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Originally Posted by stefanvalletti
This helps a lot, thank you so much. It seems a little heavy on the pocket but it is a conversion from Halogen to HID
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This is your end result if you decide to do the job. I didnt do this on my own, I had a reputable local shop do this job and it came out very clean (looks and works like OEM). Be warned, many shops at least here didn't wanna take on this job due to the complexity and possible lack of interest.
I did this because I didn't want halogen lights and overlooked this initially when I bought my car.. dearly missed the xenons on my E60 and needed this done somehow.. many people usually find a way to open the headlights and retrofit some projectors, shrouds, and angel eye rings and this is the cheaper option but I didn't want to go this route.
The headlights you can get from Valeo instead of OEM BMW as they are the OE manufacturer for these lights.. I paid 600 for both (patience and searching will yield you great results also if you want the site where I bought my assemblies I can PM you) this is better than about 1k OEM new (for each side!!!!!!), 500 for the FRM3 (no discount there), 80 for both ballasts (Valeo instead of OEM BMW at 500 a pop) and about 120-200 depending on which DS1 bulbs you get and labor depending on whether you're a DIYer or not
If you did this all OEM original parts you'd spend close to 4k, I did it all with labour included for about 2 and I ended up selling my headlights to get some of this money back spent on this job so it was less than this for me!
Good luck!