EBay lights on a car that came with xenon's?

YoungBlood · 11-22-2016, 02:22 PM

Is it possible to use eBay lights on a 335i that came with adaptive xenon's. Long story short I've had nothing but issues with these adaptive headlights, and I'd like to just throw in a set of those eBay projectors. Is that even possible? Most sites say only works with non adaptive cars. Is the connector different? I have no problem coding out the adaptive lights and having fixed projectors, but if the harness doesn't work then I might just try to save my current OEM lights rather than splice crap together

noah.s · 11-24-2016, 12:47 PM

No splicing, they were plug and play on my 06 330i w/ adaptive xenons. You'll get the adaptive headlight error but that can be coded out of the VO.

YoungBlood · 11-24-2016, 02:16 PM

Really? Awesome! What headlights do you have?

noah.s · 11-24-2016, 04:38 PM

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Really? Awesome! What headlights do you have?

I have the rolling gears headlights.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/282107967625
If you want any pictures or have questions let me know

YoungBlood · 11-24-2016, 07:01 PM

Those are the exact ones I'm looking at, are they projectors?

noah.s · 11-24-2016, 08:26 PM

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Those are the exact ones I'm looking at, are they projectors?

Yes, the low beams are projectors. They come with halogen bulbs but you can do HID or LED. I have LED bulbs in mine.
If you look in this forum you'll find a couple of threads with good info and pictures about the rolling gears headlights. This is one of them:
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1214679

YoungBlood · 11-24-2016, 09:59 PM

Appreciate it! Can you post some pics? How ate the LEDs compared to hids

noah.s · 11-24-2016, 10:48 PM

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Appreciate it! Can you post some pics? How ate the LEDs compared to hids

If you look at the last few pages of that post you'll see my pictures. I can't upload them here at the moment. I can't compare directly to HIDs since I haven't had them. They are probably comparable in light output in these projectors but I would say the HID probably throw light a little farther.

ferocity02 · 11-25-2016, 12:04 AM

Any ebay lights seem like a downgrade from adaptive xenons... maybe not appearance wise, but definitely quality and function wise

YoungBlood · 11-25-2016, 12:31 AM

Yeah, but I've had mine stop functioning on me one to many times now. I'm over them

ferocity02 · 11-25-2016, 11:30 AM

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Yeah, but I've had mine stop functioning on me one to many times now. I'm over them

That makes sense. The cost to repair them is likely more than a new pair from ebay.

YoungBlood · 11-25-2016, 01:38 PM

Well, I believe they just need a new adaptive control module, but that's halfway to the cost of eBay lights, and if they need coding, that's more money.. Someone who can code BMWs could just fix the issue and have a perfect pair of lights, so I'll probably just sell them off a bit discounted

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noah.s Lieutenant 95 Rep 448 Posts Drives: 2011 335i M-Sport Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: FL iTrader: (0)	No splicing, they were plug and play on my 06 330i w/ adaptive xenons. You'll get the adaptive headlight error but that can be coded out of the VO.
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YoungBlood LongDongSilver 282 Rep 706 Posts Drives: e90 335i Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Utah iTrader: (2)	Really? Awesome! What headlights do you have?
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ferocity02 Colonel 564 Rep 2,085 Posts Drives: 2013 135is Join Date: May 2014 Location: USA iTrader: (8)	Any ebay lights seem like a downgrade from adaptive xenons... maybe not appearance wise, but definitely quality and function wise
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YoungBlood LongDongSilver 282 Rep 706 Posts Drives: e90 335i Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Utah iTrader: (2)	Well, I believe they just need a new adaptive control module, but that's halfway to the cost of eBay lights, and if they need coding, that's more money.. Someone who can code BMWs could just fix the issue and have a perfect pair of lights, so I'll probably just sell them off a bit discounted
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