I recently did a retrofit on some Bi Xenon Dynamic Adaptive lights for my 2006 330i and couldn't of been any happier. The time and money is well worth the difference in not only look but functionality. So now it was time to pop open my originals to do something different as 12 years has finally taken its toll.
This time around it took me maybe a hour to hour in a half to pop each one open as I went straight to cutting the plastic lip and a blade to separate the Permatex.
First was disassembly of everything and I mean everything since I can take more time on these.
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The internal wiring harness was pretty much heat/weather rotted and flaking, as these headlights were originally missing the back covers when I bought the car. so water dirt and who knows what had made its way in.
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Rewired and sleeved harness! I think I used 22 gauge and 24 gauge braided wiring along with 550 paracord for the sleeving. The plug for the SMC (AHL Adaptive Module) I was not able to get the pins out to replace the wiring straight to the pins.
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