Car Audio & Electronics sponsored by Bavsound.Tire & Wheel Forum sponsored by The Tire Rack.Suspension Tech and Handling sponsored by.Professional Motorsports sponsored by Bimmerworld.Track, Auto-X & Drag Racing sponsored by.General BMW and Automotive Discussion sponsored by Intercity Lines.Quick Navigation 1996 - 2003 (E39) Go Top How far should the road be lit up ahead of the car?Īlso, does anyone know when bixenons started appearing on the cars? I want to start looking for a set. Unfortunately all adjusters are broken so the road is lit up about 10' in front of the car. I really like how clean the light is and how sharp the cutoff is compared to the halogens which "flood" the are in front of you. I just wanted to see if it is worth pursuing my initial project. I have an offer for $350 for them so once the guy coughs up the cash, they will go. Good idea though, I may follow that same train of thought when I source projectors for my headlight rebuild.I found a set of OEM E39 HID headlights and put them into my car. May also want to take some measurements and make sure they will fit. Personally I'd look for an Infiniti or Lexus or similar to grab the projectors from. I've noticed it seems the cars from Asia seem to, overall, have better quality optics than domestic cars or even many German cars (certainly better than the type of German cars that litter junkyards). Just make sure they are indeed xenons and you should be fine. The idea to re-use projectors from another junkyard model is a good one. Good idea though, I may follow that same train of thought when I source projectors for my headlight rebuild. You got bad luck or something? Missed the M grills, now this. Are they better than stock HID E39 projectors? In what way?Įdit: found that bi-xenons incorporate high and low beam into one unitShame I didn't know you were looking for these sooner as I had a set of xenons I just sold that were in need of some serious cosmetic restoration but with some elbow grease and very little if any money could have been brought back to life. One thing I noticed is people talking about bi-xenons. I have an E39 halogen projector light with broken tabs, so it may be worth experimenting. Maybe this will be the path I will take and use those projectors. I can pick up a pair of those for under $30. I sometimes come across newer cars at the junkyard with HID lights that have cracked lenses from a front impact collision. Not trying to sound cheap, but I was hoping for an easier/cheaper solution. I was really hoping to avoid taking the headlights apart. It looks like I am looking at $150+ to get the EVOXR projectors and probably another $25 for butyl tape. I am really glad to see where this thread went. The closest thing I found is a german guy who installed aftermarket HID kit and used hot glue to hold the bulbs in.īefore I continue looking for a solution and improvise, is there a solution out there that is worked out? I really do not want to buy new headlights which would cost me more than what I paid for the car. I searched youtube, google and everyone either sells replacement XENON headlights or has a video how to put them in. I can modify the HID bulb to sit flush in the halogen housing, but I have no way to secure it. I already have BMW HID ballasts, ballast brackets (E39 specific), and multiple Phillips D2S & D2R HID bulbs from other BMW's I came across in the past. I would like to upgrade to HID if that is possible using these housings. Today I swapped out the stock headlights for OEM facelift halos which I picked up for $60 at a junkyard from a 2001 E39 a while back. I recently picked up a 1997 E39 528i and I am about $300 into it so far including cost of the car. Basically as the title states above, but here is the full story:
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