T DOT TI - The whole story

[32styledTI]

I have been thinking about ordering these lights...

Has anyone ordered them? Are they worth the money?

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/E3...D-Kit-Included

I just really find my lights to be quite dim..

Please post some thoughts

[trikzta]

wait what happened to the 2002 project?

[32styledTI]

well do you have a 2002? Im thinking about buying a 2002 and doing a restoration but I am still working on my Ti! Lets not jump on anything just yet///

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/E3...D-Kit-Included

does anyone have input on these headlights?

[pdxmotorhead]

Originally Posted by Ralliart10

really at turner motorsports?
I thought it was around $700?

They were on sale for a month, I just looked and cant findit must have ended.. Oh well!

Dave

[32styledTI]

Originally Posted by pdxmotorhead

They were on sale for a month, I just looked and cant findit must have ended.. Oh well!

Dave

Oh well I guess I missed out... Maybe rokkors are my best bet! I wouldnt mind a static drop but I measured and I need 3.5 inch drop in the front to make it even remotly doable Seems these cars are quite uneaven from the factory! I hate reverse rake

Does anyone know of a spring that will drop the front 3-4 inch? Or is coils my only hope on that problem?


I picked this up for the headliner.. I hope it does the job ok.. Im still looking for meterial, Im not sure what I want to use quite yet

[trikzta]

no dont have 2002.. and well those headlights are good.. cheap and well they are depos.. they also give you the option of angel eyes which many ppl love they come out cheap and some say good quality and others say they suck... cooljess have these with the angel eye option... some guy under the user name chicken also have them... here is a link to how they look scroll to the bottom http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=26472 ..
and for the 3.5" drop coilovers are your best bet.. h&r race springs are a 2.2" drop in front and 1.2 in rear..as for rokkors im sure you have looked em up.. some say are good some say they bad.. according to the ppl currently running them they are good lasted them a while and still running them.. i actually bought a set of rokkors and since you need sport shocks in rear i got some bilstein still waitin on installing them since i need a spring compressor and ofcourse some free time since is my first time doing suspension

-Dany

[lemon.j.poodingtonsworthy]

Originally Posted by 32styledTI

well do you have a 2002? Im thinking about buying a 2002 and doing a restoration but I am still working on my Ti! Lets not jump on anything just yet///

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/E3...D-Kit-Included

does anyone have input on these headlights?

Headlights are a pretty good improvement over the US model headlights, come with projectors. they technically are not the best for HIDS, but with some retrofitting mods can be excellent. The plastic quality is not good AT ALL, (broke one of the clips first install, clips holding in the bulb housing snapped after 1 month) Id recommend em' if you are looking for a quick fix, I still have mine and are happy with them. Angel Eye options are always cool.

[32styledTI]

remember this....



I turned it into this...

[32styledTI]

here are couple more shots..



and one more just for the hell of it..I kinda had a good time redoing this.. although I have one small mestake in the right edge that when I installed it went away..alright

[32styledTI]

Installed it

the hardest part was trying to slide it in without destroying the whole thing...
tho I got it done..



antoher shot from the driver side.. was fun doing this.. i didnt do the sunroof part as you can see but its alright I figure I will re do the whole thing black when the sunroof parts is totaly sagging.. if you look closely its beginning to come off but I give it another few months. Good times I must say its quite satisfying when you get it in there and admire your hard work.. beats paying someone too

[trikzta]

if im not like color blind thats like a baby blue color and well it came out nice unique but nice now you just need the blue HIDs and the baby blue inserts in the style 5;s lol


so where did you get the materials to do it and how much it cost you?

[32styledTI]

its a bit lighter than the blue in the bmw sign tho my camera colour needs some adjustment. Im happy with the outcome, its much better than having it dirt & hanging in my face while I drive. The stuff under the meterial was so yuk

After I finished doing the liner I wanted to get the seats redone in the middle section in the same blue, Im not sure tho as I really want to get some vaders...

I bought lots of fabric a whole huge roll of it from the fabric store it wasnt much money either..

I will be ordering some blue lights forsure...and then you got me thinking of refinishing my style 5's in blue...great idea

After you said that I had a nice vision of the car coming together! thanks for the good ideas...

[eurohb]

damn ! looks amazing rick! Lemme know about that email i sent u. Also how did you make the headliner fit so perfectly back with the material in all the spaces?

[eurohb]

Rokkor coils aren't bad, I'd just highly recommend upgrading the rear shocks to a Bilstein or something stiffer. They come with rear shocks for a heavier e36 model and the ti needs the less travel in the rear as possible.

[tiFreak]

well it's different it actually came out much better than I was thinking looking at the first few pictures