What did you do for your M3 today?

[Rhythim]

Yeah, don't get too hung up on where they were made. In this case, the Morimoto projectors (whichever ones you choose, I've used a couple different sets over the years on various other cars) are good quality parts. Only thing I've ever had to warranty out was a single ballast unit early on and Caesar sent me a replacement right away, all I had to do was send a pic of the old one after destroying it.

Have been pleased with their D2S bulbs as well, am currently running a set in my OE bixenons.

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[DropTopKingM3]

Yeah, don't get too hung up on where they were made. In this case, the Morimoto projectors (whichever ones you choose, I've used a couple different sets over the years on various other cars) are good quality parts. Only thing I've ever had to warranty out was a single ballast unit early on and Caesar sent me a replacement right away, all I had to do was send a pic of the old one after destroying it.

Have been pleased with their D2S bulbs as well, am currently running a set in my OE bixenons.

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Ceasar’s the man!


Here’s the finished product

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CYB_yc8p4Ju/?utm_medium=copy_link

[oceansize]

Have been pleased with their D2S bulbs as well, am currently running a set in my OE bixenons.

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Also running their D2S, zero complaints.

[DropTopKingM3]

Forgive me in advance, I haven’t taken the best pics. The headlight upgrade was worth every single penny. What a difference! They throw light further and I’m literally cutting walls, cars, signs in half.

I’ll get some better pics this week. I didn’t wanna get stuck in the rain with my temporary dry rotted 2011 federal tires.

[jet_dogg]

Do you have a before picture so we can see the difference?

[DropTopKingM3]

jet_dogg Edit… here’s a before after.

Before


After

[jet_dogg]

What's the difference in lighting distance? This would be my only concern if changing out the lights so I'm curious about the delta.

Incidentally, my stock HIDs are more crisp than the first pic perhaps because they're bi-xenons.

[DropTopKingM3]

What's the difference in lighting distance? This would be my only concern if changing out the lights so I'm curious about the delta.

Incidentally, my stock HIDs are more crisp than the first pic perhaps because they're bi-xenons.

The projector throws the beam further. In my case it increased the distance. At night I had to rely on the high beams for distance.

My favorite part about these is when you’re looking at the headlight it doesn’t look bright or full of glare.

Your current projectors are probably more crispier than mine were. My car is a 2001 with single xenon. Now I have bi xenon. Each of our projectors were subjected to different situations as far as climate, usage, etc. All of this plays a key role.

I also had Osram CBB bulbs in both before and after along with new headlight lenses. The lenses are wrapped in xpel so I may be sacrificing a tad bit of performance.

[Obioban]

Replaced the washer tank, because it was leaking (not the gasket-- tried that first).

[Casa de Mesa]

Replaced the washer tank, because it was leaking (not the gasket-- tried that first).

Do you happen to have a part number on that bottle? Also, when you did this, presumably you fabbed the bracket yourself?

Been meaning to ask you this...

[eacmen]

Replaced the washer tank, because it was leaking (not the gasket-- tried that first).

What is the battery in the drug bin for? Did you relocate from the trunk?

[Obioban]

Do you happen to have a part number on that bottle? Also, when you did this, presumably you fabbed the bracket yourself?

Been meaning to ask you this...

No PN off hand, but it's the high intensity wash tank from the e39. I did fab the bracket myself.

What is the battery in the drug bin for? Did you relocate from the trunk?

The battery is 5 lbs, so it wasn't doing anything meaningful for weight distribution. The battery cable to the trunk is 8 lbs. So, weight saved it and moved the battery to the 4 cylinder e46 location :P

Also gained me a surprisingly large amount of trunk space:

[DoubleSidedTape]

The battery is 5 lbs, so it wasn't doing anything meaningful for weight distribution. The battery cable to the trunk is 8 lbs. So, weight saved it and moved the battery to the 4 cylinder e46 location :P

Did you fab up the battery cables yourself or buy parts from an e46 with the battery in the front?

[Obioban]

Did you fab up the battery cables yourself or buy parts from an e46 with the battery in the front?

I bought the factory front battery cables from a junk yard in england. It was <$20. shipped.

[jet_dogg]

The projector throws the beam further. In my case it increased the distance. At night I had to rely on the high beams for distance.

My favorite part about these is when you’re looking at the headlight it doesn’t look bright or full of glare.

Your current projectors are probably more crispier than mine were. My car is a 2001 with single xenon. Now I have bi xenon. Each of our projectors were subjected to different situations as far as climate, usage, etc. All of this plays a key role.

I also had Osram CBB bulbs in both before and after along with new headlight lenses. The lenses are wrapped in xpel so I may be sacrificing a tad bit of performance.

It's too bad we don't have any concrete data on distance. Factors like age of existing bulbs, type of bulbs (i believe you had non-oem did you not?), aiming and such could have been equalized to get real data on the difference between the original setup and now this one.