I've been thinking about it and I would like to get some DEPOs or DJ Auto/something of the sort for teh E36 from DDM, since HIDs are included anyway. You guys with E36s, what are your thoughts?
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If you want to run HID's/xenon then projectors are a must. You don't want to run xenon in an open parabole unit, like 90% of the VDub's and Honda's do.
Which in Holland has now lead to a new rule. Aftermarket xenon is now (as of May 2009) illigal if you run them in none xenon specific lightunits. Which of course is nearly every light cluster that didn't come stock with xenon.
So that sucks.
2 years ago I straight swapped my ZKW H7 open parabole units for older H1 ZKW projector units, specially for runinng xenon. If I have to revert back to the halogen H1 bulbs, I have 3x as less light as with the H7 lights. Oh the irony.
The projector unit is of older design, and was upgraded with teh H7 units. Funilly enough, this was just before xenon came to market, so now the old projector style units are in favor.
But since xenon didn't exist for the E36, these projector units don't have DR/DCR engraved into the lenses (but HR/HCR) which is the tell-tale sign of being none-xenon units.
So I'm staying with my stock 4300K hid instead of 6000K to keep the attention away from the cops. Ballasts are hidden too. They really have to have a major traffic check where they ask me to turn off the lights and turning them on. It's the only giveaway to my xenon.
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Originally posted by ECKS///M3 View PostYeah it's worth it i have a pic somewhere of the light output from my projectors with 8000k xenons, amazing difference over halogen bulbs.
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Originally posted by MParallel View Post8000K doesn't have a high lumens rating. Above 6000K color temp, the actual effective light (lumens) drastically fall off.E36 M3 EVOLUTION-E36 328i TOURING
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