#E39 m5 halogen vs hid headlights install

I just wanted to make sure if I do end up finding one without oem hid I have some sort of recourse to install them. I was unaware of the bulb difference, but if that is the case I definitely think aftermarket would be the easiest. Since I have yet to purchase the car and am planning ahead it's difficult to know either setup for me. Thank you for this answer, it's exactly what I was looking for. At the very least you'd need an adapter or to cut the cable and use a new plug.Īgain, aftermarket would be much simpler and would likely already resolve the issue with the proper leveling of the HID's.

#E39 m5 halogen vs hid headlights driver

Not sure on the plugs but if you don't level the HID's properly you'll be blinding every driver on the road.Ĭonsidering the OEM HID uses the same bulb for high and low beams and, if I'm not mistaken, the halogen does not, I don't imagine it would be that simple. Try to get some more buyers from this forum interested and you can probably get a group discount. You can check out this thread below, where OP has installed successfully and the costs are much lesser than compared to getting it done at BMW dealership. Save up some cash and go the projector route as it will look really good with the HID and also it will be very effective in lighting up the road. You will be blinding other motorists on the road.Ģ) It would just look ugly and won't look as good as projector HID lights. I would strongly advice against such an upgrade.ġ) Because the HID installed on a Halogen assembly setup will just scatter all over the place. But if I just want to swap out the headlight and use an aftermarket led or hid kit and not have auto leveling, do you think this is possible? Have any of you done this before? Is it possible to swap out the halogen headlight for oem projectors if you do not expect to wire up the auto leveling function?Įverything I find is how difficult and expensive it is to do with trying to the full conversion. I'm sorry if this has been answered but I've searched for a long time and cannot come up with this answer.