928 Nos fire

Hi Guys,
I'm planning to put an pair of HID's off an s2000 into my 928,Has anyone put any type of hid's into their's?How is the light beam/angle for those who done it?I put an pair of 02 bmw m3 hid on a friends 94 bmw 325i but it just doesn't look the same like the ones from the factory.

Moss928

What year is your car?

928 Nos fire

Hey,local DC 928 buddy.I have an 81 US(in parts right now)and also an near excellent condition 82 weissach 928.

Moss928

You are not going to be able to upgrade your bulbs unless you have 8" headlamps. If You have headlights with a chrome ring around them; they are 7" sealed beams. Not much to do here but upgrade to 8" (not cheap).

I upgraded mine last month to Bosch 8" (Euro) headlamps. I coupled them with Hella 55/65w H-4 +30 Xenon bulbs (see link).

There is a lot of information here on this site regarding 8" H4 upgrades (search). You can expect to pay $250.00 each (headlight assembly) minus the bulbs. I went through a back door and found a (new) pair for $300.00.

<a href="http://www.roversnorth.com/wwwboard/messrr/47823.html" target="_blank">http://www.roversnorth.com/wwwboard/messrr/47823.html</a>

Jim Nowak

Moss,

Hold on just a minute!

"You are not going to be able to upgrade your bulbs unless you have 8" headlamps. If You have headlights with a chrome ring around them; they are 7" sealed beams. Not much to do here but upgrade to 8" (not cheap)."

WRONG!

I have 7" headlights with the chrome ring around them and they are not sealed lights; in fact, the bulbs will probably burn the paint off your car if you were in front of me. There are many acceptable 7" non-sealed headlight units that will bolt in perfectly and give excellent lighting. My 7" H4 headlights have crystal lenses and they weren't very expensive. I think they may be the cheapest addition I've done to my car at under $50.

H.I.D. bulbs can be added to our H4 headlights. However, you will loose the use of the high beams unless you car is rigged so the "flasher" lights illuminate when the high beams are activated.

Jim Nowak

1979 928
5.4L
J&E forged pistons
Electromotive engine management
Devek cams
Devek Jet Hot coated headers
944 heads
Devek racing radiator
S4 brakes
Forgeline racing wheels
ETC.,ETC.....

dr bob

Wow, how easily we get sideways from the original thread!

"Has anyone put any type of hid's into their's?"

Then a slew of H4 comments. Focus!

Moss928

928 Nos fire, there you have it. The choice is yours! <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" />

Randy V

Not too subtle on your counterpoint there, eh Jim.

While there are other options in the 7" size, the 8 inchers just look way cooler !

Moss928

Here is one of my latest acquisitions. I have a pair of 7" headlights if anyone is interested?