Found these on eBay for $289.99...has anyone tried them?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Ij9K0z03r80

 

looks pretty good actually. wondering if anyone has them too

 

yeah when i first saw them, i thought they were just the cheap, ricey looking ones for the r53 but they actually look pretty clean imo. plus i was going to try and do a retrofit HID projector/joey mod on my factory halogens but this is probably the way im going to go now as soon as I get some extra money. I just wanted to see if anyone else on here can speak for their quality.

 

I actually did a retrofit on mine but Im still not satisfied cause the halogen reflector just looks funny to me when the projector is there. Im think of calling these guys to see what kinda of bulbs it takes and see if they are worth it.

 

They look pretty sweet, but the yellowish bulb still ruins it for me.

To anyone swapping headlights or taking them off for a joey mod... Before you take the lights off, mark the placement of the 8 mounting tabs. This way, the lights will be back in the exact same position and you won't have to fiddle around for hours to get them lines up. The first time I did the joey mod, lining up the lights took longer than the paint and prep.

 

I picked these projectors up about 2 months ago and I'm pretty happy with them. The output is much better than I thought it was going to be. The cutoff is decent but definitly could be better. The driver side seems to be a bit out of focus or something but I will see if I can fix that when I open it all up. The part I wasn't expecting was the mechanical shutter for high beams. I bought these housings to use them as base for a retro fit with mini morimoto projectors from theretrofitsource.com, because I like the design of the housing in general, it doesn't have that look that screams ebay lol But now here are some pics

Just the passenger side projector



Both, you can see how the driver side is distorted.

 

wow, that does look nice! im probably going to go with the black housings once i round up a couple bucks. i was just curious as to why ive never even heard about these on NAM before. lol i knew i couldnt have been the first one to find them. but thanks for the tip and be sure to let us know if you ever fix the distortion issue.

 

Are you using hid bulbs with this? Also, can you take a picture of the inside of the housing so I can see how the projector looks?

 

looks good..guess ill get the black housing too

 

I am using HID's in these which is why the output surprised me so much.. I thought (like my other set of projectors on my jetta) that I would have hot spots and really bad uneven light. I was pleasantly surprised when I flipped the switch lol they are 5000K h11 (I have to double check the size) As far pictures of the projector goes I'll see what I can get but from what I have seen without popping the lens of and disassembling the whole housing, the projector looks to use just 4 screws which should make a retrofit pie lmao

I was also going to get the black set but I changed my mind and I am going to match the body color and possibly do something with the shrouds

 

double post -_-

 

Well i'm gonna guess you meant h13....

I'm not sure if i can like these. Like said, the bright yellow bulb kinda throws me off. Also, the shape also seems a little concave for the mini face...

 

No they dont use OEM bulbs.. They are h11 I checked ... Like I said I was going to do a retro fit with these but overall I'm pretty happy I still plan on taking them apart and painting them to match body color and I am going to replace the amber turn signal with and LED to get rid of the ugly stock one hahah here are some updated pics after I aimed them... some are cell phone pics and the others are from the cam so sorry for the diff in pic quality lol





low beam


high beam


I realized that the other pic of the the housing had the stock halogen bulbs. here are the 5000k hid

 

Those look pretty sweet there, savage. But best of all, they seem to perform well. I may have to pick up a set of these.

I'm also interested in how you did the HID kit and how it worked with the car - I've heard some odd things can happen when switching to an HID setup.

 

Thanks!

Installing the HID's isn't to hard to do.. I chose to make my own relay harness which consists of a automotive relay, a wire that goes from the relay to the positive terminal on the battery (to provide a constant 12v),a wire from the relay to the negative terminal on the battery along with the ground wire from the ballast, a wire that goes from the relay to the hot wire from the ballast and then the "trigger" wire which is what triggers the relay to click on.. for example I have HID's in both my headlights and fog lights, both have there own relay harness. For my headlight I spliced my trigger wire into the low beam wire in the stock harness where the stock plug is (I believe its the white wire I'll check tomorrow to be certain). For my fogs I spliced into the positive wire on the bumper marker light, I also used that same wire to draw power for the LED's and halo on the housing. So when I turn my head light switch to the running lights, my fogs, LED's and halos come on. I do have a flickering problem with the headlights due to the self test the computer runs, I was able to fix the same problem with the fog lights by installing a capacitor between the ballast and the battery. The same fix didn't work with the headlights so I'm thinking I'm going to have to try something else or get the car reprogrammed -_-

 

The retrofit source sells a canbus system that shud be plug and play depending on which connector your ballasts use for the headlight. I have them on mine and no error free too

 

If they didn't offset the turn signal I would buy these in a second. They just look wrong with the turns kicked out to the side like that.

 

Just bought these in the black housing. The control module on one of my Xenon's went bad and it was going to cost more than I could afford to get it fixed so I opted to go for these instead. Fits in pretty well on my car (that's my front end pictured in the Tire Rack advertisement up top ... haha)

My only issue is that I appear to have lost my high beam functionality? I flip on my high beams and nothing happens. I haven't wired up the LED's power source, but I can't imagine this would affect it. Also, there is a little connector with green and yellow cable that doesn't seem to be connected to anything.

Any ideas?

Also, anyone care to share tips on how to level these puppies? Right now they're aiming high and shining in people's faces. No bueno.

 

Those look great! Pattern is way better than i expected. Love the angel eyes! H11 you say? Yea, looks like you would loose high beam because those are single filiiment. Small price to pay though. I like it.

 

Thanks for the comments :-)

Look at my pictures above they do have high beams.. it has a shutter that drops out of the way and letmire light out of the projector :-) are u using an aftermarket hid set up??

 

Nope just the halogen bulbs that came with the housings. I had the factory Xenons installed prior to this. Is it wiring issue caused by coming from these lights maybe?

 

Yes, I am using aftermarket HID in the stock housing. Works for me (see my gallery pics) but at this price and the results you have shown have my attention. My position has always been factory HIDs are better but definitely not 10 times better which is the price differential. This set up destroys that argument. plus you get angel eyes which I think belong on these cars to show the BMW connection. I would take those over eyelids any day.

I have all the research out of the way for an error free solution for about $20.00 so that is not a problem if I switch over. Which frame shows the high beam? . . oh maybe the rounded pattern. That works!

Is the near field OK? That's a weakness on these cars, making you reach for the fogs to fill in that area. When you get a chance show an on road pattern.

 

http://www.specdtuning.com/2lhp-mini06jm-tm.html

look great just tried to order a pair but
on back order current batch were deffective

 

Saw these in SEMA, pretty decent for the price. Thinking getting these for the halos too, but not sure if I want to give up the stock projectors yet.

 

The thing is, you can swap to these (which are a much *beter* candidate for a retrofit) and sell your factory's for about $200 more than you pay for these, which pays for the projectors from a TSX or similar...

I think the retrofit crowd might find these more and more appealing. I want to give them a shot... there's a few different companies selling these right now, so probably more to come.