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Old 05-24-2008, 12:50 AM
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HELP!!!Question about my HID...
Hi there, I have post a similar thread in regards to my X5 3.0si HID Problem.

My car doesn't come with Xeon HID, and I have install and HID Kit on my car and everytime i start the car after 3 sec, it went off straight away with error message on the dashboard.
After A week i tried installing with a relay harness as well, it seems to work but after 5 sec, the light start to flick and went off AGAIN.

Has anyone here have this problem as well?
Has anyone install a HID kit without any problems?

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Make sure the relay is wire properly and make sure that you are not getting a voltage drop



try reading this http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x5/l...on-bmw-x5.html
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Make sure the relay is wire properly and make sure that you are not getting a voltage drop
Thanks for your reply...
Everything should be right and wire properly...
one other question is with relay harness, there is nothing to be plug in the oem harness for passenger's side.is that correct?

anyone have a installation guide for my E70 3.0si please?

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Old 05-24-2008, 11:05 AM
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Hi guys,
Sorry to trouble you guys, but I seriously need help of that...can someone please give me some advice?
has anyone install HID on their X5?
What HID did u guys use?

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Old 05-24-2008, 11:16 AM
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can you post a link to the HID kit you got? maybe the sellers has some instruction.
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can you post a link to the HID kit you got? maybe the sellers has some instruction.
Thanks for your reply, There isn't any instruction with HID kit, is just a simple plug and play...

should i use a 55w HID ballast instead of 35w ballast?

it will be good if anyone have installed a HID on their X5 and let me know how they installed and which kit they use.?

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Hi,
I am assuming your HID kit was made in china as there are no instructions. Beware of these ones! For BMW in general they need a kit which is CANBUS compatible.

I have used MTEC HID with great success on 3 cars (320ci, 318Ti, X5 3.0si)

The stock halogens for low beam in australia is H7. I find that 6000k gives you good colour as well as light output. 8000k looks nice but gives poor visibility in rain and fog. 4300k would be the brightest but looks a bit yellow.

The kit is available from US ebay from seller MTECpower.... beware there are fake units being sold on ebay. I have dealt with this guy on a few occasions and normally shipping takes 3-4 days!

Thay cost a little bit more than the usual crap thats around.. circa 300 US + postage.... but having spent 100k + on your x5 ....peanuts

I am very happy with mine, initially a few errors on the E70 but i think cos the car battery was low after 6 weeks in transit, however now i get zero errors.


let me know which ones you went for and how it all went.
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Old 05-25-2008, 09:37 AM
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Hi,
I am assuming your HID kit was made in china as there are no instructions. Beware of these ones! For BMW in general they need a kit which is CANBUS compatible.

I have used MTEC HID with great success on 3 cars (320ci, 318Ti, X5 3.0si)

The stock halogens for low beam in australia is H7. I find that 6000k gives you good colour as well as light output. 8000k looks nice but gives poor visibility in rain and fog. 4300k would be the brightest but looks a bit yellow.

The kit is available from US ebay from seller MTECpower.... beware there are fake units being sold on ebay. I have dealt with this guy on a few occasions and normally shipping takes 3-4 days!

Thay cost a little bit more than the usual crap thats around.. circa 300 US + postage.... but having spent 100k + on your x5 ....peanuts

I am very happy with mine, initially a few errors on the E70 but i think cos the car battery was low after 6 weeks in transit, however now i get zero errors.


let me know which ones you went for and how it all went.
I am not using china brand...my HID kit is something called a digital ballast, which is made for cars such as BMW and other cars with computers...I don't know whats going on with mine...
I am looking for 6000k as well...
by the way, there was no problem at all with your HID on your E70?can you post some pic of your HID?

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i had problems on first day of installation but after that no more problems (ive had the car 3 weeks now)
as i said i think it was just a low battery, so went for a long drive and problem fixed.

ill try to get some pics up soon
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Old 05-26-2008, 02:31 AM
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i had problems on first day of installation but after that no more problems (ive had the car 3 weeks now)
as i said i think it was just a low battery, so went for a long drive and problem fixed.

ill try to get some pics up soon
Did you have the same problem as mine?
i install it and start the engine, after like 3 sec, it turns off itself...with the error message...did u have the same problem?
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