Another headlight projy: DTM rings, gloss black everything, CF eyelid

Spun Crankhub · 09-26-2018, 04:29 PM

Gonna toss up a teaser pic while I'm about 80% complete. Considering doing a mini diy because the one in the tutorial section on the bavgruppe site is pretty garbage and vague at best.

rochoa21 · 09-27-2018, 06:39 PM

Nice

SoCalRPM · 09-27-2018, 06:46 PM

Subscribing to see more...

BayE30 · 09-27-2018, 06:53 PM

Looks good so far. i have toyed with the idea of opening up my headlights just to black them out, no LED rings or anything...

Spun Crankhub · 09-28-2018, 02:35 AM

One light went back into the oven tonight to seal up. These freakin Bavgruppe rings are such a nuisance. The outer ring loves to smoosh up against the lens no matter how much you trim the ring, shroud, or housing.
I love the gloss black everything on these. Went with two coats of clear on the shrouds, inside corner, and housing trim.

SoCalRPM · 09-28-2018, 04:25 PM

Lookin' good! How much to do mine? 🤣

M3 Number 86 · 09-28-2018, 05:23 PM

post a DIY up!

one thing that I learned about the carbon lid - it's there to hide the wires.

Makes me think differently of these mods now lol

Spun Crankhub · 09-28-2018, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCalRPM

Lookin' good! How much to do mine? 🤣

Thanks! Oh geez, not sure I am ready to do another set of these for a while. haha

Spun Crankhub · 09-28-2018, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

post a DIY up!

one thing that I learned about the carbon lid - it's there to hide the wires.

Makes me think differently of these mods now lol

The eyelid absolutely is to hide wiring and the cut you make to the outer ring. Without it, these rings would not work on the E9X.

dozaiya · 09-29-2018, 03:34 AM

you should've bought the precut rings

Spun Crankhub · 09-30-2018, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by dozaiya

you should've bought the precut rings

I got these before BG was offering the precuts.

Boostin FD · 09-30-2018, 07:59 PM

How hard was it to take these apart? I've done plenty of other cars with the heat gun... Never touched the e92, though.

shimmy23 · 10-02-2018, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Boostin FD

How hard was it to take these apart? I've done plenty of other cars with the heat gun... Never touched the e92, though.

It's the same difficulty. Take your time

Spun Crankhub · 10-04-2018, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Boostin FD

How hard was it to take these apart? I've done plenty of other cars with the heat gun... Never touched the e92, though.

I go 7 minutes at 225 in the oven, then I use a plastic pry tool and flat head screwdriver to very easily separate the lens from the housing. Then while the butyl glue is still soft use your flat head to scrape the larger bits of glue out of the channel on the housing.

Spun Crankhub · 10-04-2018, 03:25 PM

Hooked up to power. I love the reflections off the gloss black inner housing.

Danger-Zone · 10-05-2018, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TacoChris

Hooked up to power. I love the reflections off the gloss black inner housing.

Sick!!! Wish I could do that. Just don't trust messing up the DD...

ItsGary · 10-06-2018, 05:43 PM

Glad to see you agree with the BavGruppe instructions being vague as fuck. Its the same tutorial for everything lol

Spun Crankhub · 10-07-2018, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ItsGary

Glad to see you agree with the BavGruppe instructions being vague as fuck. Its the same tutorial for everything lol

Yeah, if I didnt know better I would think they are trying to encourage people to use their installers instead of diy'ing.

ItsGary · 10-07-2018, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by TacoChris

Yeah, if I didnt know better I would think they are trying to encourage people to use their installers instead of diy'ing.

Yah, when I did mine (V3 Round Rings) no instructions existed at all. He gave me the most vague pictures. Then I searched up BavGruppe on craigslist whos been doing headlights for 30 years and was familiar with their products and installed it for $400/pair

l2iceman · 04-18-2020, 04:03 PM

Bumping this, what tape dl people use to line and mount the eyelids? I searched, used Google, but I saw two mentions of tape (one DIY on m3post, and bavgruppe instructions), but curious what majority of people have used. Would black electrical tape be fine?

Real · 04-18-2020, 04:47 PM

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Bumping this, what tape dl people use to line and mount the eyelids? I searched, used Google, but I saw two mentions of tape (one DIY on m3post, and bavgruppe instructions), but curious what majority of people have used. Would black electrical tape be fine?

I didn't tape mine, pressure from the insert holds it in place fine.

Frozen · 04-18-2020, 05:06 PM

Where is the DIY?

09-26-2018, 04:29 PM	#1
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Spun Crankhub Major General 964 Rep 5,033 Posts Drives: 15 F82 SOLD Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: San Jose, CA iTrader: (63)	One light went back into the oven tonight to seal up. These freakin Bavgruppe rings are such a nuisance. The outer ring loves to smoosh up against the lens no matter how much you trim the ring, shroud, or housing. I love the gloss black everything on these. Went with two coats of clear on the shrouds, inside corner, and housing trim. Attached Images
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l2iceman Private First Class 25 Rep 134 Posts Drives: e90 M3 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Bumping this, what tape dl people use to line and mount the eyelids? I searched, used Google, but I saw two mentions of tape (one DIY on m3post, and bavgruppe instructions), but curious what majority of people have used. Would black electrical tape be fine?
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