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Originally Posted by Fifty150hs
Where did you get those? They look great!
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Amazon and they are a very good deal.
The self leveling motor moves right over and the fit and finish is very good.
It has some stupid little led to light up the inside of the chrome which I think is moronic I'm not hooking that up.
[For 2000-2003 BMW X53 X5 Halogen Model] LED Halo Ring Chrome Projector Headlight Headlamp Assembly, Driver & Passenger Side
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071JGQ7FQ..._sWUBDbEF43E85
That's the exact product.
My lights were in such terrible shape I was looking at replacement fixtures and they were so expensive even used were typically $150@ and probably the UV coating was already worn on those as well.
The biggest problem with these was where to get power for the halos.
Wasted about two hours trying to probe for key on power under the hood to no avail. Eventually realized the O2 sensors have power not at key on but engine on. I think in a way that's even cooler to engage the halos. Whenever engine is running.
The beauty is, though the O2 are PWM they all share the same B+ and are controlled with pwm on the ground.
So I'm tapping B+ off one of the pre cat O2 heater POS and will just tap into one of the dozen grounds near the lamp assembly.
I still have to install the right light assembly I spent too much time working on where to get power.
The interesting thing to note is that I think BMW may use an aspherical lens for low beam because there's a district bit of prismatic effect visible at the cut off. Makes for some interesting effect when driving near reflectors. You get some pretty colors bouncing off the white reflectors
Very happy with the lamp assembly, the main drawback is some visible streaks in the near field illumination, where my old lights had no visible beam pattern whatsoever close up just pure flood light. I may add some frosted film to the bottom edge to make that perfect and if so I'll of course post photos before and after.
The fit and finish is near perfect. There is a trick to install for perfect alignment: loosen the two bolts under the lights leavimg the body trim piece off.
Align the fit perfectly In the corner where the turn signal is then tighten all the screws/bolts. Install the trim after.
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