Advice on installing the LI Dual on a BMW 335

[WhistlerUser]

What would you use to cut the grill and how would you mount the head? I'm in the same boat here. See this view of the back of the grill.

[xyd]

Unclip the grills on the hood, and make the cuts appropriately:



Use a dremel or another other hand-based cutting tool to make the cuts.

Make sure the heads are visible enough from off-axis angles (BOTH sides of the car, meaning, go to the right of the car, make sure you can see both heads, and then go to the left of the car, and make sure you can see both heads) else you just wasted grills on something you could have accomplished with a vertical setup.

Make sure the heads are as far to the outside of the grills as possible (while still level). Bottom of grill. Bubbles out.

[WhistlerUser]

The pic above is from a different model. It looks like there's a flat lip behind the grill where they installed some elbow brackets.

See my pic two posts above. I don't have a lip, just a radiator. Not sure where to install the mounting brackets. My only thought is to attach them to the vertical grill slats that aren't cut.

[Kwaz]

Unclip the grills on the hood, and make the cuts appropriately:



Use a dremel or another other hand-based cutting tool to make the cuts.

Make sure the heads are visible enough from off-axis angles (BOTH sides of the car, meaning, go to the right of the car, make sure you can see both heads, and then go to the left of the car, and make sure you can see both heads) else you just wasted grills on something you could have accomplished with a vertical setup.

Make sure the heads are as far to the outside of the grills as possible (while still level). Bottom of grill. Bubbles out.

That doesn't look to bad, but the slats are no longer attached to anything at the base.

[xyd]

The pic above is from a different model. It looks like there's a flat lip behind the grill where they installed some elbow brackets.

See my pic two posts above. I don't have a lip, just a radiator. Not sure where to install the mounting brackets. My only thought is to attach them to the vertical grill slats that aren't cut.

*enters anti-condesending mode* Oh I didn't realize it was from a different model. *exit mode*

Screw elbow brackets, screw whatever. The grills of the E46 are very similar to that of the E9X. Cut the slats, get the diode to fit, go from there. Hell, you can even cut the mounting bracket holes off the diode (thats what I did, and it doesn't void any warranty).

What I would do if I owned that car with those grills, would be to cut the slats like the picture I posted above did. I would then dremel off the "ears" (mounting holes) of the diodes. After that, I would put 3M double sided tape on the bottom part of the cut off slats (very small amount), and put a strip of DS tape on the bottom of the sensor (after ensuring it was level and properly aimed, you can level it with doublesided tape, its really easy to do). Depending if the slats that aren't cut are able to touch the sides of the diode, you can put some DS tape on the sides - therefore, stabilizing them from all possible sides.

If you don't like this idea, angle the L shaped mounting brackets to the side (so they mount on the vertical slats on the sides of the diode) and mount them that way.

Think outside the box.

That doesn't look to bad, but the slats are no longer attached to anything at the base.

So attach them to the top of the jammer. Put a small line of 3M DS tape on the bottom of the slat. Guys, use some imagination. There isn't a law about how it has to be integrated into the car, only as long as it works.

[Kwaz]

So attach them to the top of the jammer. Put a small line of 3M DS tape on the bottom of the slat. Guys, use some imagination. There isn't a law about how it has to be integrated into the car, only as long as it works.

Yep, that would look awesome.... Imagination was the headlight install, not the grill hack. The grill hack is a superior need for a good defense.

[xyd]

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not...

[Stealth Stalker]

That's mounted in front of the headlight, isn't it? Or is that the one mounted inside the headlight? Hard to tell in that pic.

I'm not sold on the inside-the-headlight thing yet, as it has not been sufficiently testing. However, that location (at the headlights instead of inside that ugly grille) is indeed ideal, and will offer the best performance.

[xyd]

That is inside the headlight. And myself and aa2033 have done more than enough testing (on my setup at least) to be 100% confident in its abilities...

[Stealth Stalker]

Confidence is not synonymous with performance.

Hitler was confident too.