duel headlights?

[NMDerek]

well I bit the bullet and now what? I grabbed the last known on Earth(?) nos duel headlight grills and buckets, cause ya know I'm gonna pimp my ride, so I guess I'm looking for 5" headlights and a hint on how to wire them. whose got this set up? hl links? can I powder coat the buckets w/o messing up the adjustments? tia

ps this cult gets weirder every day 

 

 

 

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Edited August 14 by NMDerek
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[2002iii]

I believe you mean dual headlight grills, unless you plan to face off with grills by headlight at midnight?

 

Those don't look "new old stock" and are not made by BMW.

[NickVyse]

Be VERY careful when screwing those things down - the plastic is brittle as hell after all these years, and will crack and split with the first sign of a little too much pressure.

[TobyB]

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ps this cult gets weirder every day 

true dat.

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[Mike Self]

Coupla suggestions on the headlight buckets:

1. You'll have to completely dismantle 'em for powder coating.  Better to simply sand the rusty spots and paint with an anti-rust black paint--if indeed they were originally black.  Otherwise, paint 'em silver to mimic the galvanizing if they were so coated.  
2. replace the screws that hold the headlight retainer rings to the buckets with stainless steel screws.  The're metric, IIRC either 3 x .9 mm or 4 x .9.  Take one to your local hardware store to match up.
3. lose those plastic covers over the headlight lenses.  You're losing at least 50% of your candlepower through those cloudy lenses.  Unless you drive on gravel roads a lot, you'll lose a lens to a thrown up rock about once every 10-12 years--less if you don't drive the car much.

mike

[SydneyTii]

Jaymic runs them, ping Pete or Fay who own Jaymic, they are very helpful, they just restored their touring which has this setup they may be able to advise.

i think but could be wrong that the lamps are CS lamps? Someone will know.

[bimmerpancho12]

Man those are so cool, I want them, the twin headlights look so good, but I can't find any grills anywhere.

[NMDerek]

13 hours ago, Mike Self said:

Coupla suggestions on the headlight buckets:

1. You'll have to completely dismantle 'em for powder coating.  Better to simply sand the rusty spots and paint with an anti-rust black paint--if indeed they were originally black.  Otherwise, paint 'em silver to mimic the galvanizing if they were so coated.  
2. replace the screws that hold the headlight retainer rings to the buckets with stainless steel screws.  The're metric, IIRC either 3 x .9 mm or 4 x .9.  Take one to your local hardware store to match up.
3. lose those plastic covers over the headlight lenses.  You're losing at least 50% of your candlepower through those cloudy lenses.  Unless you drive on gravel roads a lot, you'll lose a lens to a thrown up rock about once every 10-12 years--less if you don't drive the car much.

mike

ya the headlights didn't make the trip across the pond, so no film for me. 

[mgben]

I went with E code Hella's on my E30 back in the day.  I think the outer bulbs are High Low and the inner bulbs are high only, so you get super bright when on high beam. 
You can do worse than get ahold of Susquehanna  (rallylights) for lighting. 
They built a great Relay harness for my 2002 they have a pattern for lengths and could make one for your set up. Also a DIY if you are handy.  

The link to their lighting is here but callingthem is good  to discuss. I am not an LED headlight fan in retro cars, so I stick with the Halogen. 

rallylights: HEADLAMP UNIVERSAL

WWW.RALLYLIGHTS.COM

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[Son of Marty]

Daniel Stern lighting is another excellent source for lights and harness's and general knowledge on lights and local regulations for them.

[NMDerek]

Susquehanna  MotorSports had all the answers, the whole set up for around 350 with harness.

 

if anyone had a pic of the mod to attach them  it'd be much appriciated.

Edited August 15 by NMDerek