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E60/65 Bi-Xenon retrofit done

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#1 ·
just finished this up over the last few days. i used the bi-xenon projectors from E60/65 lights. the bolt up perfectly to the stock brackets inside the lights. ran the wires out one of the drain holes and tapped into the high beam wires. man are they bright!! should have taken some pics when i was doing the job with the lights apart but i'll snap a couple of the beams and the cutoff. definitely a good mod.
 
#2 ·
I'd be interested to know what this entails exactly as a lot of the upgrades available with regards to aftermarket projectors are for the LHD market and so unavailable to us in the UK. If its a case of getting hold of UK variants of the headlights and parts you used it could well be possible for us here too
 
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#3 ·
Are these better than or easier to install than the EvoX-R projectors? I can't seem to find these at any decent price.
 
#5 ·
no idea what the evo projectors even are man. i got these for nothing from smashed headlights from our body shop. as for installation they bolt right up to the brackets as i said. only thing i had to modify a bit was the rubber boot that seals the back of the light around the projector.
 
#10 ·
I'd love to see a writeup on how to do this!
 
#17 ·
The FX-R 1.1 will bolt on 100% but you need to score them from eBay or aliexpress/alibaba. Take note the halogen high beam will be off (too low) and you will have to put in some work (angle the projector) to make it the correct height (if you care). When I did it years ago in my 540i, I didn't care cause the halogen beam was just to flash people during the day. When the low beams were on, the bixenon high over took the halogen so it didn't matter much.

As it regards to the evox-r, everything should be 100% even as the distance from the projector bowl to the lens is the same as oem (fx-r places the bulb closer to the lens and this is why you hear people saying the evox-r has better distance and the fx-r has better width).

I have completed a bunch of retrofits and I am literally completing an evox-r and led angel eye retrofit for my m5 as I type this....
 
#18 ·
if anyone needs them im going to post them in the fs section. i got a used set of lights off a member as mine have the sealant that can't be baked open. the lights are in good shape with no broken tabs etc just the up/down adjuster is broken in both of them. this one i believe can be replaced without cutting the light open. iirc read a thread where a guy did all the adjusters without opening the light. or can be used for the housings or lenses.
 
#38 ·
Obi explain why you needed to recode. When you T-tap the projector solenoid into the high beam wires don't both come on automatically when you flip the high beams on?

Also, has anyone tried connecting the solenoid wires straight to the high beam bulb at the base inside the housing?
 
#39 ·
My M3 started with bi xenons, so (as stock) the halogen highs only came on for DRLs or flash to pass.

I reprogrammed them to come on with the Xenon highs (technically illegal in the USA, but seems unlikely to be an issue as I turn off my high beams when there's a car that can see them police or otherwise).
 
#51 · (Edited)
Yeah, seems like it's a huge pain in the ***.

Honestly, I think the e9X is too new for me-- I think I'm just going to replace it. Every single part of the car is a huge pain in the *** to work on. Stupid stuff like... No drain plug on the diff. Fender liner has to come out to replace some bulbs, no dip stick, battery changes require coding, special tool to remove the oil filter cap, engine air filter takes, 2-3x longer to change, tpms sensor batteries that go bad, etc. Annoying.

I think I'm going to build her an e46 M3 wagon (M3 drivetrain/suspension/brakes/seats in an e46 wagon, no widebody) and sell the e91.

... and then retrofit some good, aftermarket projectors into that, because e46 headlight upgrades are easy (like every project on the e46).
 
#52 ·
I hear you. My son had an A4 with major oil consumption so we traded for an E90. Did not do adequate research and got stuck with a SULEV model. Fuel tank has only one side access and the fuel filter and fpr are inside the tank and NON-SERVICABLE. If they go bad you replace the whole fargin tank!


Will be replacing this POS with an E46.
 
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