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      04-05-2014, 01:08 PM   #1
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128i Halogen to HID - need guidance

Wife has a 2010 128i and it as standard halogen bulbs and we want to upgrade to HIDs, we do alot of early morning driving to work in the dark..

Heres my issue, I have tried many hid kits off ebay and they are never reliable. It was on a gm where they use a pulse width modulation signal to run th low beams as drls, also vehicle entry used the low beams. The issue was even with a special box to fix the problem, relays...etc most of the time only one bulb would come on and I would have to turn the lights on and off to get both to come on. I dont want to spend one penny if this is going to be a problem, they need to work like OEM. Whats out there?
I saw these as plug and play http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEPO-V2-08-1...4287c6&vxp=mtr
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Retrofit is the best way to go
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      04-05-2014, 03:20 PM   #3
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Retrofit what?
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      04-05-2014, 05:03 PM   #4
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i think rsr552 is saying get the LCI updated head lights. They are OEM and would work without any error codes. BMW usually sells a retrofit kit that includes everything you need to update your lights.

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      04-05-2014, 05:40 PM   #5
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I think what he means by retrofit is to open up your headlights and retrofit a pair of projectors in there, along with halos if you want them.

I retrofitted mine, here is how they came out:


Much better output than any OEM headlights by BMW.
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i think rsr552 is saying get the LCI updated head lights. They are OEM and would work without any error codes. BMW usually sells a retrofit kit that includes everything you need to update your lights.
Wow really, I would had never thought. Do you have a link to what you are referring to.
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      04-05-2014, 06:40 PM   #7
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like this http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...22&hg=63&fg=95 Or call up your local BMW dealer. They can usually tell you whats possible.
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