Headlight swap
Headlight swap
I'm guessing these are euro headlamps.
Are they plug-n-play?
I'll also need the grill assembly, correct?
Anything else I should know before attempting to buy and do this modification?
What would be a fair price to both seller and buyer?
Are they plug-n-play?
I'll also need the grill assembly, correct?
Anything else I should know before attempting to buy and do this modification?
What would be a fair price to both seller and buyer?
Sherman
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Doesn't quite look right
I think there should be a different connector and the tabs where it screws to the body should be symetrical (doesn't look like they are in the photo, but it might be an optical illusion).
Cheers
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Pete K
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No change to the grilles on an E12 for euro vs sealed beam US lamps (unless you are doing euro headlight washer/wipers).
They should be plug and play, but those look like US sealed beam lights.
They should be plug and play, but those look like US sealed beam lights.
Adam Wilson
www.e12m535i.com
www.e12m535i.com
My untrained eyes deceive me often.Adam W in MN wrote:No change to the grilles on an E12 for euro vs sealed beam US lamps (unless you are doing euro headlight washer/wipers).
They should be plug and play, but those look like US sealed beam lights.
I was thinking possibly they would be the same as on an E28, different size lamps.
Not so, huh?
Thanks.
Sherman
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I don't think they are for an E12. To the best of my knowledge, and doing some peeking on RealOEM, all E12's came with the same size high and low beam lamps, not the big/little like euro E28's came with. I don't know what they do fit, but I don't think it's an E12.
Mike W.
1980 528i, 3.5 euro, 5 speed conversion
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1980 528i, 3.5 euro, 5 speed conversion
1981 528i, 3.6, Recaros and more. Project
1998 328is, quick and efficient, but not satisfying
2000 528iit, Vacation mobile/wife's grocery getter
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Is the seller wrong then and these are not E12?
Selling left and right headlight assemblies for BMW 5series E12 '74-'81. Parts removed from a '76 530i. All mounting brackets and adjusters in good condition. Quad headlight design. $93 for both, make offer.
Is the seller wrong then and these are not E12?
Sherman
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It's hard to tell from the size of the picture, but I bet they are sealed beam US headlights. They're likely the same size and it's hard to tell because of the angle/picture.
That'd make them the same as what you already have (just out of an older car).
Slap some Cibies or something similar in your 528i and go.
That'd make them the same as what you already have (just out of an older car).
Slap some Cibies or something similar in your 528i and go.
1981 528i
That's what I'm thinking. I've been playing with E12's since the early 90's and I've never seen big/little headlights. Check RealOEM, or some of the car of the month pics, a lot of those are euros, but I don't think you'll find any. And even if they are, you still need grills.swatterssr wrote: Is the seller wrong then and these are not E12?
Mike W.
1980 528i, 3.5 euro, 5 speed conversion
1981 528i, 3.6, Recaros and more. Project
1998 328is, quick and efficient, but not satisfying
2000 528iit, Vacation mobile/wife's grocery getter
1980 528i, 3.5 euro, 5 speed conversion
1981 528i, 3.6, Recaros and more. Project
1998 328is, quick and efficient, but not satisfying
2000 528iit, Vacation mobile/wife's grocery getter
I've looked too and I think I've come to that conclusion myself.Mike W. wrote:That's what I'm thinking. I've been playing with E12's since the early 90's and I've never seen big/little headlights. Check RealOEM, or some of the car of the month pics, a lot of those are euros, but I don't think you'll find any. And even if they are, you still need grills.swatterssr wrote: Is the seller wrong then and these are not E12?
Thanks Mike and good to see you, virtually anyway, over here.
I'm trying to learn all I can about my new purchase as quickly as possible.
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E12s did not come with staggered headlights from the factory
They came on the E28s and E23s.
Some people have modified E12 and installed staggerred headlight. I don't even think they were any aftermarket versions either.
As far as regular lights are concerned, euro kights will fit US buckets. they are the same.
Some people have modified E12 and installed staggerred headlight. I don't even think they were any aftermarket versions either.
As far as regular lights are concerned, euro kights will fit US buckets. they are the same.
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As far as I know the e12 never came with staggered headlights,
but as Pierre noted it can be done. Here are some pics of my conversion.
The buckets were made by splicing euro e23 and e12 parts.
The grills are part euro e28 and e12 and required many hours of fabrication.
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Looking good, unique, I like that.Don Daynes wrote: As far as I know the e12 never came with staggered headlights, but as Pierre noted it can be done. Here are some pics of my conversion. The buckets were made by splicing euro e23 and e12 parts. The grills are part euro e28 and e12 and required many hours of fabrication.
Would be interested in knowing/seeing more details.
Sherman
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Still around!
Kind of still looking for a black one. Health issues would keep me from picking one up. At least for now.