Shantybeater's S54 - BMWCar Mag+Xenon\Cruise Retrofit

[shantybeater]

Re: Shantybeater's Titanium Silver S54

Cheers guys

 

[shantybeater]

Re: Shantybeater's Titanium Silver S54

Today I received the shots from the BMWCar shoot along with a few mags

Here is a selection of the best:

 

[MAURICE THE MARTIAN]

Re: Shantybeater's Titanium Silver S54 - BMWCar Mag Shoot

Looks absolutely Superb :-bd you must be very proud.

 

[RodsZ3]

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Hey! No entering these into the monthly photo competition!!! [-x

Great car :ymdaydream: .....however if it was me, paranoia would kick in even leaving it outside let alone driving to the local supermarket carpark ~x(

Brilliant work though ^^

Rod

 

[Boysie]

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Brilliant pictures
What an amazing colour

 

[badman gee]

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stunning shanty, stunning :x

 

[Daz3]

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Nice one mate looks absolutely superb in the pics bet your very proud!

 

[swamper]

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mouth watering =p~

 

[Muppet]

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Great thread.. stunning car..

 

[Titan]

Shantybeater's Titanium Silver S54 - BMWCar Mag Shoot

Great pics Shanty
Cant help but notice the similarity between #2 and my sig pic though


Z3nt from m'iPhone on Tapatalk

 

[shantybeater]

Re: Shantybeater's Titanium Silver S54 - BMWCar Mag Shoot

Thanks for all the comments guys much appreciated

Rod - dont worry i'll only submit my own creations/abominations! )

Titan - thats got me thinking, maybe I need a new sig!

 

[board]

Shantybeater's Titanium Silver S54 - BMWCar Mag Shoot

They would make some great desktop backgrounds

 

[z3cade]

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Where's your splitters gone???

 

[HornelZ3M]

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He`s taken them off and refreshed the front and have`nt decided if he is going to put them back on.

Great pics Shanty, i had to order my copy today so will have to wait a week to see it . well done.

 

[shantybeater]

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They would make some great desktop backgrounds

James let me know which ones you like and ill email over full scale versions

 

[shantybeater]

Re: Shantybeater's Titanium Silver S54 - BMWCar Mag Shoot

He`s taken them off and refreshed the front and have`nt decided if he is going to put them back on.

Great pics Shanty, i had to order my copy today so will have to wait a week to see it . well done.

Bingo thanks mate

 

[board]

Re: Shantybeater's Titanium Silver S54 - BMWCar Mag Shoot

They would make some great desktop backgrounds

James let me know which ones you like and ill email over full scale versions

All of them?

 

[shantybeater]

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Ok well for ages now i've been looking for a way to upgrade the old halogen lights. Most importantly to keep an OEM look. None of the aftermarket units look any good in my opinion and clearly not BMW in design! To add to this I love the style of the standard lights!

I tried contacting several people over in the US who retrofit xenons into headlights but the price is £600+ not including units/shipping costs/import tax which could bring the total into 4 figures. A bit too much for my liking and I fancied the challenge myself

So finally i've plucked up the courage to give it a go, This could end in a spectacular fail with bits of expensive headlight all around me! I'll post the results either way. I sourced a spare set of headlights off ebay, if all is successful I will probably buy a brand new set and swap over the internals

I managed to get hold of some custom brackets from a guy over on bimmerforums. These will greatly reduce the amount of effort carrying out the retrofit and also provide a robust solution. The OEM beam adjustments will remain fully functional.

Today I made the first step and split the outer housing by cooking in the oven (at 110 degrees for 15mins)

Next I removed the indicator surround and lenses which are of the plastic variety, pretty sure all chrome surround lights are plastic rather than the brittle glass! - easier to cut

This is as far as i've got, will keep the updates coming...

 

[shantybeater]

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Bit more of an update:

Disassembled the headlights completely with more oven treatment by removing the outer casing from the rear, then the rear casing from the reflector:

 

[shantybeater]

Re: Shantybeater's Titanium S54 - BMWCar Mag+Xenon Retrofit

A little package arrived from the US from the renowned TRS (The Retrofit source) in the shape of my FX-R Stage III kit:

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/produc ... cts_id=141

- Morimoto 3way ballasts
- Morimoto 3way D2S 4300K 35w Bulbs
- RHD FXR 1.1 Projectors
- Resealing glue - which turns out to be windscreen sealant! :lol:
- 9006 Wiring harness

I also bought a set of angel eyes for the sake of it although I wont be fitting them, the shipping was $160 by itself so i didnt want to miss anything off. First impressions are good, the quality of all the products are first class and the ballasts are very small and OEM in appearance. Couldn't have asked for better. Tomorrow I will be cutting the reflectors - the point of no return!!!