Alright here are some pics of my BMW M5 HID Projector retro. Ballast and projector were taken from a 2001 BMW M5 and the bulbs are philips D2S










The Startup... They have the most color in this pic with the bulb just warming up

 

$? and was it easier than the ls450? that has been done? Looks nice how does it perform?

 

Looks great!!! Retrofitting is absolutely the best thing to do if you make the switch to HID's but not many guys do it because it can get expensive? Where'd you find the ballast and projector? Junk yard, ebay?

 

have not seen the ls450 retro one here... Is there a thread?

I actually bought a perfect set from a guy the switched to aftermarket ones in his M5. I picked both complete headlights up for 200.00 with balast. bulbs were bad though so i replaced with the philips. Cost like 75.00 off ebay

 

Performance is awesome! They are not bi-xenon so no brights with these but im a working on making a light bar for the front and mounting 4 7" lights. That will do well for the highs

 

is there anyway you could shed some light on whats nessary to do this cutting the housing and so forth

 

Man, I hate you..that looks great and way too good of a deal.ks

 

thats awesome!

 

dude that is PIMP
I really like those...I need to tear my lights back apart to fix my reflectors it would be a perfect time to do this....wish they had high and low beam tho....
some more info on the cutting or maybe a closer pic???

 

definately would be an awesome candidate for a DIY thread!

 

Alright I was doing good on taking pictures of everything durring the retro, but I slacked at the end so I have a good 60 or 70 % of some DIY shots. Post here or DIY forum?

 

I'm interested.

 

very nice. what temperature are the bulbs with the M5 setup?

EDIT: just realized this thread is nearly a year old. ugh.