MTEC XENON HID Conversion

f30kid · 06-23-2014, 09:19 AM

Anyone done this, i searched this section but didnt see anything

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MTEC-XENON-H...-/121142116022

Tothepoint · 06-23-2014, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by f30kid

Anyone done this, i searched this section but didnt see anything

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MTEC-XENON-H...-/121142116022

Seems overpriced when you can get the kit from Underground Euros for 130.

f30GTR · 06-23-2014, 10:55 AM

Please don't be that guy that puts HIDs on halogen lights.

f30kid · 06-23-2014, 10:59 AM

dont be that guy? LOL geee man who cares its just headlights bro lolz

dtn · 06-23-2014, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TZBMR

Seems overpriced when you can get the kit from Underground Euros for 130.

AGREED.

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Originally Posted by deanesn

Please don't be that guy that puts HIDs on halogen lights.

Have you seen HIDs on these F30 halogen lamps? They don't blind and are pointed downward.

f30GTR · 06-23-2014, 01:45 PM

Read this http://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comment...stems_and_why/ and this http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...nversions.html
I have not seen how bmw's halogen lights look like but if bmw's engineers didn't install them then they don't belong there, but who am I to argue...

casualDIYer · 06-29-2014, 04:47 PM

I could be wrong but I thought HID was for projectors only. Halogens are placed in reflectors. My understanding was that HID in a reflector was way too bright. The point of the projector was to cut off some of the excess light.

That being said, has anyone retrofit a projector to the F30? Sounds like you'd have to take apart the housing to do it.

kapkanimd · 06-30-2014, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by menncars

I could be wrong but I thought HID was for projectors only. Halogens are placed in reflectors. My understanding was that HID in a reflector was way too bright. The point of the projector was to cut off some of the excess light.

That being said, has anyone retrofit a projector to the F30? Sounds like you'd have to take apart the housing to do it.

you are wrong, there are HID/xenon lights in projector housings (Acura is the one that comes to mind) The bulbs however are different, D2R is usually indicative of reflective xenon lights where as D2S are for projectors.

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