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      05-02-2011, 10:47 PM   #89
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The buzzing noise is you shutter trying to work when you DRL light is on..what you could do is just flick your high beam on after you start your car..i had the same noise but now i have the AE as my drl so problem was solved.
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      05-03-2011, 12:24 PM   #90
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Thanks! I got it figured out.
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      05-15-2011, 02:56 PM   #91
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Im a little confused pin 2 there is not a male or female pin there to connect to the headlamps
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      05-16-2011, 09:59 AM   #92
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You need to splice the wire going into pin 2 (inside your headlight) with the wire on pin 4 (ground). See the pics at the first post in this thread.
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      05-16-2011, 04:05 PM   #93
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You need to splice the wire going into pin 2 (inside your headlight) with the wire on pin 4 (ground). See the pics at the first post in this thread.
I seen that .. but on my headlight there is no pin for 2 ... so why would splicing a wire to pin 2 do anything
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      05-17-2011, 09:27 AM   #94
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You need a ground wire so you splice pins 2 and 4 together. Are you using OEM xenon housings? What do you mean there is no pin 2?
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      07-16-2011, 03:45 AM   #95
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I have a set of converted pre-LCI xenon lights for factory halogen cars for sale. No coding, plug and play.

Check out the link for more details. PM me if interested.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=559508
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      07-21-2011, 03:14 AM   #96
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Hi, i still dont understand some things...

on retrofit pdf from bmw - there are much things to do....

1] how make xenon self leveling? there is some picture to connect some item to the front arm of car... do i need to order the retrofit from bmw dealer?
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      09-14-2011, 05:22 PM   #97
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I know this is an old thread but i just got my 2006 325i with just 22k km on it! I saw some headlights on ecstuning.com and was wndering why it says on the page that they need to replace the light cpntrol and the foot module?

Here's a link http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E90-325...lights/ES9941/

Any thoughts on that?
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      09-15-2011, 01:26 AM   #98
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Do we really need the headlight mod?

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I know this is an old thread but i just got my 2006 325i with just 22k km on it! I saw some headlights on ecstuning.com and was wndering why it says on the page that they need to replace the light cpntrol and the foot module?

Here's a link http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E90-325...lights/ES9941/

Any thoughts on that?
My 2006 325i already comes with a leveling dial but no automatic headlight. Do i really need to change light controls? And what does the foot module do? It says i have to change that as well?
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      09-15-2011, 11:39 AM   #99
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M3 e90 headlights for sale

Hi I have a pair of m3 bi xenon headlights up for grabs. Is anyone interested? Email me karlty.114@gmail.com
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      11-03-2011, 02:14 AM   #100
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guys i drive 06 325i halogen...if i buy oem xenon adaptive headlight where projectors move along with steering wheel....will it work? is it possible? i know auto adjustment thing wont work because of wiring??
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      04-25-2012, 05:38 AM   #101
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guys i drive 06 325i halogen...if i buy oem xenon adaptive headlight where projectors move along with steering wheel....will it work? is it possible? i know auto adjustment thing wont work because of wiring??
Did you get answer to your question? I drive 2011 halogen 328, would adaptive functionality work if I get adaptive headlights?
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      04-25-2013, 01:25 PM   #102
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      08-14-2013, 05:09 PM   #103
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After Further Months of Improvements a couple things to NOTE:

1. The wiring can be done INTERNALLY so that you do not have to cut your Harness wires or even score the wire with a generic Tap connector!!

Tap connectors Have been used and about 80% of the time they worked I suggest using BUTT SPLICES!!

2. Buy the actual plugs that plug into your harness from realoem here
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...91&hg=61&fg=15

3. Do not ground the GROUND wire to the CHASSIS!! Tap to the wire directly to #4 wire!!

Anyone who has purchased the correct plugs, which ones did you get for pins 2 & 5? there are a ton to choose from?

Thanks!
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      07-15-2016, 01:38 AM   #104
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i will be changing halogens to non adaptive xenons this weekend. Can I go with instructions on first page? Or its only matter of coding? Car is e60 2005 eu, xenons are also 2005 eu. Thank you!
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      09-29-2016, 03:04 AM   #105
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Does it works for my E90 328i 2010? thanks!
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      11-15-2016, 08:27 AM   #106
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2. Buy the actual plugs that plug into your harness from realoem here
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...91&hg=61&fg=15
Anyone know which one from the link should I buy?
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      12-01-2016, 06:14 PM   #107
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would this work on a 2014 e84 x1 xline n20 came with halogens

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I know within the next couple of weeks a handful of peeps are going to be recieving some euro xenons and we got info all over the place so I thought wed bring the Main important stuff to one thread!
This conversion will give u an error for 5 sec if the car is started and the light switch is in the OFF position.
YOu will get NO error if you start the car with the light switch in the ON position!


HALOGEN TO XENON


1. REmove front bumper by following this DIY:
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...bumper+removal


2. remove headlights from a couple screws as noted in pic#3 by evos4!


3. replace headlights with euro xenons like the ones shown in pics 1&2


4. Install front bumper the reverse way you removed it!

5. Electrical wiring needs to be modified! as noted in pic#8(courtesy of 96vette)
If you do not do the mod only the angel eyes and high beams will work!
First we need to add a Ground to the chassis! this is connected to hole #2 on the plug. The best ground is the one noted in pic#4 (green wire running up the black wiring harness bolted to the silver NUT that holds the ground box!


6. Splicing the high beam wire to add the bixenon shutter wire!
First cut the high beam wire#6 in half! add a but splice at the end of the wire coming from the car and crimp it in place..Then take an ADDED wire and twist it together at the end so u can put it in the butt splice together and crimp! Now u should have two wires coming out of the one connection as shown in pic#5


7. now to put these extra 2 wires in the plug is a bit of a trick! u will see on the outside of the plug itself a piece that holds the pins in the plug! Remove this piece the one shown in pic#6 and use it to hold the bare wire in the plug once uve pushed it in!
Use electrical tape and wrap it around the wire until u have a wide enough circle to fill the hole to prevent any moisture getting in there as shown in pic#7


8. wrap your connection with electrical tape and make it look OEM as possible and plug em in! Go turn them XENONS ON!!!



THis is done at your own risk I do not assume responsiblity for anyones car! If you do not feel confident in wiring I would suggest handing this DIY to a mechanic so that he can do it for U!
would this work on a 2014 x1 xline e84 n20 please
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      12-01-2016, 06:33 PM   #108
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I have a e84 x1 xline going from halogens to xenon

need some help please with wiring the plugs is the e84 the same like the e90 ? car had has halogen I have gotting valeo xenon there installed but only the angel eyes are working with a low beam high beam error message can anyone help me please
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      12-26-2016, 10:07 PM   #109
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Is there a DIY to go from Xenon to Halogen?

Need a set of headlights for an E90 335xi it originally comes with HID Xenon headlights but I want to replace it with aftermarket eBay halogen headlights. It's a daily so I don't care about aftermarket or how it'll look as long as it works.

For some reason the eBay aftermarket headlights which are halogen state it won't work with HID factory equipped vehicles? Is it just a wiring issue or is the actual headlight different?

What would I have to do to make those eBay headlights work with the car?
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      01-09-2017, 09:32 AM   #110
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Internal Wiring

So I've been looking at this thread then looking at my headlight. In order to do the internal wiring, do you need really small hands or something because it's hard just to get to where the harness is located

If anyone has a picture of the modified wiring, that would help a lot
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