X5 F15 LED headlight retrofit

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Ok, finally got around to getting things on and together.

The job is actually fairly simple minus installing the headlights as the front end has to come off.

But the wiring is maybe a 2 hour job or less of your quick.

It's all done inside the vehicle.

Run one wire from
The back fuse compartment and the other wire from the front fuse box.

Run the wire from the back fuse box and run in down the side of the X in the factory loom trail, once you get to the bottom of the door opening I ran it out and cut the foam in the carpeting as it makes a great way to protect the wire. And run it to the passenger foot well module. Now start on the second wire.

The front wire is just run from the front fuse box and looped down to the passenger side foot well module.

The two wires that you remove from the plugs are the headlight wires. A yellow wire with a blue line and a yellow wire with a green line.

Connect the two wires to the headlight wires and heat shrink them to keep them from pulling apart.

Now just code and your done!


I will populate more pics later.

Also Note! If your model is a 2014 to 2015 you need to source LED headlights from that model year.

In 2016 they updated things so LED headlights from 2016 to 2018 will work with x5's from 2016 to 2018.

If you buy a 2015 headlight and try to fit it to a 2016 or newer model it won't be easy as you will have much more to rewire and I can't help you with that. So please source correct model year headlights for your vehicle.





This is 100% reversible and you can change the car back to stock at any time.

No splicing or cutting of factory wires or running wires into the engine bay.

Please IM me for the contact information to Marius as he will make you a harness and also illustrated instructions showing pins and where to plug them into.


Headlights night off eBay auction. 2018 model year $400 dollars
Coding $100 - varies depending on what you want
Wiring kit. $175 - varies depending on vin.

If you do your own coding this is a pretty cheap mod if you can score a good deal on lights.

[kubax86]

Originally Posted by -c-

Ok, finally got around to getting things on and together.

The job is actually fairly simple minus installing the headlights as the front end has to come off.

But the wiring is maybe a 2 hour job or less of your quick.

It's all done inside the vehicle.

Run one wire from
The back fuse compartment and the other wire from the front fuse box.

Run the wire from the back fuse box and run in down the side of the X in the factory loom trail, once you get to the bottom of the door opening I ran it out and cut the foam in the carpeting as it makes a great way to protect the wire. And run it to the passenger foot well module. Now start on the second wire.

The front wire is just run from the front fuse box and looped down to the passenger side foot well module.

The two wires that you remove from the plugs are the headlight wires. A yellow wire with a blue line and a yellow wire with a green line.

Connect the two wires to the headlight wires and heat shrink them to keep them from pulling apart.

Now just code and your done!


I will populate more pics later.





This is 100% reversible and you can change the car back to stock at any time.

No splicing or cutting of factory wires or running wires into the engine bay.

Please IM me for the contact information to Marius as he will make you a harness and also illustrated instructions showing pins and where to plug them into.

Really good write up!

[M3HNGRY]

Woot Does it matter if we get ECE headlights?

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Originally Posted by M3HNGRY

Woot Does it matter if we get ECE headlights?

No idea this is on a USA speck vehicle. But I imagine they would work most of the time it's coding and such but I don't think it's high risk.

[kubax86]

Originally Posted by M3HNGRY

Woot Does it matter if we get ECE headlights?

Wiring is the same. Just the coding is different.

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Added a couple more pics

[DailyMsportF31]

Thanks for the helpful write up. Car looks amazing. I see you did the f85 front bumper, was that difficult? Mostly cutting of plastics behind the bumper to fit?

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Originally Posted by DailyMsportF31

Thanks for the helpful write up. Car looks amazing. I see you did the f85 front bumper, was that difficult? Mostly cutting of plastics behind the bumper to fit?

Nope just had to trim the one air duct for the left side radiator in front of the driver side front wheel slightly and it fit right on.


I had the M sport originally so not sure if that helped.

[M3HNGRY]

$400 for headlights!?! You got a good deal!

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Originally Posted by M3HNGRY

$400 for headlights!?! You got a good deal!

Yea a guy was parting a 2018 and not sure he knew what they where bringing. But I have also seen The lights go up in pricing as of late.

I had the lights for about a year before I installed them as the price was to good to pass up.

[kevoncox]

Originally Posted by -c-

Yea a guy was parting a 2018 and not sure he knew what they where bringing. But I have also seen The lights go up in pricing as of late.

I had the lights for about a year before I installed them as the price was to good to pass up.

Hello,
What are the differences in the headlight? I didn't know anything had changed.

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Originally Posted by kevoncox

Hello,
What are the differences in the headlight? I didn't know anything had changed.

Their different in the way their wired. And internal boards.

Any headlights from 2014 to 2015 have one set of electronics in them and are wired differently than the 2016 to 2018...

It was a complexity reduction in boards and such in the newer LED headlights.

So if you are using 2014 or 2015 led headlights and trying to retrofit into a 2016 or newer they need to be wired differently and I'm not aware of that way.

This way is for the 2016 and newer and as long as your using 2016 or newer led headlights then it's a very simple plug a couple wires code and install the headlights and your done.

One person I guess had a miss match in years and had to rewire stuff.

If you go look at real oem . Com and look up the parts you'll see the additional pcb boards on the headlight. And the years ending and the new led year starting.

[kevoncox]

Originally Posted by -c-

Their different in the way their wired. And internal boards.

Any headlights from 2014 to 2015 have one set of electronics in them and are wired differently than the 2016 to 2018...

It was a complexity reduction in boards and such in the newer LED headlights.

So if you are using 2014 or 2015 led headlights and trying to retrofit into a 2016 or newer they need to be wired differently and I'm not aware of that way.

This way is for the 2016 and newer and as long as your using 2016 or newer led headlights then it's a very simple plug a couple wires code and install the headlights and your done.

One person I guess had a miss match in years and had to rewire stuff.

If you go look at real oem . Com and look up the parts you'll see the additional pcb boards on the headlight. And the years ending and the new led year starting.

Sorry. I was asking why would someone change 2014 headlights for 2016+. What's the difference (design,???)

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Originally Posted by kevoncox

Sorry. I was asking why would someone change 2014 headlights for 2016+. What's the difference (design,???)

The HID to LED. The visual design is the same between years but. You can't take a 2014-2015 led headlight and make it simply work in a 2016-2018 model year because of the wiring.

This is a HID to LED retrofit.

So this is if you want to retrofit LED into your HID equipped vehicle you need to source headlights that correspond to your vehicles generational year build.

Pre-electrical update and post electrical update.

[ENRIQUE HE]

what is the difference btw the OEM and retrofit?

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Originally Posted by ENRIQUE HE

what is the difference btw the OEM and retrofit?

What do you mean?

I went from HID to LED, that should be somewhat self explanatory.....


Their both OEM headlights. The led option gives me more options in lighting technology to play with and the looks of the led housing is sooooooooo much better than the HID design in my opinion anyway.

Looks $$$$

[blue dragon]

Originally Posted by -c-

What do you mean?

I went from HID to LED, that should be somewhat self explanatory.....


Their both OEM headlights. The led option gives me more options in lighting technology to play with and the looks of the led housing is sooooooooo much better than the HID design in my opinion anyway.

Looks $$$$

Thats because it was $$$$ when ordered new

[kevoncox]

Originally Posted by -c-

What do you mean?

I went from HID to LED, that should be somewhat self explanatory.....


Their both OEM headlights. The led option gives me more options in lighting technology to play with and the looks of the led housing is sooooooooo much better than the HID design in my opinion anyway.

Looks $$$$

Sorry nowhere in the post did it say you were going from HIDs to LEDs.

[blue dragon]

Originally Posted by kevoncox

Sorry nowhere in the post did it say you were going from HIDs to LEDs.

You are probably the only one who didn't understand what retrofit meant.

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Originally Posted by kevoncox

Sorry nowhere in the post did it say you were going from HIDs to LEDs.

Well in the US market all x5's came standard with HID's so in my main header I had "LED retrofit" so that was implying swapping the stock headlights with the Optional LED's.

I'm not a lawyer so I left much to the imagination I guess....



Man tough crowd!

[NYBulldog]

Hell of a find for that price. Awesome, would love to have these.

[The Libertine]

Nicely done!