Head Lights
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BMW E36, E34, E38 - Benz E430 - Astro vav - Safari van
Head Lights
I have a 99 E430 w/ xenons and would like to change the head lights to something different, can you guys help me. These will be replace by my insurance company. I like these, just not sure they will work w/ my cars xenons. Open for suggestions, please post pics of other aftermarket lights. TIA.
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Why fool around with after market headlamps? Unless you rebuild them with E55 projectors they will not be as good as the OEM lamps. Do a search for "ZAM2000" He built Depo hid headlamps read his posts to get an Idea of what it takes to make an aftermarket headlamp work with xenon.
If you want to upgrade only one choice, the Euro Lamp is the way to go.
http://www.bekkers.com/Merchant2/mer...=mhlighteclass
If you want to upgrade only one choice, the Euro Lamp is the way to go.
http://www.bekkers.com/Merchant2/mer...=mhlighteclass
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BMW E36, E34, E38 - Benz E430 - Astro vav - Safari van
I don't have to have aftermarket lights but I do want zenon w/ projectors if that is possible. Which is better zenon or projectors, I want both if possible. I'm on the net using a hand held PDA so searching is tedious at best. Please help. TIA.
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99 E320
since projector based HIDs were never made for (y)our model, the only option
is to buy an aftermarket variant.
lowest cost...and correspondingly cheap construction and light quality is the
HID kit installed into a halogen projector headlight. for approx $500 this is
your basic, entry level, HID wannabe purchase. the beam output is mediocre
as the halogen projector is not calibrated to the HID bulb. also, the mostly
Asian construction is imprecise and the focus and beam spread is poor/uneven.
Higher up in quality is the same/similar Asian projector headlight assembly.
The difference here is that you pull the poorly made halogen projector and
in its place, you fit a quality made OEM HID projector. Cost for this comes
to approx $700....and a small bit of labor on your part to assemble.
here is a recent thread outlining the options...including some photo comparisons.
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w210/233395-depo-headlight-hid-projector-retro.html
is to buy an aftermarket variant.
lowest cost...and correspondingly cheap construction and light quality is the
HID kit installed into a halogen projector headlight. for approx $500 this is
your basic, entry level, HID wannabe purchase. the beam output is mediocre
as the halogen projector is not calibrated to the HID bulb. also, the mostly
Asian construction is imprecise and the focus and beam spread is poor/uneven.
Higher up in quality is the same/similar Asian projector headlight assembly.
The difference here is that you pull the poorly made halogen projector and
in its place, you fit a quality made OEM HID projector. Cost for this comes
to approx $700....and a small bit of labor on your part to assemble.
here is a recent thread outlining the options...including some photo comparisons.
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w210/233395-depo-headlight-hid-projector-retro.html
