eBay Afternarket Headlights (Angel Eyes) Review

3002 tii · 04-17-2011, 06:57 PM

So I know this has been posted before but most wrote them off just based on the fact they are eBay mods and nobody actually tested them out. Ironically our friends in the UK bought these from a US seller and posted their review. They offer both replacements for halogen and xenon and I have to say they don't look that bad. To the trained eye it definitely looks aftermarket but maybe you can specify to seller for a more white AA as opposed to blue. For the price considering you get to have a 2nd complete said it's not bad. I'm assuming output isn't as good as oem but my only real concern is the chance of something shorting but aside from that I think I could live with it...

http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25422

Page 5 has a pic of the xenons...

mfanatic325 · 04-17-2011, 07:06 PM

An interesting option indeed.

VinnieAces · 04-17-2011, 08:35 PM

looks pretty good but i think i'm still gonna go the tekarbon route, only shitting part of that is i gotta wait for the winter to ship em out

boondocksaint · 04-17-2011, 09:47 PM

So according to what Tekarbon's site says, they separate the lenses from the housings to do their thing. I did that to my Subaru a few years ago to paint the housings. If it's the same process, I'll do it myself.

Minus the angel eyes. I don't much care about those, but I would like the opportunity to put a serious polish on the lens and some body-color paint on the housings.

VinnieAces · 04-17-2011, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by boondocksaint

So according to what Tekarbon's site says, they separate the lenses from the housings to do their thing. I did that to my Subaru a few years ago to paint the housings. If it's the same process, I'll do it myself.

Minus the angel eyes. I don't much care about those, but I would like the opportunity to put a serious polish on the lens and some body-color paint on the housings.

No one that i know of besides tekarbon has figured out a way to open them though, bmw glued these things together with some futuristic alien space-tech glue or something that cannot be ovenbaked open from what i gather

3002 tii · 04-17-2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by VinnieAces

No one that i know of besides tekarbon has figured out a way to open them though, bmw glued these things together with some futuristic alien space-tech glue or something that cannot be ovenbaked open from what i gather

Tis true baking will only ruin the headlights. You need to cut them open...

mfanatic325 · 04-18-2011, 12:58 AM

Really? Baking doesn't do it? I had to do baking of headlights on my E46 325Ci (facelifted coupe) when I did the angel eyes. Had someone help me out though (someone that had already done it successfully before).

CFoote · 04-18-2011, 08:45 AM

These headlights look very nice, and it appears they finally came out with a Xenon version (which is what the majority of us have been waiting for...). The chrome finish looks a little too bright for my tastes, but the black ones look sharp.

Someone should give these a shot! I might just do so in a few months

Chris

3002 tii · 04-18-2011, 09:07 AM

I'm just not crazy about the eyelid/strip on top. I would've preferred a closer match to oem design, or at very least option to clear out that eyelid.

Z4Murder · 04-18-2011, 02:14 PM

link?

searching on ebay shows me like 56 pages

3002 tii · 04-18-2011, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Z4Murder

link?

searching on ebay shows me like 56 pages

If you clicked on the forum link, I believe they specify which seller they bought from

BU Z4 · 04-18-2011, 05:43 PM

Black Version

Chrome Version:

Shipkiller · 04-18-2011, 06:17 PM

When I was very heavy over on Z4-Forum, several members in the UK had great success in splitting open the lights by heating them up. Though, as a safety measure, it was recommended to have a set of doaner lights just in case so you could make two from four.

sho-one · 04-18-2011, 08:38 PM

has anyone got them to work with the oem HIDs?

esqu1re · 04-19-2011, 01:01 PM

Anyone with pictures of these on their cars?

ZStig · 04-19-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by esqu1re

Anyone with pictures of these on their cars?

http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthre...=512566&page=3

guy complains that he had to re-wire it

esqu1re · 04-20-2011, 09:24 AM

Interesting. It does look pretty good, but 7 hours to rewire...wow.

Jbs · 04-20-2011, 04:03 PM

EWW what the shit? Those look awful IMO.

The only headlight i would ever consider switching is for the clear marking, black housing, bixenon OEM lights.

To be fair though, I am not even a fan of AE upgrades and the like, it always makes cars look cheap IMO.

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mfanatic325 ///M-fanatic 193 Rep 3,885 Posts Drives: '01 911 Turbo Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cupertino, CA. iTrader: (23)	Really? Baking doesn't do it? I had to do baking of headlights on my E46 325Ci (facelifted coupe) when I did the angel eyes. Had someone help me out though (someone that had already done it successfully before).
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Jbs The Photographer 76 Rep 628 Posts Drives: 07 Z4MC BSM/Black extended Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (0)	EWW what the shit? Those look awful IMO. The only headlight i would ever consider switching is for the clear marking, black housing, bixenon OEM lights. To be fair though, I am not even a fan of AE upgrades and the like, it always makes cars look cheap IMO. __________________ John Batte Photography / Flickr / Facebook 2007 ///M Coupe BSM/Black Extended/Loaded \| RPi GT Exhaust w/custom gloss black tips \| KW V3 \| Michelin PSS 245/265 \| Pinnacle F1 Tint 35% \| ZHP Shift Knob
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