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Discuss your latest mods or ideas, and anything to do with the BMW X5 (E53).
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Full hid kit

Post by wilkoturbo » Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:59 pm

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Post by wilkoturbo » Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:00 pm

Oh yeah 8000k
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Post by X5Sport » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:42 pm

Very nice 8-)

I've wanted to fully HID our E53 for a while now. What kits did you end up using? Where did you mount all the extra ballasts? Any issues with the lighting warnings going off? Do the main beam lamps take a ehile to warm up and what's the lifespan likely to be as HIDs don't like being rapidly cycled - or didn't used to - and it shortens their life by up to 60%.

I'm assuming D2R bulbs for the main beam and D2S in the dip and fog as they both use projector type lamps, or do you need a different bulb in the fogs because of space issues?

Tell you what, how about a 'How To' to save all the questions from me and others? Not sure I'd use 6,000K as I prefer the whiter end of the spectrum than the blue. But that's just the actual lamps, and personal preferences. The wiring and mods to light units are the key bits to know....... :poke:
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Post by wilkoturbo » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:55 am

I'll post full how to when I have time , yes the full beam does have warm up time but it's like 2 sec and u have to code it with dis if not they don't flash properly hope this helps lol ;)
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Re: Full hid kit

Post by X5Sport » Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:26 pm

Spheroids!! I hoped it was a fit and forget. I don't have a DIS :cry:
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