headlights out and adaptive error

[Bimmerbarn]

hello 1 addicts, I come to you in complete frustration. I have read just about every thread on here abut adaptive headlight errors, condensation issues, and all other related issues to swapping in different bulbs. Anyway, I swapped some new bulbs in and failed to seal the back of my headlights properly, they both gathered condensation and my headlights went out. I am also receiving an adaptive error. I went to the dealer and they quoted me $4,900 to replace both headlights, my footwell module (FRM) which they claim isn't sending power to the low beams, and my SMC modules. Obviously I'm not going to pay $4,900 to have this done. Can anyone who has had experience with these problems send me in the right direction? I would be forever grateful, I have been struggling with these stupid headlights for far too long!!!

[135iRick]

www.eeuroparts.com

They have the whole assemblies except lamp and ballast for under $600 per. It's a Valeo part but Valeo made the headlights for BMW so the difference is hundreds of dollars and a missing roundel logo. I'm not sure if the footwell module/ACL box comes with the assembly I have it.

Use www.realOEM.com to get your proper part numbers.

[J-Sin]

Im going through the same thing with my driver side headlight. I've taken the headlight off multiple times to use the blow dryer and dry it out. This last time I discovered water down in the Ballast, which I found online to cost around $475 to replace. I am very open to ideas and have been wondering about installing those aftermarket headlights from Protuninglab. Is that possible? Could I just code out the adaptive lights? i'm not trying to spend thousands on head lights.

Best of luck to you and hopefully we both can get some resolve.