530iM

Hi all I am new to this forums, I have a 2003 530i which has normal halogen light I brought some second hand xenon lights I fitted them in thinking they would just plug in and work but they dont
so I took it to some garages and one guy told me i had to reprogram the ecu and change the LCM (Light control module) unit on the car so I said ok I brought one gave it to the garage and 1 week later they said they couldn?t do it!
I was a bit pissed off but I never paid the garage nothing
then some people told me that only Bmw could do this is this true? Has anyone ever tried to put these in their car? Do you know any garage that can do this? me please!

Boxador

Just search around and buy some new HID conversion kits around here. I'm sure you'll get the sellers here quickly with replies. You'll be guarantee with no problems like the ones you experience so far with probably a cheap kit. You can install it within minutes by the great DIY guide and most likely included instructions that are very detailed. Good Luck.

530iM

I know HIDs is the easiest way to change to xenon but they just dont look as good as the bmw bi-xenon headlights.

I want bi-xenon!

can no one help me has no one done this before??

stiker

Try these:

http://www.hids4u.co.uk/store/product.php?...t=15&page=1

Good luck... I have the standard Xenon from HIDS4U

littlemouse

bruce_miranda, a member here is the guy you need to speak to. From what I've read he's done some pretty impressive things with lights, amongst other things. Maybe he'll read your post, and come up with the answer. I think also he is based in London.

Dav530d

You can rewire an oem xenon headlight to work on a car with oem halogen, that is the easiest way to do it

mattou

forgive the newbie question but what is in the bi xenon that is so special? I ask because I just bought a '06 e60 without the xenon thinking I can just get a HID kit?

Dandle

Bi xenon is when both the dipped and high beam are powered by one xenon lamp with a shutter to control dipped/main beam. Fitting a hid kit will only make you car have xenon dipped beams. You also not supposed to fit HID lamps into light units not approved for them but that is down to the person fititng them(its due to the halogen reflector not being able to control the HID beam of light correctly).

530iM

And how do you do that?

+ i forgot to mention all the other lights on the headlight works e.g. the indicators ,the side light, fog lights and the dipped beam the only light that does not work is the xenon main beam light.

Dav530d

Your side lights (angel eyes) will work but you will have an error message. This is because you are pulling 10W of power. Halogen use 2 x 5w bulbs.
On your xenon headlight you need to splice the shutter wire (green) with the grey side light wire. That solves that problem. For the dipped beam to work you need to add an extra earth for the xenon ballast. I did this by adding an extra female pin to the plug. Very easy just buy from the dealers and slot it in the the plug and earth to chasis. Finally you need the add a capacitor in parallel to get rid of strobing and add load to fool to on board computer. You need a 35v 4700 uf capacitor. If you want you can tap the xenon shutter wire with the high beam to make your shutter work but I never bothered with that. Mines been on my car now for over a year with no problems. Complete oem look without the hassle. Plug and play, no warning lights.