I got these headlights from ebay and I I want to retrofit my Facelift Halogen 2001
They are xenon OEM hella from 2003 530i
last night in installed them on 2003 530i car with xenon
( simple swap just to be sure that all is in working condition ) before Halogen swap
2 questions :
1 I need to do some light correction , right side it down left side is up
As far as i can see adjusters are not broken and auto leveling system is working
How you guys adjust your headlights ?
2. Xenon light is kind of purple . My OEM is white ... is it headlights or bulbs ?
just strange for me , i am kind of new to this staff
thanks
the new kit go to the second car which has halogen and no auto level
to make it work first i need to install it on a car with xenon and auto level to keep auto level in max position and then swap
Awesome, So i'm about to do the swap on a 2001 525 and I want to know if there is such a thing as a headlight computer for these xenons to be installed correctly? Also, where would I be able to get the software to use my laptop? Any help will be greatly appreciated as I am going into this project head first.
Awesome, So I'm about to do the swap on a 2001 525, and I want to know if there is such a thing as a headlight computer for these xenons to be installed correctly?
Also, where would I be able to get the software to use my laptop?
Any help will be greatly appreciated as I am going into this project head first.
For OEM Xenon HID's, there is a auto-leveler-servor that connects to the passenger side suspension.
There is also the 35w HID Hella ballasts and OEM D2S bulbs, and brackets to hold the ballasts.
it's actually, "the swap" from halogen to hid but I know about the ballasts and brackets but there is a small white computer and a longer black computer that I see referred to xenon and hid's that I am wondering about. They are factory Hella hid's but will I need the other computers for them to run properly. What I would like to know is if these "computers" affect any kind of voltage input or wattage output?
I think the white one is the computer/module for the leveling sensors.
The oem xenon setup in the US used level sensors that would adjust the lights up or down based on the load in the car (heavy bags in the trunk or 3 people in the back seat) or and perhaps if you were going up and down hills. Jason mentioned one of the sensors is on the rear suspension. I think there is another sensor up front somewhere, but I could be wrong.
Retrofitting the sensors is going to be a big job and I believe the wiring to connect the sensors to the proper computers is not there on a non oem xenon car. You would have to run the wiring yourself as well as install the correct computers/modules. I am not sure anyone has successfully done all that as it would be a lot of work for something (autoleveling) you do not really have to have.
The main issue as I understand it with recoding the LCM for xenons is so you won't get error msgs. telling you your bulbs are out.
I was under the impression that if you retrofitted hella xenons (with hella ballasts) into a halogen car that you would not get any warning lights as the car would not be able to tell the difference in voltage (how it knows if a light is burned out). That the issue with bulb out warning lights happens when you use some non oem ballasts.
I also posted this following question in your coding thread if you prefer to answer it there rather than mixing in a coding response here.
Champaign you have done a great write up, but would you or someone else list the pros/cons to recoding the car for xenons? Does recoding alter the voltage going to the lights/ballasts? It sounds like if you recode the car for xenons then you may run into the added issue that you have to make sure you also recode and tell the computer/module that there are no leveling sensors otherwise you can get another warning light. I ask because I am going to be doing an OEM Hella xenon conversion on my halogen car soon and you mentioned the xenon would not function correctly without the xenon coding. Would you be able to list out what would be missing or elaborate further?
champaign can u post picks of your old lights so i can see the difference mine look like the ones u posted so i would think i had HID but the low beams are amber like and my high beams are bright white so idk
champaign can u post picks of your old lights so i can see the difference mine look like the ones u posted so i would think i had HID but the low beams are amber like and my high beams are bright white so idk
You don't have HID. To be sure, check to see if you have the ballast for the low beam. All facelift E39s have projector low beam, but that doesn't mean they all have Xenon/HID low beam.
do these aftermarket HID h7 upgrades with ballasts cause error codes, or can anybody recomend some aftermarket conversion that wont give me the warning lights
So it sounds like you have Halogen Hella. I used to have DDM Slim Digital Ballast for my H7 HID kit. Those trigger the bulb error on the cluster. I swapped them out with DDM Raptor regular ballast. No more error.
BTW, you need H7 bulb adapters for those H7 HID bulb to fit. They are everywhere (eBay) for about $10~$15
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