••ü•• Orion V2 for the E60
11-15-2009, 07:39 PM
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Okay, if you can give me an approximation of how long it will take for the install, so I can decide whether or not I should have my buddy come by tomorrow (he lives about an hour and a half away).
12-01-2009, 09:37 PM
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Hi all, sorry for the delayed update.
Due to missing that first initial weekend when my buddy had time, we weren't able to connect and work on this until today.
We started working on this around 2PM today, and worked leisurely... and finished around 9PM with dinner thrown in between.
Overall, I have to say that it was not difficult to do, just tedious and lot of work. Well, that and balls of steel. I was pretty nervous ripping apart the housing with the soldering gun, especially since it was really cooking it. The melting smell of the plastic, and the way it looked -- it's definitely not for the faint of heart.
After taking the housing apart, we ran into a problem. The big ring(s) for the low beam, the size is off -- it's not as big as the stock ring. Maybe it's because I have halogen? At this point, I wasn't about to turn back. We decided to align it to middle, as much as possible, hoping that it wouldn't look like shit, lol.
Long story short -- it was a success!
It is uber white, and I can't wait to see how it looks during the day! I would take pics, and actually did try earlier with my iphone while I was out there, but it's actually insanely bright that iphone can't capture it correctly at all.
In addition to having awesome angel eyes now, the low beam rings actually has modified the look of my hid kit a bit. It now looks like a bright white gigantic projector when I have low beams on. It's kind of hard to describe... think of it as xenon projectors on steroids.
I will post pics tomorrow, stay tuned!
edit: I forget to comment on the sizing issue for the low beam rings... as it turns out, though it's not the right size, it looks okay. It would be ideal to have it be the same size so it actually fills up the entire outline, but when it's lit, it's not very possible to tell, so it's acceptable. I will post pics to illustrate tomorrow.
Due to missing that first initial weekend when my buddy had time, we weren't able to connect and work on this until today.
We started working on this around 2PM today, and worked leisurely... and finished around 9PM with dinner thrown in between.
Overall, I have to say that it was not difficult to do, just tedious and lot of work. Well, that and balls of steel. I was pretty nervous ripping apart the housing with the soldering gun, especially since it was really cooking it. The melting smell of the plastic, and the way it looked -- it's definitely not for the faint of heart.
After taking the housing apart, we ran into a problem. The big ring(s) for the low beam, the size is off -- it's not as big as the stock ring. Maybe it's because I have halogen? At this point, I wasn't about to turn back. We decided to align it to middle, as much as possible, hoping that it wouldn't look like shit, lol.
Long story short -- it was a success!
It is uber white, and I can't wait to see how it looks during the day! I would take pics, and actually did try earlier with my iphone while I was out there, but it's actually insanely bright that iphone can't capture it correctly at all.
In addition to having awesome angel eyes now, the low beam rings actually has modified the look of my hid kit a bit. It now looks like a bright white gigantic projector when I have low beams on. It's kind of hard to describe... think of it as xenon projectors on steroids.
I will post pics tomorrow, stay tuned!
edit: I forget to comment on the sizing issue for the low beam rings... as it turns out, though it's not the right size, it looks okay. It would be ideal to have it be the same size so it actually fills up the entire outline, but when it's lit, it's not very possible to tell, so it's acceptable. I will post pics to illustrate tomorrow.
12-04-2009, 09:26 AM
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Sure thing, any particular pics? I have a number of them in the other thread. Or if you want, go ahead and attach them yourself, I don't mind my pics used.