If I buy these...

[Tangarine-Dream]

If I buy these HID headlights off ebay,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/69-76-BMW-2002-HID-Projector-Headlights-Kit-72-73-74-75_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33710QQihZ014QQitemZ330060243924QQrdZ1,

will I have to make any additional modifications? For example, changing any electronic components so I don't fry any wires or ruin what's already working or are they just remove and replace? My current headlights (stock) look awfully dim! Thanks.

[ryanOC]

i was just looking at similar things on ebay

i figure if they're brighter than the lights on my car right now, what is $10 or so gonna hurt?

anyone who has some feedback to offer let us know cause i'd like to brighten up my night driving a little bit

[pkbinplano]

trust me. I tried them and threw them in the trash. Off the shelf stock replacements from Auto Zone are better than those

[pkbinplano]

look at the shipping cost !!!! They aren't worth purchace price much less shipping cost.

[jgerry2002]

Other than dramatically increasing glare for oncoming traffic I can't see the point of these.

They appear to be typical cheapo import garbage.

If you want a lighting upgrade get a set of Bosch or Hella 7". You get what you pay for.

[Tangarine-Dream]

PK,

Thanks, I did look at that astronomical shipping price. It really raised my suspision, so I floated the question. However, there has to be something from the autoparts store remove and replace that can brighten up my night, right?

[Tangarine-Dream]

Justin, Thanks. Are the Hellas 7" that much brighter? And are they just remove and replace without other modifications? I'll also do some research on this end.

[cj]

Uh, those are'nt real HID.

Cris

[pkbinplano]

Sylvania bright whites I think they are called. Even plain jane replacements. You'll be surprised if yours are old.

[esty]

this has been ask'd before and, as you're seeing, it's difficult to get an answer....

i'd say look at the sellers feedback and those that have bought them and are satisfied with them....it seems to me, doing a quick check, there are are lot of satisfied buyers....

BTW...i just order'd a pair for my 76

[jerry]

the original 02 headlights are an odd thing for me. currently, i drive to work while still dark. the first part of my journey is practically devoid of cars for about 5-6 miles at that time of morning.

i have NEVER considered my stock headlights to be inadequate. they seem to illuminate the road sufficiently, and i'm able to see the occasional deer in the road with sufficient warning (i don't speed around corners for this very reason). i'm typically driving faster than the typical SUV driver, though.

however, when i'm surrounded by other cars on the freeway with their brighter lights, it almost appears that i have NO HEADLIGHTS. yet i can still see sufficiently whether it's from my own lights or the other driver's ridiculously bright 'search n rescue' lights.

i don't know, i'm thinking all this brighter lights swapping is perhaps more to 'keep up with the jones'. i'm amazed sometimes that those lights are even legal. there are times i'd like to shine a spotlight out my rear window just to get even.

[oz_tom]

Uh, those are'nt real HID.

Cris

Cris,

What were the units you used? They look like they brighten everything up substantially from the photos.

Thanks,

Tom

[cj]

They're from UMNITZA.

Cris

[Tangarine-Dream]

Cris,

I checked the website for umnitza and they don't have anything listed for BMW 02s. Can you assist with what I would have to purchase or should I just go buy the Hella7" and remove and replace. Thanks.

[KFunk]

the original 02 headlights are an odd thing for me. currently, i drive to work while still dark. the first part of my journey is practically devoid of cars for about 5-6 miles at that time of morning.

i have NEVER considered my stock headlights to be inadequate. they seem to illuminate the road sufficiently, and i'm able to see the occasional deer in the road with sufficient warning (i don't speed around corners for this very reason). i'm typically driving faster than the typical SUV driver, though.

however, when i'm surrounded by other cars on the freeway with their brighter lights, it almost appears that i have NO HEADLIGHTS. yet i can still see sufficiently whether it's from my own lights or the other driver's ridiculously bright 'search n rescue' lights.

i don't know, i'm thinking all this brighter lights swapping is perhaps more to 'keep up with the jones'. i'm amazed sometimes that those lights are even legal. there are times i'd like to shine a spotlight out my rear window just to get even.

Maybe you've been eating a lot of Vitamin E (i think), which is the vitamin in carrots that is supposed to help you see at night.

But.. as for your question of the validity of bright lights. Personally... I live where there are some very fun twisty backroads. If you run them very fast in the daytime, there's always a chance of coming around a hairpin and BAM theres a slow or stalled car in your way, and you're in big trouble.

But at night, there's hardly ever any traffic. You get the road to yourself, and if there's another car, you can spot them well ahead of time due to their lights.

So, if I happen to be driving at a rapid speed on a twisty backroad, I want all the lighting power I can get. i run stock wattage for dims, but when I put on the brights, viola, 100W of bright daylight! I get a wide open view of the entire road ahead of me and around me. And someone else can see me coming from far away.

I've never had stock lights in my 02, it had Hellas when I bought it. But I ran stock 7" sealed beams in Miata for several years. Sure enough, I came out of a hairpin corner in Acadia National Park and launched a deer up onto my hood. After that, I put Hellas in it...