Aftermarket xenon

[tmling76]

I have à x5 2007 without xenon and bought à pilot xenon aftermarket 6000k and installed it

Since these are halogene projectors the light spreads everywhere, Now i have been told to put 4300k so it wouldnt spread so much. But im afraid 4300k would look yellowish


Does someone has this in his x5 done?

Should i go for 10.000k maybe because the light also doesnt shine enough?

[TerminatorX5]

the 4300K HIDs are not yeloowish by any stretch, they are rather whitish... they are the factory Kelvin temperature used in the BMWs... they also produce maximum LUMENS among the HID kits sold out there... once you start shifting the color tempoerature of your light output, your will shift the light towards the UV part of the spectrum, thus the bluish/purpulish tint of the light, and at the same you will DECREASE the light output in lumens... The Lumens are what is illuminating your road in front of you.

I will not recommend going above 6000K, and if you wish to entertain the 10000 K lights, i'd suggest using them in non-vital lights, such is front fog lights...

speaking of the spread pattern, if you had the halogen, i would suspect you had "free-form" light housing, and placing a different geometry light bulb in that housing will give exactly the result that you have now...

on the other hand, if you have the projector headlights, also known in BMW world as ellipsoids, placing an HID light bulb in the ellipsoid designed for halogen bulb (my E34 had this set up) may throw off the light pattern, but not by much... even though the focal point is different, the mere fact of the magnifying lens will concentrate the light beam albeit it will be focused at a different distance than the original halogen was...

if you have a free-form headlight housing, i would suggest replacing the entire assembly in favour of the HID assembly, either OE or quality aftermarket... You will also need to reprogram the LCM to either acknowledge the new HID lights, or to ignore the error that they will produce on the halogen equipped car... for the programming, you will need to "change" the car's production order - it is doable with the NCS Expert...

[tmling76]

Changing to OEM will not be a option because I can't find no one here in Spain that can do that for me

I have now 6000k with PILOT ballast and want to change the bulbs as you suggest to a lower kelvin like 5000k because I'm afraid the 4300k will look to yellow.
I have tAken out the 6000k and put OSRAM night breaker limited edition and the look so yellow that for sure I will take then out

[TerminatorX5]

do you have pictures of your parts and your setup? can you post them?

[tmling76]

Left is 6000k pilot aftermarket xenon
Right is yellowish OSRAM night breaker limited
When I bought the OSRAM they said color would be white after installing its not the right color

[tmling76]

Headlight inside where you can see the H7 hole

[tmling76]

Xenon from nearby

[tmling76]

Left I have 6000k xenon and right OSRAM night breaker limited

As you see lite of yellow with the osrams that promised white color

With the 6000k xenon the light doesn't have a cuttof

[springspan]

Sorry to thread jack, But where did you get the LEDs in the vents at the bottom of the bumper. I really would like to do that to mine!

[tmling76]

I got them directly from the manufacturer in china

Company called vinstar
Check alibaba website !

If you want to install it like really daylight running LEDs and that it will dim at night you need to get the 12 volt power from the trunk of the car so it will be a 1-2 hours work but I love it.
Also the aero packet I got from a Chinese supplier and got it painted and installed here in Spain