[s-cars] Re: Headlight upgrade

[Matt Russell]

List Wisdom Sought:

wow, nice link (alvin)!

so here's my question: If I am currently running euro's, which IIRC come
stock with an H1 for the highbeamand 55w low (?) am I better off leaving it
alone?

Or would a switch to the 9005 in either the highs or lows help?


Tom,

I'd like to take credit for this conversion but all I did was find the
website - http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main/Upgrade/More_light.htm. There are
excellent pics and instructions there.

The only things of note was that I didn't bother with getting any
blue/xenon/plasma/etc bulbs, a standard 9005 from GE/Wagner/Osram will do
fine.

A word of caution - be careful when you put the modified 9005. By cutting
down one of the outer locking tabs you can easily over-rotate the bulb on
installation, slightly mis-aligning your bulb and making removal impossible
without a jewelers screwdriver. After a year of use my 9005's haven't moved
(because of the cut down locking tab) and the low-beam reflector hasn't gone
crispy either.

hth,
Alvin 93S4





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