[nZtiZia]

I really want these

[Alan l.]

something about the color of these that i don't like. Its too piss yellow or something. The M5CS's color seems to be a lighter shade of yellow.

[r33_RGSport]

Originally Posted by 155ND

Er, OK, the kit has arrived ... without instructions! I don't own a shop, or a lift, or even a screwdriver ... let's be honest, I don't have a clue how to install these

Ben, if I buy a spare set of your IS2000 front and rear brake pads (I'll need them soon as i like to drive the beast hard!) ... could I please receive the instructions for the fitment of these DRLs

Sorry, just skim through the forum and saw your post.
Was busy with holiday season. Many local guys wants things done before the holiday, SEMA, some unfortunate event trip overseas, and Thanksgiving break with family, lol.

I have pictures from my installation, just been super busy and haven't got a chance to compile them.

Hopefully soon.

[155ND]

Originally Posted by r33_RGSport

Sorry, just skim through the forum and saw your post.
Was busy with holiday season. Many local guys wants things done before the holiday, SEMA, some unfortunate event trip overseas, and Thanksgiving break with family, lol.

I have pictures from my installation, just been super busy and haven't got a chance to compile them.

Hopefully soon.

Hey, no problem at all ... any help gratefully received, it's all gravy

the shop are going to have another look, my guy is good and is a BMW enthusiast himself who likes figuring things out, i've sent him the photos from this thread, he called me to say he thinks he knows what to do, but we'll see

[155ND]

Bad news for me ... i'm told that the EU spec X5M headlights ARE different to US spec, and that the DRLs i've received (see pics from previous posts on this thread) can't therefore be fitted to my car

c'est la vie ... i guess

any US members want a set of these DRLs, they're free to a good home in a "pay it forward" kind of forum way (admittedly they only cost me $180, but hey)

[boneca]

Originally Posted by 155ND

Bad news for me ... i'm told that the EU spec X5M headlights ARE different to US spec, and that the DRLs i've received (see pics from previous posts on this thread) can't therefore be fitted to my car

c'est la vie ... i guess

any US members want a set of these DRLs, they're free to a good home in a "pay it forward" kind of forum way (admittedly they only cost me $180, but hey)

FYI, not sure what's happening with your headlights:

I went to my garage/storage today, where I replaced my headlights in the summer to the shadow line euro spec, I have my original headlights in the boxes but modules I left at the top drawers, anyway I looked at them just for reference and microchips inside the modules are exactly same shape as the ones came in the box from seller.

[155ND]

Originally Posted by boneca

FYI, not sure what's happening with your headlights:

I went to my garage/storage today, where I replaced my headlights in the summer to the shadow line euro spec, I have my original headlights in the boxes but modules I left at the top drawers, anyway I looked at them just for reference and microchips inside the modules are exactly same shape as the ones came in the box from seller.

Thanks so much for taking the trouble to post this ... i'm just going to ask my shop to humour me and take another look at the lights and modules before I give up on yellow DRLs

I'll report back either way for the benefit of the EU members

[Shuja_a]

Originally Posted by 155ND

Bad news for me ... i'm told that the EU spec X5M headlights ARE different to US spec, and that the DRLs i've received (see pics from previous posts on this thread) can't therefore be fitted to my car

c'est la vie ... i guess

any US members want a set of these DRLs, they're free to a good home in a "pay it forward" kind of forum way (admittedly they only cost me $180, but hey)

I'll be more than happy to take these off your hands, of course I can pay shipping or other amount you feel comfortable with. Ive been wanting to this mod since ive seen my buddies M5CS. lol

[Hit_Apex]

Question for those who have done this, the boards are positioned on the heat sink cover via two pins that appear to be mushroomed. Do those need to be ground off to remove board? My buddy thought I should drill and tap those out to secure the new board with small screws, which we could have done but ran out of time. Thermal paste isn’t sufficient to maintain a reliable bond with the sink in the long run.

Edit: Looks like there is a thermal glue as mentioned above (ie Gennel G109), but likely isn't reversible. Still wanting to know if the board mounting pins need to be drilled out. Adding screws and using paste would be secure and reversible, provided the original boards are removed in a non-destructive manner.

Here are the mushroomed pins that I'm referring to. While this pic is NOT one of the boards this mod replaces, the trangle-ish board I removed had pins pressed just like this.

[Hit_Apex]

So, I went ahead with my method. I will probably be the only one to do this but once in my head I can’t leave it. Whether you glue or fasten this mod is time consuming and not for the beginner. Between the more difficult access to screws and the drilling out of the punched boards (which may be unique to the X5), it is much more difficult than G8x.

For this mod to take off for this platform a plug and play solution is better IMO. A couple pics - happy to answer questions, no write up in the near future. Already spent 5x the time this mod is worth

[Hit_Apex]

Update: the turn signals threw error codes so I put the OEM outers back in. I reached out to Aliexpress about the issue but pretty sure I'm going to leave it as is - white outer and yellow inner. I read on the F97 forum of similar issue without resolution to date.

[boneca]

Originally Posted by Hit_Apex

Update: the turn signals threw error codes so I put the OEM outers back in. I reached out to Aliexpress about the issue but pretty sure I'm going to leave it as is - white outer and yellow inner. I read on the F97 forum of similar issue without resolution to date.

sorry to hear that, I really hope this is one of as I didn't hear anyone who did this mod complained (unless someone will leave a note about it)

If this is the case I would put OEM back on, all 4, it looks kinda off with only half yellow.

I'm still few months before doing this myself, hopefully we'll hear more by then.

Happy New Year!

[Hit_Apex]

Originally Posted by boneca

sorry to hear that, I really hope this is one of as I didn't hear anyone who did this mod complained (unless someone will leave a note about it)

If this is the case I would put OEM back on, all 4, it looks kinda off with only half yellow.

I'm still few months before doing this myself, hopefully we'll hear more by then.

Happy New Year!

I hear ya. At least the outer are easy to R/R if i want. They referred me to their engineer so let's see what happens.

HNYE!

[Hit_Apex]

Originally Posted by boneca

sorry to hear that, I really hope this is one of as I didn't hear anyone who did this mod complained (unless someone will leave a note about it)

If this is the case I would put OEM back on, all 4, it looks kinda off with only half yellow.

I'm still few months before doing this myself, hopefully we'll hear more by then.

Happy New Year!

Update, Icedriver sent me a replacement set and they work fine so far.

[boneca]

Originally Posted by Hit_Apex

Update, Icedriver sent me a replacement set and they work fine so far.

good to know!
thanks for the update

[hdahman]

Originally Posted by mura666

installed last week

you did it urself or at garage?

[mura666]

garage

[hdahman]

Originally Posted by mura666

garage

how much they charged? which garage in NJ?

[155ND]

Originally Posted by 155ND

Thanks guys - I've sent that photo to my shop, and asked them to have a look and check they opened up the correct module.

Just to be clear, are the shapes of the existing ones the same as these replacements? (so they fit the holes) ... or maybe the US version is different to Euro?

Finally got to the end with this mod ... the DRLs I have are for laser lights, not LED lights which I have, which is why the fitting doesn't match. I'm not sure if there even is a set of these DRLs for LED lights?

Anyway, at least now i know!

[boneca]

Originally Posted by 155ND

Finally got to the end with this mod ... the DRLs I have are for laser lights, not LED lights which I have, which is why the fitting doesn't match. I'm not sure if there even is a set of these DRLs for LED lights?

Anyway, at least now i know!

makes sense, glad u figured it out!

I have a pair of new laser head lights too bad u in UK

[black_vicking]

Originally Posted by 1bmwaddict

Will I do it again? Yes, with the proper tools I will do it.

Did you have to use thermal glue for the install?

[1bmwaddict]

Thermal tape.

Originally Posted by black_vicking

Did you have to use thermal glue for the install?