Is it a mid-term or a final, Professor?
You might be able to have the AEs on as DRL with some coding to the LCM. As for me, I have pre-facelift E53. The AEs were wired to the ECU. They are on whenever the key is in position II.
Make sure you change the AE bulbs too. Those yellow OEMs are weak.

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