Converted my headlights
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My Ride: MY07 525xi Silver Gray
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I was going after Luis's AE retrofit after I saw his first work on another member here but also like to do Xenon HID but prefer to retain OEM look as I'm worry of non-projector reflector could be a problem if going w/ after market bulb only upgrade so things adding up consider stuff I want so finally decided to do my own LCI headlights conversion.
Not the full featured but got a little bit of everything ... still need to cleanup my mess and probably some adjustments.
In the mean time here are few pics of the end result ... & Tks to member BenAnd for assistance!
Not the full featured but got a little bit of everything ... still need to cleanup my mess and probably some adjustments.
In the mean time here are few pics of the end result ... & Tks to member BenAnd for assistance!
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Tkx man!
It came w/ D1S bulbs.
It came w/ D1S bulbs.
Originally Posted by PraiseTheLowered' post='886063' date='May 21 2009, 08:58 PM
very nice
turn on those xenons!
did you go with d1s or d2s bulbs?
turn on those xenons!
did you go with d1s or d2s bulbs?
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uuummm my final cost for just the hardware ... less then $550... 
Originally Posted by tex_phil' post='886066' date='May 21 2009, 09:02 PM
How much was the total cost for this?
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Originally Posted by BlaSTiWi' post='886071' date='May 21 2009, 07:05 PM
uuummm my final cost for just the hardware ... less then $550...
how the shit balls did you get it all for that low?
just the ballasts alone go for about $200 a piece!
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I know ... 
... when I got the headlights I thought ... I pretty much just paid for the bulbs & ballasts ... But this is the non-AHL version (hence the inner has diff. lens) ... so no ALC module stuff ...
... when I got the headlights I thought ... I pretty much just paid for the bulbs & ballasts ... But this is the non-AHL version (hence the inner has diff. lens) ... so no ALC module stuff ...
Originally Posted by PraiseTheLowered' post='886077' date='May 21 2009, 09:07 PM
how the shit balls did you get it all for that low?
just the ballasts alone go for about $200 a piece!
just the ballasts alone go for about $200 a piece!
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Tkx Nelson!
Yes my car is a pre-LCI, got the sockets, plugs and the whole thing then re-wire each one of them ... as far as the inside I followed various threads here 'bout making Xenon to work on Halogen (such as installing capacitor) ...
Yes my car is a pre-LCI, got the sockets, plugs and the whole thing then re-wire each one of them ... as far as the inside I followed various threads here 'bout making Xenon to work on Halogen (such as installing capacitor) ...
Originally Posted by nelson29' post='886089' date='May 21 2009, 09:27 PM
Great work We need more detail. from what i see your car is a non lci model. how did you get the lci headlight to work on your car?
We need more detail. from what i see your car is a non lci model. how did you get the lci headlight to work on your car?
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Originally Posted by BlaSTiWi' post='886094' date='May 21 2009, 10:31 PM
Tkx Nelson!
Yes my car is a pre-LCI, got the sockets, plugs and the whole thing then re-wire each one of them ... as far as the inside I followed various threads here 'bout making Xenon to work on Halogen (such as installing capacitor) ...
Yes my car is a pre-LCI, got the sockets, plugs and the whole thing then re-wire each one of them ... as far as the inside I followed various threads here 'bout making Xenon to work on Halogen (such as installing capacitor) ...