My E46 Retrofit

[JSMexUsa]

I had aluminum tape on one of my cars for 5 years with no problems, lots of guys use it for the same as well and never complain; maybe after a few years you have to add more or replace it.

[King James]

Maybe I just didnt use enough.....I did rush it cuz after a weekend of fucking around with the shit I just wanted to drive with my new lights lol

[bcjammerx]

tape is not a fix...SEALANT is...do it right

[trubluryder]

Thanks for everyone's inputs and advices . Here are some night time pics that I just took.

Btw, can you guys take a look at how I aimed the lights. I have the passenger side lights aimed sleightly higher so that I can see signs and pedestrians better, and the drivers side lower so that I won't blind oncoming traffic. From the look of it, do they seem to be aimed correctly? I.E. too low, too high, cutoff is even, etc?


Against my garage







Pics against Fry's Electronic's wall









Random pics



Fogs Only (HID'S)



Fogs and Headlights

[CB7_91/DX]

This pic is hott

Fogs and Headlights

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[JoshM]

Damn those look good at night.

[Gemini]

Welcome to the E46 retro crew
Good job for 5 hours of work
The cutoff could use a lil rotational adjustment but if you are not looking for perfection then its ok
I miss my retro but I will be doing a tsx one this time it will be done in one weekend like my 1st, dont find them that hard to do

[King James]

Welcome to the E46 retro crew
Good job for 5 hours of work
The cutoff could use a lil rotational adjustment but if you are not looking for perfection then its ok
I miss my retro but I will be doing a tsx one this time it will be done in one weekend like my 1st, dont find them that hard to do

took the words outta my mouth.....the height of the cutoff seems good though

Lookin good though man

I miss mine too....but im going mini projectors this time.

[Gemini]

took the words outta my mouth.....the height of the cutoff seems good though

Lookin good though man

I miss mine too....but im going mini projectors this time.

mini led projectors would be cool too

[benjerman112]

Thanks for everyone's inputs and advices . Here are some night time pics that I just took.

Btw, can you guys take a look at how I aimed the lights. I have the passenger side lights aimed sleightly higher so that I can see signs and pedestrians better, and the drivers side lower so that I won't blind oncoming traffic. From the look of it, do they seem to be aimed correctly? I.E. too low, too high, cutoff is even, etc?


Against my garage

WOW That looks really good bro. you done so much to your car this yr. AOTM worthy.

[trubluryder]

Damn those look good at night.

Thanks bro.

Welcome to the E46 retro crew
Good job for 5 hours of work
The cutoff could use a lil rotational adjustment but if you are not looking for perfection then its ok
I miss my retro but I will be doing a tsx one this time it will be done in one weekend like my 1st, dont find them that hard to do

Thanks mang, so which ones would I rotate and how much do i rotate it? Keep me posted on your tsx retro

took the words outta my mouth.....the height of the cutoff seems good though

Lookin good though man

I miss mine too....but im going mini projectors this time.

Thanks bro.

mini led projectors would be cool too

That would be sick

WOW That looks really good bro. you done so much to your car this yr. AOTM worthy.

Thanks James, hit me up this weekend if you and jerry plan to hang out.

This pic is hott

Fogs and Headlights

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Thanks man.

[JSMexUsa]

Projectors have a cutoff shield (metal in the middle of the projector) which makes the light cutoff lower on the left to avoid blinding oncoming drivers and higher on the right to see further and light up signs, like this: ______/--------- and both light cutoffs have to perfectly overlap each other and look like one at over 25 feet like this: _____/-------_____/--------
To properly aim your projectors park your car on a flat surface at 25 feet against a white wall, measure the height from the floor to the middle of your left/driver projector lens, take 2 or 2.5 inches off that measurement and mark the wall right in front of the projector, that's where the step should be, then you just raise or lower your right side so the lower cutoff matches the left one and the higher will match as well; then measure the distance from the middle of one projector to the other one and that is the distance where the steps should be, so if they are 4 feet apart that's where they have to be on the wall as well.

You have the right cutoff higher than the left one and your steps are too far apart, maybe 2 extra feet.