Bi-Xenon retrofit

[BlackSapphireZ]

doing it now...will post pix later

[Dammmittt]

Good luck

[BlackSapphireZ]

welp it's done. NO bulb out warning light or anything. Flash to pass works, i have BOTH high beams, walk me home function are all the same.

Halogen Headlight with projector in


pic without the projector


Halogen Cut Off


Bi-Xenon Cut off


Everything in place


Beam Pattern on Bi-Xenon LOW BEAM


High Beam(bi-xenon PLUS high beam) looks like a upside down U


Halogen VS Bi-Xenon NO difference in lens...little different cut off but hard to tell the difference

[nyczyang27]

Nice.

[Reach]

So which projectors did you use? 06+ z4 oem?

Any wiring you'd like to post up for those of us who also might do such a thing?

[BlackSapphireZ]

i only swapped out the projector. I had aftermarket HID's already then just used D2S to aftermarket ballast converter.

remember BROWN is negative any other color is positive on headlight.

[BimmerZealot]

Very cool, should move this over to DIY, I'm sure other people would be interested as well.

[Brucewonder]

sweet diy. love all of your mods. wish there was a way to put the angeleyes on our cars

[smidley]

Good work, I did the same mod to mine. What brand did you use? I used EuroDezines. 8000k

[BlackSapphireZ]

i used factory D2S 4300k bulbs... brightest

[Chuck I]

Originally Posted by BlackSapphireZ

i used factory D2S 4300k bulbs... brightest

Am I correct is assuming the reason you did this was to allow you to use the factory D2S bulbs? Does the bulb socket appear to be the main difference in the two projectors? I have the MTEC setup (I think that's what you had). Where did you get your aftermarket D2S converter? How did you get the cable out of the housing? I had to drill a hole through the cover for my MTECs.. Now you need to add the auto-leveling... that would be cool... Chuck

[BlackSapphireZ]

I don't have M-tec...and I didn't spend $300 on it either
bulb holder is different...duh it's different for EVERY BULB.
D2S converter avail on ebay.
drilled a hole as well

auto level...not possible. No way. It requires sensors, motors, wiring, and etc to make it work. If i remember, someone tried to lower a car with auto level lights and it really messed it up because of that height difference

[smidley]

Wow, I think this post jinxed me or something.... Now one of my headlights isn't working. The left side light works fine, but the right side doesn't turn on and it throws the bad bulb code in the dash. Looks like the bulb is fine, so I donno what the problem is. Could be a dead computer canceller, or a bad ballast maybe?

[andrewn80]

Bringing up a post from the dead.

Nice retrofit. Question, you did not get any bulb out error codes? Smidley, did you ever get yours fixed? I'm thinking of buying the DDM Tuning 55w 6000k HID kit ($60) but I don't want error codes popping up.

http://www.ddmtuning.com/index.php?p...parent=85&pg=1

[smidley]

Yea I got mine working. It turned out that one of the cables connecting these was bad.

[E86M]

great job

[Beemerism]

Originally Posted by BlackSapphireZ

I don't have M-tec...and I didn't spend $300 on it either
bulb holder is different...duh it's different for EVERY BULB.
D2S converter avail on ebay.
drilled a hole as well

auto level...not possible. No way. It requires sensors, motors, wiring, and etc to make it work. If i remember, someone tried to lower a car with auto level lights and it really messed it up because of that height difference

Hello, I am also doing this retrofit.
To power the ballasts, did you get power from the wiring inside or outside the headlights?

I hooked up my ballasts to the low beam's wiring inside but they did not light up.