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11-12-2016, 07:31 AM | #1 |
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CUTOFF Line on ZKW-R
Hello guys, I am retrofitting my headlights and I am about to complete everything. I just want to get your opinion before I am done. I also upgraded to ZKW-R clear lens. And installed 1 washer on each bracket legs. And The new lens not exact fitting to the housing so you have to manually adjust. I did my best. Do you thing it looks straight enough?
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it is fixed and moved http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?p=20843286
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Bump, anyone have photos of the output with just a swap of the lens, without spacers?
Sangria, cut off looks pretty sweet. In the photos above, is that with the high beam flap cut off as well? |
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04-19-2020, 10:12 AM | #4 |
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Hey buddy, I don't clearly remember if the high beam flap is cut or not in this photo But when it is cut u see the blueish line on the cutt off line.
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Then I remove everything back (Terrible) and used only one washer saying that fck the cut off And since then I have no issue but if I would do it again, I would use the factory one instead and don't mess with it. It looks clear yeah and nice as well, but I am more like a guy who wants all the items functioning properly. When you do the good quality rings, they come bulky and when you put them around the lenses, first of it pushes the lens cover in and that causes adaptive feature to move limited than what it was from the factory. Second of putting a even single washer makes it pushed closer to the cover as well. So everything is working without an issue but still when I drive at night (rarely) First thing what bothers me is, because the rings are so bulky the HID lens cant reach around the rings and that reflects to floor like a cut. And the light right infront of the bumber is showing a cut from the rings. 2nd is when I turn the wheels right to left, adaptive is not as smooth as its used to and if I look at the lenses clearly in a day time, I see the rubbing from the lens cover due to big rings around.
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I ordered rings from Angel Eye Guy (well known in e46 community, unknown in e9x community), which are found, they aewnt thick/bulky like the dtm style rings. Also,regarding the corner lights, the oem one is that frosted cover, how would u get a nice clean clear look? Can I just remove this and paint reflector black? Or would it look odd without a corner piece? |
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So I just added ZKW-R lens on my E92 projector and I did not use any washers or spacers. Just simply replaced the lens. Also want to mention I installed the 120 LED angel eyes from Angel Eye Guy. Super nice dude.
After firing up the lights, I noticed a yellow spot above the cutoff line. Car was maybe about 25ft away from the wall. I'm wondering if it's because I bent my foreground limiter instead of cutting it. Or is it just the nature of the ZKW-R? I just got this installed so I need to wait until night time to take some pictures. I'll follow up.
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After : I used 6k OSRAM xenon light bulbs as well. Found the pics from 2016 for you..
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Also, any other mods?
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The bluish cutt off line not related to washers but shield. And also if you do not have 6k xenon bulb you will not get that blueish line and the oem bulbs are I think 4300k
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I just bent down my secondary shield or "RV" tab. Is that enough or do I need to actually cut it?
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I removed completely.
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Not an easy fit, but the results are coming together. Osram CBB bottom Vs Phillips top Xtreme vision.
A lot of grinding to keep optic visibility at 75-100 ft with a clean cut off. Ended up building a bench power supply to run power for tuning. Both projector bowls exhibited blue hot spots so I replaced with buying damaged headlights from salvage yards, two out of the five I pulled were in good shape.
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That's how left mine in 2016
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It looks like your lens is seated a bit differently than mine. Here is a pic of the grinding I had to do to have it seated nearly flush with the bracket. With this, no washers were required and it eliminated the light bleed above the cutoff. I did go through two chipped lens before I figured it out. I’m debating whether to get rid of the cornering lamp and to go dual projectors.
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I will remove the single washers i have installed on each leg and will use this . This should solve the problem as well.
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I’d be curious how that lens performs, even more curious how they fit that in the e46 cradle.
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