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Old 07-22-2009, 03:14 AM
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Sorry guys...here they are. I do like the ones Essam sent because they have angel eyes and HID's installed. How bright are the angel eyes, CCFL or LED? Are Raptor HID's any good? Do you have these headlights Essam?

2001 2002 2003 BMW E53 X5 HALO PROJECTOR HEADLIGHTS BLK:eBay Motors (item 390071330175 end time Jul-24-09 11:27:06 PDT)
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Hi m5James, I have these and they look really good, angel eyes are CCFL, high beam is very bright and I adapted OEM xenon to them so no error code there and they are brighter than my OEM were by the time I swapped them (meaning maybe OEM were brighter or as bright when new but not now) So go for them, no regrets here!
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The only thing to consider is that the eBay ones dont have auto leveling...
I wonder if its possible to move the motor from the OEM lights to these eBay ones...anyone knows?
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The only thing to consider is that the eBay ones dont have auto leveling...
I wonder if its possible to move the motor from the OEM lights to these eBay ones...anyone knows?

Ohh sorry, forgot to mention that...I did that too swapped auto-leveling to the new ones and they fully work...it is straight-forward easy!
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Ohh sorry, forgot to mention that...I did that too swapped auto-leveling to the new ones and they fully work...it is straight-forward easy!
Thats good news...

Can you tell if Angel eyes match OEM xenons or are they close to 6000K output?
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Ohh sorry, forgot to mention that...I did that too swapped auto-leveling to the new ones and they fully work...it is straight-forward easy!
To move auto-leveling to the eBay ones - do you need to "open" original lights? I know you cannot open 2003 headlights...
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To move auto-leveling to the eBay ones - do you need to "open" original lights? I know you cannot open 2003 headlights...

Auto-leveling motor is outside of the housing, no need to open them. 3 screws hold the motor to the outside of the housing.
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Thanks.
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:13 AM
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The only thing to consider is that the eBay ones dont have auto leveling...
I wonder if its possible to move the motor from the OEM lights to these eBay ones...anyone knows?
I don't have self leveling...is it worth trying to adapt in? I'd guess not since I assume it ties of the rearend of the X, having to run wires and a bunch of BS would just be a headache...unless the wiring is already there, then i'd just need motors?
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I don't have self leveling...is it worth trying to adapt in? I'd guess not since I assume it ties of the rearend of the X, having to run wires and a bunch of BS would just be a headache...unless the wiring is already there, then i'd just need motors?

I don't know if the wires are already there or not but as far as motors go do you have manual leveling? There should be a dial next to the light switch for that. If you do have it then you have the motors because they do adjust, they just don't do so automatically. My sister's 3 series has that and should be no different for an X
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