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13 hours ago, m42b32 said:
Momo makes this horn button retainer plate thing (here is one example, have no experience with this specific part though: https://www.ebay.com/itm/121532035439) that has a grounding point on it. I believe it connects the ground through the steering column like the OEM horn buttons. This is what I did on my car with some modification to the ring as I'm using a raid steering wheel (though I am using a momo wheel hub) and it works perfectly. Wired like this:
That looks like exactly what I need! Thanks for that. I had no idea that existed.
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Does anyone have any suggestions for making the horn button work on the aftermarket settering wheel? There's one wire that comes into the hub, and if I ground that out on the steering wheel, the horns engage their horning. The button has two spades, so obviously I need to ground one of them. Any suggestions on how to ground that within the steering wheel?
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Tried this thing. It didn't work though due to the GAPING HOLE IN THE WATER PUMP GASKET I found after filling it up with coolant.
Replaced the gasket and then it worked and made filling it up really easy.
Some interior dingle berries to wrap up. Just waiting for the classic wisconsin 30 degrees and snow to 80 degrees and humid over night transition to summer.
- Jdesign, The Full Banana and P_Roloff
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I used the same type of steering joint from Condor (I think you actually sent me the link when I had found the stock one was all bound up) and that came the same way. I had to very carefully remove some material from it so it could slide together. Super annoying for a $300 part.
And SendCutSend is who I have been using for all of my headlight parts. They're awesome and have been so helpful when I had issues exporting DXF files.
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Some completed Depo assemblies I put together.
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Not to toot my own horn, but I love how all of this came out.
- YoungCR, Boris3, patsbimmer1 and 2 others
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On 3/10/2022 at 10:08 AM, straight6pwr said:
i see you are reselling DEPO kits. just a fair warning - their quality is subpar. I can tell you are dedicated to selling a really great product, and the DEPOs are not up to those standards. just have your customer service person ready to field those calls 😜
a suggestion: be willing to open a set of the DEPO lights and sell replacement parts from it if someone requests. no other vendor does this. you may actually get business from this alone, and it would also support your own product. youll have to learn to disassemble (and/or make some special tools) without breaking stuff, but it doesn't take much practice.
what i've personally seen/experienced:
1. broken or stripped adjuster knobs (plastic is bad quality)
2. broken glass (thinner glass than oem, cracks easier)
3. leaking seals. (the gasket on the back bulb covers and the o-ring on the parking light are a joke)
Yeah, I hear you. I added a note to the website reiterating that they're an aftermarket headlight and not an OEM replacement.
I would like to think that most people know what Depo headlights are and that they are an affordable aftermarket option/alternative to OEM headlights. The ones I've taken apart though, the quality seems fine. I'll mess with the adjusters some and doulbe check any that go out.
Fun fact I recently learned with the printers and those cheap color changing LED light strips with remotes from amazon. The interference from the receivers on the light strips is enough to "push" the button on the printer's menu and make it do things by itself. I pulled those out of each one and put in LED under cabinet type lights and have had no issues.
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14 hours ago, KaiserRolls said:
I keep seeing your posts in r3v, I really hope this takes off!
that plug and play option is super temptingMe too!
Its harder than I anticipated. I knew forums didn’t work like they did years ago for selling car stuff and that’s it’s all moved to Facebook and Instagram, but I never got deep into instagram. So it’s been a huge learning curve to try and get the name out there.
But those who have received and installed the adapters really like them!
The Depo kits with the new Acme projectors is a no brainer to me. I was taking some new pictures of them last night and I’m looking at the Depos , and then my Ellipsoids, and back to the Depos. If one of those sets end up on my car I won’t be surprised.
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1 hour ago, m42b32 said:
Dang you went all in on the print farm! That light output/cutoff looks super nice.
As I started making them I realized that a complete kit takes 24 hours of non stop printing to make with one printer. Since I really only have the ability to start a print on the morning and after work, it wouldn’t have been good business to do that. Plus, if the printer went down, then I’d be screwed. So yeah, I dove right in.
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The last month was pretty crazy figuring out this whole lighting biz. But I got caught up on the first wave of orders and had a night to just work on the car.
It's back on the ground. What I've completed up to this point:
- ABS Delete using the Chase Bays brake line kit.
- Chase Bays power steering reservoir and hoses.
- Patch some rust in the engine bay and paint it.
- New water pump, timing belt kit, transmission input shaft seal.
- Ditched the Garagistic DSSR in favor for the IE Motorsports DSSR and oem shift selector joint.
- Rebuilt the HVAC box with all new foam on the flaps and the joints and fixed one of the recirc flaps.
- Redid the body harness going into the engine bay (lights, fan, etc.) with new loom.
What's left:
- Finish putting interior back together and redo the gauge wire harnesses.
- Paint a couple pieces.
- Fluids.
- Odds and ends.
My printers hard at work.
These lighting adapters have been a lot of fun and really cool to see all of the reactions to them. I'm trying really hard to make them look and feel just as good as they do function.
- Rekpoint, Jdesign and patsbimmer1
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Euro Bosch Smiley versions just about done!
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6 hours ago, straight6pwr said:
the real bees knees would be an entire 3D printed headlight housing that could hold one of the larger, better bixenon projectors. remove the glass and inner shroud from your original headlight, attached it to the 3D printed housing, and mount it into the headlight frames. as you found, the housing is too small to hold anything larger than the H1 mini projectors, which are an upgrade from stock lights, but far from the best performance bixenon.
That’s a super interesting concept. It would be an intense project.
I’ve had some people ask about the led bi xenon projectors and I have to explain that I don’t think people understand how small these buckets are.
And then there’s the Bosch smileys. I printed the first one to test fit last night but that bucket is tiny.
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40 minutes ago, KaiserRolls said:
I don’t know anything about headlights but I know I can’t see shit at night.
really cool stuff man
Ha!
This all started when I drove through the night back from Utah. And all I could think about was that if there’s a deer 50’ in front of me I’m not going to see it.
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7 hours ago, straight6pwr said:
very awesome! there have been multiple attempts at prototypes for these but i've never seen any sold on the market.
Well, thank you. I know Squared Motorwerks used to offer a similar thing, but from what I can see he's no longer doing it and has been MIA for a few years.
It was interesting diving deeper than I thought I would have into how to improve the headlights and not really finding any great solutions out there. Lots of posts where one person says "this bulb changed my life!" and the next says it's garbage.
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1 hour ago, YoungCR said:
Would you be interested in developing a E32/E34 version?
Yeah! I have someone sending me their Depos for an e34 to check if they are the same as the e30s. Depending what you have, if it’s like the e30 Ellipsoid, what I have might already fit.
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1 hour ago, m42b32 said:
Looks like a really nice solution!! Fully sealed up when it's installed?
Yup. The lip has a foam seal in it similar to the OEM bucket. And then the Ellipsoid adapters uses a second screw that goes in the top of the factory housing and that screw has an o-ring on it to seal it. the only sealant you should have to use it a small bead around the bi-xenon connector where it passes through the backside of the Morimoto housing.
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39 minutes ago, patsbimmer1 said:
This is awesome!
Thank you! It has been a super fun project.
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Hey guys. I've been working pretty hard on these and have a variety of options now:
Morimoto Mini H1 8.0 DIY Projector Retrofit Kit for $495-530 shipped.
Acme Standard DIY Projector Retrofit Kit for $295 shipped.
Depo Smilie plug and play headlights with the projectors already installed and all required HID hardware included:
Morimoto:
- $775 shipped for clears
- $795 shipped for smoked
Acme:
- $535 for clears
- $565 for smoked
- m42b32 and The Full Banana
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24 minutes ago, Jdesign said:
In other news, I ordered a replacement for my radio din since I have the Bluetooth amp. I will need to create a surround for it, and texture it to match the dash, but I think it’s a better idea than just a block off plate.
That is awesome!!! I've been hearing more and more of people switching to those bluetooth amps and what a great addition to the interior of the car.
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Anyone here have a set of Hella euro smileys that I could buy or use to install some adapters and then you can have the adapters?
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Came up with a solution for subpar light output on the e30 when all other options were unavailable or undesirable. Once I install them and confirm fitment and function, I am going to offer them as kits (minus the projectors). Been working on these for a long time and just received my stack of SS mounting plates in the mail yesterday.
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I removed all of my abs. The ecu, lines, module, and all associated wiring has been removed. I put in the Chase Bays abs delete brake line kit with the adjustable bias valve. Mine hasn’t worked for the last three years and the two rallies I did (which is exactly how I drive the car) it was never an issue.
the one and only e30 s52 engine swap
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Is that kind of the same principal why they offer HD springs for higher horsepower and higher revving builds?