Originally Posted by Philly X5 (Post 646400)

I returned the lights back & they sending another pair. Hopefully they will be better quality.

I have one question - it looks like these lights have H7 bulb- can I use my stock bulbs with them? My bulbs are D2S to I could use the adaptor that sells on eBay but that adaptor is only for OEM headlights - I dont think it will work with these eBay lights.

Can anyone tell me how can I keep my original ballasts,wires & D2S bulbs to use with these lights?:stickpoke

Originally Posted by Weasel (Post 646448)

I think there are adapters available as I found in this random thread via google images.

here

Otherwise I believe I have the set of aftermarket h7 xenons with ballasts left over from my old E36 aftermarket headlights, 6000k. Don't think that you could wire them up to work without error messages as you had OEM xenon, but I had them wired up in the E36 with no error messages and no problems as I had plain old halogens in there before.

Philly X5, what are the production dates on the back of your OEM lights? If they are from before 10/02 they can be opened and modified. Mine came out great, and the lenses looked brand new after refinishing via sanding down then spraying with automotive clear coat at a body shop. Didn't take pics of lenses after re-cleared before being smoked, but here's some quick pics of what I did.

here and here

Originally Posted by Chris F. (Post 646045)

I'm interested in your thoughts and results on this project Philly, I am eager to see what you think as I do not want to lose the auto leveling feature of the Xenons and it sounds like these casings will take the auto leveling hardware.

I wonder if the lense in the low beam housing is Xenon or halogen? Hmmm.

Originally Posted by Philly X5 (Post 646400)

I returned the lights back & they sending another pair. Hopefully they will be better quality.

Originally Posted by Philly X5 (Post 646400)

I have one question - it looks like these lights have H7 bulb- can I use my stock bulbs with them? My bulbs are D2S to I could use the adaptor that sells on eBay but that adaptor is only for OEM headlights - I dont think it will work with these eBay lights.

Can anyone tell me how can I keep my original ballasts,wires & D2S bulbs to use with these lights?:stickpoke

Originally Posted by m5james (Post 646558)

I honestly don't know what the difference for certain is between xenon/bi-xenon, halogen, etc. As far as I know....

Halogen - Just a plain ol' bulb in a headlight that has a simple reflector behind it.

Projector - A headlight that has a little glass lense inside of it that looks like a marble, used to focus the beam better. Can be used w/ halogen or HID bulbs.

Xenon - Just another name for HID's?

Bi-xenon - Low and Hi beam in the same headlight. Like my bike has dual headlights w/ low and hi beam on each side. If I put in a lo/hi beam HID kit in each headlight, does that make them bi-xenon?

Am I wrong on my understanding of these headlight setups?

Originally Posted by m5james (Post 646560)

Did you end up having to pay for shipping to their manufacturing errors, or are they picking up the tab? I guarantee if they have to pay for it, they'll be a lot more careful for each set made after that.



I have an extra set of 750iL headlights w/ D2S HID's in them...i'd love it if I could remove them and use an adapter to install them into the X.

Originally Posted by m5james (Post 646597)

Originally Posted by m5james (Post 646629)

Are you sure? I thought they were just little adapters that change how/where the tongs for screwing in the headlight attach to the housing? I mean, I GUESS i've been wrong before....but you didn't hear me say it ;)