Pulled the trigger on Aftermarket X1 Xenon Headlights

[d1saster]

Even if they fit you don’t want them. The angel eyes are yellow and even if you put led bulbs they’ll look dim.

[Njerts]

Originally Posted by eyeamgrewt

Bumping this as I'm looking to swap my stock halogens to aftermarket projector assemblies.

I found a seller on ebay selling a set that are listed to fit 09-12 X1's, I asked if they'll fit a 2015 and he said only up to 2012. I know there was a bit of a facelift in 2012 and one of the things noted is redesigned headlights, however they look pretty identical. Can anyone confirm if there were any changes to the headlamps or are they indeed the same fit from 09-15?

Not sure about 2015 but up to 2014 is the same.
I upgraded my 2014, see higher up in this thread.
The upgraded lights I installed worked great, you would not be able to tell the difference from outside to LCI.
I had to remove them because I am trading my 2014 today.

[jd__m4]

Originally Posted by Njerts

Not sure about 2015 but up to 2014 is the same.
I upgraded my 2014, see higher up in this thread.
The upgraded lights I installed worked great, you would not be able to tell the difference from outside to LCI.
I had to remove them because I am trading my 2014 today.

Thanks- I had noticed the vendor you and spoolin used says both 09-12 and 09-14, so I have a feeling they fit.

What are you going to do with the set you just took off?

[Njerts]

Originally Posted by eyeamgrewt

Thanks- I had noticed the vendor you and spoolin used says both 09-12 and 09-14, so I have a feeling they fit.

What are you going to do with the set you just took off?

Probably Craigslist, shipping anywhere from here (Vancouver) is expensive.
Was hoping to get someone local to just pick them up.

[jd__m4]

I've been searching on Alibaba for suppliers and have been talking to one for the past few days that seems to have what I'm looking for- the 2013+ Xenon lamps w/ the LED eyebrow that was incorporated with the LCI. The OEM parts they reference are 63117290261 / 63117290262, which look to be for the European market X1. Anyone aware of any differences? The seller is offering them for a few hundred less than what I've been able to find and has a good history/rating on Alibaba..

[Njerts]

Do you have a link?

[jd__m4]

https://teambill.en.alibaba.com/prod...6c06788aEF8uiG

[Njerts]

Originally Posted by eyeamgrewt

https://teambill.en.alibaba.com/prod...6c06788aEF8uiG

They look the same as mine, except mine have clear corners.
From what I can see, it looks fine.
What I can’t see is what ballast they used and what bulbs.
Is it ds1 ?

[jd__m4]

Originally Posted by Njerts

They look the same as mine, except mine have clear corners.
From what I can see, it looks fine.
What I can’t see is what ballast they used and what bulbs.
Is it ds1 ?

They have another listing that shows D1S bulb/ballast, but this one does not include anything for the low/high beams, I believe- which I'm OK with- I've contemplated just using LED's for the low/high beams anyway.

[Njerts]

Originally Posted by eyeamgrewt

They have another listing that shows D1S bulb/ballast, but this one does not include anything for the low/high beams, I believe- which I'm OK with- I've contemplated just using LED's for the low/high beams anyway.

Got it, this is more like the ones spoolinX1 got.
See his posts earlier in this thread.

[jd__m4]

So it looks like the same setup you had- seller is including d1s bulb/ballast for another $90. Total is right at $600 with shipping.

[Njerts]

That is a good price.

[jd__m4]

So the vendor sent me some pictures and will be shipping the assemblies out today. From the pictures, they show stock Valeo xenon housings and Osram D1S bulbs/ballasts, all with BMW p/n's on them- these look exactly like the OEM housings.

Based on the reading I'm doing now, it sounds like I have to do a little work on the factory harness to get a ground to the ballast and swap the shutter on/off to the high beam socket. I'll continue reading up in preparation for the swap...

EDIT: also, the coding, which I've already coded some things with Carly, so that's not an issue for me.

[Njerts]

The ones I got was pin compatible with the halogen housing.
Just had to code off voltage monitor for high/low and angel eyes and then switch DRL to angel eyes.

[jd__m4]

Originally Posted by Njerts

The ones I got was pin compatible with the halogen housing.
Just had to code off voltage monitor for high/low and angel eyes and then switch DRL to angel eyes.

My plan is to first code out voltage monitoring for the lights and switch DRL to angel eyes, then plug in the new assemblies prior to installing to see if everything works as it should.

If not, then I'll have to troubleshoot and see if the harness needs to be re-pinned or tapped based on the findings from E90 swaps.

[Njerts]

Originally Posted by eyeamgrewt

My plan is to first code out voltage monitoring for the lights and switch DRL to angel eyes, then plug in the new assemblies prior to installing to see if everything works as it should.

If not, then I'll have to troubleshoot and see if the harness needs to be re-pinned or tapped based on the findings from E90 swaps.

Good plan, I got mine working 100% by just plugging it into the harness before installing.

[jd__m4]

So I received my headlamps...with no LED modules for the angel eyes. I wrote to the seller, we’ll see what happens.

[jd__m4]

So, the seller admitted they made a mistake, however wouldn't budge on supplying the led modules, or giving me a partial credit. I've filed a dispute with Alibaba, but I'm not counting on getting anything out of it. In the meantime, I purchased the led modules on ebay for a total of $150 (6 in total), bringing my total cost to $750.

While I'm waiting for those to come in, I wired up the xenons and tested them, and all is well- bi-xenon functions fine, shutters kick in when hi-beam is engaged, blinkers work. I haven't done any coding yet, which will be done once the modules come in and I can test the angel eyes.

[Danny174]

Hello there people, I have a question, I have a BMW X1 2010 with halogen headlight assembly, my question is if I purchase a BI Xenon headlight assembly with the matching part numbers compatible for my car would this then just be plug and play to fit maybe with a bit coding?

Thanks Daniel

[jd__m4]

Originally Posted by Danny174

Hello there people, I have a question, I have a BMW X1 2010 with halogen headlight assembly, my question is if I purchase a BI Xenon headlight assembly with the matching part numbers compatible for my car would this then just be plug and play to fit maybe with a bit coding?

Thanks Daniel

The OEM Valeo bixenon headlamps will require some changes to the wiring as the pin outs don’t 100% correspond. Aftermarket headlamps seem to address this and are plug and play.

[Danny174]

Hello there thanks for your reply, I’ll probably look into a plug and play version, I came across these https://eurowagens.com/angel-eyes-he...-x1-e84-09-12/ they have the angel eyes and projectors but use halogen bulbs for high/low beams. I’m thinking these may be slightly cost effective for me.

[jd__m4]

Originally Posted by Danny174

Hello there thanks for your reply, I’ll probably look into a plug and play version, I came across these https://eurowagens.com/angel-eyes-he...-x1-e84-09-12/ they have the angel eyes and projectors but use halogen bulbs for high/low beams. I’m thinking these may be slightly cost effective for me.

Seems like a good deal, but those look like projector lenses, so you may be able to put xenons in there and not blind oncoming traffic.

At the least, you can probably throw some LED's in there- that'll be a nice improvement over halogens. You'll just have to code out the voltage monitoring if you don't want it to give you a warning every time you start them up.