E30 road rally lighting

[alan1272]

after discovering how crap the standard set up is on the car i've vowed not to go out again without it being upgraded.

i was thinking about chopping up some Mk2 golf H4 units and trying to graft them to some E30 lens units but then i came across this idea, kit car lights http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/lights_head.html

this way i could get dipped, main and a set of spots within the rules.
opinions?

[compact119]

only 1 thing 2 say on this and its KC daylighter's ! f**k the inner lamps off and get some of them in !

[alan1272]

only 1 thing 2 say on this and its KC daylighter's ! f**k the inner lamps off and get some of them in !

don't worry, i intend to.

what i'm trying to do is be able to have a main beam as well as the spots to put me on a par with the golfs, sierras, pugs, escorts, compacts and protons. the current rules are fucking stupid.

[ultegra]

Hi Alan

How about these?



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-3-4-H4-Outer-Headlamps-Morette-Quad-C2-Impreza-205_W0QQitemZ390088873949QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item5ad31bd7dd&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[M3 Compact]

Agreed the rules are stupid. How two separate lights with lenses behind one 'outer lens' can be viewed as one light is beyond me.

[alan1272]

cheers ultegra they look like what i'm after

[Marlon]

Hi Alan,

I have done this to my e30, but has cost me far far more than I initially wanted to spend (about £250 all in) but the lights on my e30 now are a bit mental, when running at full power I'm putting out 450W of light, and thats not including the apparent +80% lights in the outers.

Basically, I went with what your thinking, 5.75" H4 outers and 5.75 150W KC Daylighters in the inners. For outers I chose the cibie ones, as they have the best lens design and put some philips xtreme bulbs in them.

I sourced some fittings from america, as their e30s had 5.75" lights as standard, then I rewired the system with decent wire to take the current etc. plus to change from H1 to H4 needed abit of relaying.

So yea, its an expensive route to take, but works extremely well. Only issue is the KC daylighters are hard to come by, but I've seen 150W aircraft landing lights on ebay I'm sure they would do.

Cars in for its MOT today, hopefully it passes and will be on its first event next Thursday

[Marlon]

Hi Alan,

I have done this to my e30, but has cost me far far more than I initially wanted to spend (about £250 all in) but the lights on my e30 now are a bit mental, when running at full power I'm putting out 450W of light, and thats not including the apparent +80% lights in the outers.

Basically, I went with what your thinking, 5.75" H4 outers and 5.75 150W KC Daylighters in the inners. For outers I chose the cibie ones, as they have the best lens design and put some philips xtreme bulbs in them.

I sourced some fittings from america, as their e30s had 5.75" lights as standard, then I rewired the system with decent wire to take the current etc. plus to change from H1 to H4 needed abit of relaying.

So yea, its an expensive route to take, but works extremely well. Only issue is the KC daylighters are hard to come by, but I've seen 150W aircraft landing lights on ebay I'm sure they would do.

Cars in for its MOT today, hopefully it passes and will be on its first event next Thursday

[alan1272]

cheers, i have a set of daylighters now (only the 100W versions though)

H4 outers are something i will do after the rally at the end of the month when i can do a proper job and not rush it