's going to be matt black soon with no grille, the yellow doesnt look right on a smart one, needs to be more ratty!

this is mine as it is;

Image

:cool:
Image
J_Mac
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 401
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:00 pm

Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:44 pm

lol nice, give me a few more pics some ideas of what your going to do and i'll give you a few previews
Image
Gouki
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2262
Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:00 pm

Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:45 pm

its a very weird look for the E30!
Image
omgyjya_switch7
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Castle Donington, Derby
Contact:

Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:31 pm

It is! 8)

I would like it matt black, slammed with a wider track, and single lamps with no grill on the front, plus yellow headlights, and a ridiculous sunstrip!

A tall order i know, but it would be stunning to see what it would look like. :D

Heres some pics;

Image

Image

Cheers!!

Mike.
Image
timmyboy
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 129
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: ipswich suffolk

Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:50 pm

i think it wil look really good mate, nice to see somebody else who knows that alpina wheels do unbolt!!! winkeye winkeye
(00=[ll]=00)
Image<embed></embed>
omgyjya_switch7
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Castle Donington, Derby
Contact:

Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:54 pm

hehe :roll: :D
Image
J_Mac
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 401
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:00 pm

Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:17 pm

wider track = i.e pumped out wheels, i.e like spacers
and
what in place of the grill, can't just be nothing, slates all the way across? mesh? mdf lol?
Image
omgyjya_switch7
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Castle Donington, Derby
Contact:

Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:08 am

I'm thinking of having 25mm spacers all round, and i was gonna have nothing on the front, i understand you can't do that on photoshop! :P just leave it black around it! :D
Image
J_Mac
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 401
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:00 pm

Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:50 am

This going to be a trackcar

Image
Last edited by J_Mac on Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:48 am, edited 1 time in total.
Image
jamesh1977
BEWARE Zone Thief
Posts: 458
Joined: Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: central scotland
Contact:

Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:31 am

dont like the idea of single round lights looks strange and out of place
Image
J_Mac
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 401
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:00 pm

Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:47 am

from the pic i'm thinking golf and mk1 escort, if done tho the real life version wouldn't i don't think.
Image
mull3tt
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 77
Joined: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Stoke-on-Trent/Coventry Uni

Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:52 pm

Has anyone made it so the grill go across the high beam lamp? can some1 photoshop it?
Skip
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 309
Joined: Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Norfolk

Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:10 pm

That single light picture makes me think of this smilie.... :mad:

:D
ex-325i Touring
oakey
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 4891
Joined: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: Surrey

Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:20 pm

i like that photoshopped black one. looks mean
Image
mull3tt
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 77
Joined: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Stoke-on-Trent/Coventry Uni

Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:34 pm

Just did a photoshop of a single lamp and grill over lamp...

Image

Dont like the grill over lamp though :(
J_Mac
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 401
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:00 pm

Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:31 pm

always liked the dodge charger, you'd have to seat the lights back abit further and make some technicle arm things but to have grill that covered the lot mmmm
Image
Geeman
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 7641
Joined: Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Contact:

Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:42 pm

ed325i wrote:This is not a photoshop this is a real car in germany.

Image
I'm sorry, but that looks like a photoshopped car to me... quite a blatant one too.

Check the duplicated areas...



Image
march109
Engaged to the E30 Zone
Engaged to the E30 Zone
Posts: 6632
Joined: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: Bournemouth
Contact:

Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:48 pm

Geeman wrote:
ed325i wrote:This is not a photoshop this is a real car in germany.

Image
I'm sorry, but that looks like a photoshopped car to me... quite a blatant one too.

Check the duplicated areas...



Image
You might be right but it might be duplicated because the took two grills and plastic welded them together and only the bit for the right side fit the contours of the right side properly, and only the bit from the left side fit the contours of the left. If you know what I mean?
325i Tech 1 Touring, breaking.

2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
omgyjya_switch7
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:00 pm
Location: Castle Donington, Derby
Contact:

Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:23 pm

J_Mac wrote:This going to be a trackcar

Image
Wow... 8O That looks mighty! 8)

I love it, cheers J_Mac! :wink:

:D
Image
timmyboy
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 129
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: ipswich suffolk

Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:21 pm

http://wp1016621.wp027.webpack.hosteuro ... f00988.htm


doesnt look like such a blatant one now!!
i made a single lamp grille, looks pucka but dont like it on the car! took me ages!!
(00=[ll]=00)
Image<embed></embed>
ed325i
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 4146
Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:00 pm

Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:24 pm

Geeman wrote:
ed325i wrote:This is not a photoshop this is a real car in germany.

Image
I'm sorry, but that looks like a photoshopped car to me... quite a blatant one too.

Check the duplicated areas...

Image
Ok please look Here >> http://wp1016621.wp027.webpack.hosteuro ... f00988.htm
Post Reply