Poor Man's M3 - Alpine White BMW 320d @ 110,000 KMs

taranonline · 14th April 2012, 07:50

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Originally Posted by abishek2222

Can you elaborate on how you got the angel eyes done , any cutting and splicing of the wires ? This is with a HID ? Total expendeture ?

Those are lux angel eyes.

abishek2222 · 14th April 2012, 10:00

Is it a direct plug in or you need to cut and add a resistor to the wire. What about the halogen lights ? Did you replace them too. Can the angel eyes be added on to a halogen lights or you just changed the yellow angel eyes to white

Sn1p3r · 14th April 2012, 10:51

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Originally Posted by taranonline

Those are lux angel eyes.

A detailed answer will be much appreciated. Cheers!

Akshay1234 · 14th April 2012, 10:53

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Originally Posted by abishek2222

Is it a direct plug in or you need to cut and add a resistor to the wire. What about the halogen lights ? Did you replace them too. Can the angel eyes be added on to a halogen lights or you just changed the yellow angel eyes to white

The 320D CE comes with angel eyes unlike he X1 CE that doesn't have any. The 320D CE angel eyes are a different version from the highline with xenons and are dimmer. The LUX is a plug and play solution that makes the angel eyes white, it runs on LEDs. It plugs right in to the stock wires.

As for the halogen headlights, I'm not sure if Taran has changed them to HIDs.

taranonline · 14th April 2012, 14:02

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Originally Posted by abishek2222

Is it a direct plug in or you need to cut and add a resistor to the wire. What about the halogen lights ? Did you replace them too. Can the angel eyes be added on to a halogen lights or you just changed the yellow angel eyes to white

Lux angel eyes for the white halos. HID conversion kit specific to bmw. No wiring modification and 100% reversible.

More install pics here

solution: e90 lci halogen headlights to HID - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum - E90Post.com

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Originally Posted by Sn1p3r

A detailed answer will be much appreciated. Cheers!

Go here http://luxangeleyes.com/

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Originally Posted by akshay1234

The 320D CE comes with angel eyes unlike he X1 CE that doesn't have any. The 320D CE angel eyes are a different version from the highline with xenons and are dimmer. The LUX is a plug and play solution that makes the angel eyes white, it runs on LEDs. It plugs right in to the stock wires.

As for the halogen headlights, I'm not sure if Taran has changed them to HIDs.

Halogens have been converted to HID including fog lights.

taranonline · 17th April 2012, 15:09

Some more pics clicked at the same time

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Poor Man's M3 - Alpine White BMW 320d @ 110,000 KMs-image1475270751.jpg

taranonline · 23rd April 2012, 07:13

Wooo hooo. I drove the car on buddh international circuit. Did six laps in total. Fastest was around 3.07. Car really disappointed me acceleration/ top speed, braking was fine. For a track you really need a m3.

Akshay1234 · 23rd April 2012, 10:18

Well you are running 265s what do you expect. A 640d with 600+nm runs 275s at the rear, you can't expect this car with 380nm to manage with such wide tyres. You really should get your car tuned

taranonline · 23rd April 2012, 19:19

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Originally Posted by akshay1234

Well you are running 265s what do you expect. A 640d with 600+nm runs 275s at the rear, you can't expect this car with 380nm to manage with such wide tyres. You really should get your car tuned

Bmw performed to its full potential and must have achieved the 0-100 as specified by bmw, I am talking about the overall power and feel of a diesel on track :(

taranonline · 23rd April 2012, 20:04

Uploading track timings sheet. I also went inside the monitoring room. Dont ask how. I was full of monitors and they had 50 cameras on track. They also put a device to note car timings.

I finished 4th.

Akshay1234 · 24th April 2012, 02:11

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Originally Posted by taranonline

Bmw performed to its full potential and must have achieved the 0-100 as specified by bmw, I am talking about the overall power and feel of a diesel on track :(

I highly doubt it buddy. Such wide tyres would certainly reduce the acceleration capabilities. Though I think even with thinner tyres the time would be around the same, since what you would gain in acceleration would be lost in a lower cornering speed.

Anyway good to see the 3 coming 4th. Goes to show what a wonderful chassis it has.

taranonline · 24th April 2012, 08:26

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Originally Posted by akshay1234

I highly doubt it buddy. Such wide tyres would certainly reduce the acceleration capabilities. Though I think even with thinner tyres the time would be around the same, since what you would gain in acceleration would be lost in a lower cornering speed.

Anyway good to see the 3 coming 4th. Goes to show what a wonderful chassis it has.

There was another 320d with oem runflats. Since the first was a honda city, rest all times are around the same.

Also i didn't take any risks, allowed people to overtake me on turns and tires didn't scream at all. It was really fun. I have some videos recorded from the inside of car showing the beautiful track.

taranonline · 24th April 2012, 09:28

Also I met a guy from BMW India, working in New Delhi and originally from Munich Germany. He really liked my car and asked me if this was a manual. I said India gets only autos, then he said he thought I had imported the car. He really liked it and also recommended power kit for my car.

vagu · 24th April 2012, 10:10

hey taran, I found a pic of your car in photo album of my friend's friend

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taranonline · 24th April 2012, 10:20

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Originally Posted by vagu

hey taran, I found a pic of your car in photo album of my friend's friend

Hey so many thanks buddy. Can you email me high quality of this pic at taranonline (at) gmail.com.

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taranonline BANNED Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: India Posts: 282 Thanked: 109 Times	Wooo hooo. I drove the car on buddh international circuit. Did six laps in total. Fastest was around 3.07. Car really disappointed me acceleration/ top speed, braking was fine. For a track you really need a m3. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by taranonline : 23rd April 2012 at 07:19.
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Akshay1234 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 10,266 Thanked: 12,321 Times	re: Poor Man's M3 - Alpine White BMW 320d @ 110,000 KMs Well you are running 265s what do you expect. A 640d with 600+nm runs 275s at the rear, you can't expect this car with 380nm to manage with such wide tyres. You really should get your car tuned
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taranonline BANNED Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: India Posts: 282 Thanked: 109 Times	re: Poor Man's M3 - Alpine White BMW 320d @ 110,000 KMs Uploading track timings sheet. I also went inside the monitoring room. Dont ask how. I was full of monitors and they had 50 cameras on track. They also put a device to note car timings. I finished 4th. Attached Thumbnails
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taranonline BANNED Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: India Posts: 282 Thanked: 109 Times	re: Poor Man's M3 - Alpine White BMW 320d @ 110,000 KMs Also I met a guy from BMW India, working in New Delhi and originally from Munich Germany. He really liked my car and asked me if this was a manual. I said India gets only autos, then he said he thought I had imported the car. He really liked it and also recommended power kit for my car.
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vagu BHPian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Deutschland Posts: 229 Thanked: 65 Times	re: Poor Man's M3 - Alpine White BMW 320d @ 110,000 KMs hey taran, I found a pic of your car in photo album of my friend's friend Last edited by vagu : 24th April 2012 at 10:14.
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