How to install LED Bulbs on a BMW E90 Halogen to LED headlight conversion:
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in this video I replace my H7 halogen headlight bulbs with Cree LED C6 Bulbs.
amzn.to/37mIgqp - link to the exact LED bulbs i have installed on my car
both high and low beam require its own set
both are H7 bulbs
these are a huge upgrade compared to the regular H7 halogen bulbs. The light output is better, driving at night is safer and looks a lot more modern as they replace the standard yellow bulbs
The hole that has been drilled through is for allowing the fan to have extra clearance and had been sealed off from the inside and outside of the cover (not captured on camera)
if you have any questions, do feel free to post them in the comments section and I will be more than happy to help
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What do you think of the LED headlight conversion? Let me know your thoughts?
Edit: 11 April 2019
- Removed LED bulbs in exchange for a 35w 6000k HID Kit : czcams.com/video/KoxQyOmxTcA/video.html
So you didn't program the computer huh, that's what happens.
We just tried to replace the factory light bulbs on our e90 328i low beams followed everyone's recommended procedure with the led holders and without the holders and we could not make the install. However, after viewing your video you were the only youtube video that showed in clear start to finish detail removal and install of the Led's process. So thank you for that.
Your Comment is greatly appreciated 😄
Water in headlight 😂😂😂
I can confirm it i have done that and there is humidity on the light :(
Hi Preshaan,
Nice job changing your headlights to LEDs from stock halogens.
I did recent headlight upgrade on my 2008 BMW 528i. I got them changed to LEDs from stock yellow halogens. Made a big difference in terms of brightness cause halogens have very less brightness. I had a choice to do HID(Xenons) but those headlights can be overly bright and dazzle other drivers. I chose to go with LEDs and they are still bright enough for night time driving. I did the low, high beams, and fog lights. I was required to use headlight load resistors to cancel out any warnings on my computer dash because of different current.
-Varun T
I changed from LED to HID and never looked back, HID lasted longer, more efficient, and clear light pattern
I'm buying a 320d this week. Also from durbs. Just checking the reviews. Seems to to be a good option
I would suggest going down the route of HID's its a much better option with a much better light output... I've had these LEDs for a few months before upgrading to HID's and its hasn't had any issues since installing them in 2019... But if you want to give it a try, you can do so🙏🏽
Greetings from Los Angeles! always enjoy watching your video, excellent work, thanks.
It seems ez and simple, but I am scare to attempt doing this myself.
Thank you for your kind words, i really appreciate it 🙏🏽
Go and buy led without those fans and with canbus. So they wont make mutant disco everytime you start your car or something. I have led angel eyes with canbus and i have never seen them flicker like stroboscope :D
Is it smaller in size so I don't have to have ventilation holes drilled out in the back cover?
Yeap
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Thank you, i will have a look to see if they're available in my area and give them a try👌🏼
Thank you for this bro, awesome.
Hi.
Are there any issues with this method of drilling the housing? For example, condensation on lens or water ingress. What is the climate like where you live?
Thanks
Hi there. I haven't had any major issues with this method. I have had the lenses getting cloudy as the lense got cold and the led bulbs does not generate as much heat as the regular halogen bulbs. Drilling through the backing cover is the only way for clearance for the bulb. I then covered it up with a piece of vinyl on each side. This prevents water getting in and any moisture forming. A more permanent solution is to shorten an aerosol spray paint cap and use a sealing silicon
What do you think ofc there will get water in and then the electronics will be f@cked seen it allot
Hi, please refer to the previous reply. Since adding the vinyl pieces to both the inside and outside of the drilled cover, nothing gets in, not even condensation or mist
Good job mate.
Thank you 👌🏼
Some new led bulbs have copper cooling ribs behind the bulb so it doesnt have fan. And if im right you can switch the Voltage control off with Carly software. So it wont show error and should remove the flickering also, when you turn on the ignition.
Thank you for sharing, with regards to the LED bulbs, I've removed them and gone with a 35w 6000k HID kit, i do need to look into getting the Carly adaptor and coding out the voltage control though👌🏼
I am having this issue with my Led. Can you explain to me more about what your comment says?
***IF YOU HAVE POJECTOR LIGHT CASE***
I bought the exact same LEDs some time ago and the OEM halogen bulbs are way better than a 3600LM LEDs.
You need at least 20,000LM for a good lighting on a projector headlight.
LEDs work perfect on reflector headlights. Projector headlight are not recommended. For Projector headlights, Xenon are the best way to go.
Thanks for your comments, as you said, xenons are perfect for projector headlights which I don't have. I've made my decision based on availability, affordability, instant lighting and the fact that out of all the bulbs I've tried, there's no errors that occur.
If you are talking about an HID kit, I am planning on trying out a set to see the difference between the LED and hid.
Preshaan Briglall Exactly.
BMW looks great by the way. Keep up the good work! Thanks for the videos.
Thank you, have a good day
Thanks for the hints....it was hard to reattach the bulb the clips, it took me awhile, but eventually I hooked them up. I think I made the whole too big on the plastic cover, I went with a two inch and should've used 1-3/4" drill bit. They really look white and bright, did you do the high beam too and what was your trick to attach the retainer spring on the bulb???
Thanks for the comment, i only drilled for the low beam as the high beam covers are big enough that no modification is needed, also because on how the headlight is designed, the high beam is much deeper in compared to the low beam... For attaching the clip, i inserted the silver bulb holder first and had that fastened down with the bulb retention clip, then pushed the bulb in completely... I hope this helps
Thank you 👌🏼
@@Realpreshaanb
Thanks for the prompt reply, I really did have a hard time with the retention clip as my bulbs didn't have the holder separately, it was part of the bulb itself. I got the "ice blue" ones, they look great!!
Thats great, glad i could be of assistance
You don’t have to plug them in? I just got a pair but I couldn’t connect them to the actual plug that’s connected to the car any idea?
Yes you do have to plug them in, please explain as to why you couldn't connect them to the car?
Amazon link is broken. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for letting me know, i will look into it 🙏🏼
amzn.to/37mIgqp new link to C6 LED bulbs
Will this work for 2006 e90? Thank you in advance
Yes it will, my car is a 2006 e90 320d, just be sure that the wattage is more or less the same as your oem bulbs, & bear in mind that not all cars are the same so it you may need to have a canbus canceller installed to the bulb to prevent errors... Although the ones that I've installed didn't give any errors at all until the bulb gave out👌🏼
I hope this helps you 🙏🏽
From what year is your E90 mines look very different
Its a 2006 M-Sport
@@Realpreshaanb thx
Nice guide Mate, I'm just concern with the lights cut out. Is the dim light not causing any dazzle on opposite Cars?
Good point, from the time i had it, i never encountered any problem with the opposite traffic, if I thought i were going to affect drivers while using both low and high beam, i would drop the level of the headlights using the level control inside the car... P.S, as of March 2019 i removed the LED bulbs from the low beam in favour of 35w 6000k HID kit... Much better light output and perfect cut line in terms of light output
@@Realpreshaanb cool, I actually have an HID with my 2001 celica reason I'm looking an option for the bmw as I'm used to awesome light output. Any chance you can share the link as I own the 2009 3 series and looking for options with regards to bulb. You located in UK Mate.?
Sure thing, I'll link the video where i installed the hid kit on my car, you can have a look at my lighting setup and see if its something you'd consider, czcams.com/video/KoxQyOmxTcA/video.html
I'm located in Durban, South Africa buddy
Good video. Are these just plug and play? No need for a projector or any other hardware besides the bulbs?
Andrew Castro absolutely plug and play, not additional hardware needed... Light output is much better than regular halogen bulbs. And has a longer lifespan than halogens
Love your videos man... Easy... Step by step... Keep it up 👌🏽
thank you for the kind words, much appreciated
@@Realpreshaanb Howsit man just wanted to find out... When the c6 is installed... Do the lights still focus n dip on its own when you switch them on?
@@reilangovender5802 yes it does👌🏼
Hi, I'm unble to adjust my E90 helogen lights upwards at the white adjuster screw. Is there a way that I can replace that adjuster screw.
There is a way to have the adjuster replaced which involves removing the headlight off the car, and having the lenses removed so you can have access to the components behind them
Hi did you have any errors on dashboard? They produce normal light but i have error on dashbord and iDrive, the car is facelift version. The bulbs are 25w each
Hi i do not have any errors in the dashboard as they work as a direct replacement for the 35w halogen bulbs. To ensure that no errors occur. The wattage must correspond with the original parts that you have replaced
Preshaan Briglall thanks for the answer. I think 35 w will do the trick
35w is your best and safest bet... It does allow at least 1 or 2w difference as this is nothing that the frm module cant handle... Too high wattage will result in a warning which would cause premature failure of the module, same goes for too low wattage, the module will think that the bulb isn't working
Thanks. Nice video. I bought mine yesterday and will be installing them over the weekend. I'm not sure with the drilling part though. I don't have the equipment. On the box of the led lights, its written that I must disconnect the battery cathode before installation. Is this necessary?.
Thanks for the comment... Because of the size of the bulb you will need to drill through the cover for clearance. Otherwise the cover wont close at all... You do not need to disconnect the battery because you are essentially replacing your bulb. Should you have any further questions, do feel free to contact me
Thanks.
Do you have any videos on how to change the day running lights on an e90 2011 model?.
Video coming soon covering this topic
Ok cool, but how did you get rid of the burn out light indicator?
These are appropriate wattage as per OEM spec, there will not be any errors if you replace any bulb with OEM wattages
Que tipo de led pusiste.. o que marca es 👀
Las bombillas LED son de tipo C6 LED, el enlace se encuentra en la descripción del video (Translated via Google)
Are these legal, I need to upgrade my lights not sure if this is legal in CPT
Skip these and go for HID's
What model BMW was that? Im impressed that there were no errors for the bulb.
Its a 2006 E90 320d. I recently removed the LED on the low beam and replaced with HID, also no errors
@@Realpreshaanb Thank you for the response. Nice video. Appreciated!
Its a pleasure 🙏🏼
Hello. With these led lamps gives you the lightning bulb error?
Hi these LED bulbs don't give me any errors unless the bulb fails, as would a regular halogen bulb👌🏼
Jai bharat, jai hind
Hello, did your headlight have a shiny cap on beside the halogen lightbulb? I think its apart of the headlight... did you remove yours? how?
Hi, I'm not sure as to which shiny cap you're referring to
what is the clamping unit did you use? can you link it pls? i have the same problem with the LED i bought.
Hi, the C6 LED kit that is used, comes with the H7 mounting bracket, as this fits directly into the headlight housing as an original halogen bulb would, thereafter the LED bulb slots in
Didnt see you attach power to either bulb
I installed 36w led bulbs into BMW 320d and got error code.
Which type of LED bulbs did you install, and also does the bulb have a canbus error canceller built in... Also take into consideration that not all vehicles are the same, some may have a higher resistance to different wattage of bulbs than others
@@Realpreshaanb the packaging and bulbs are identical to the ones you installed. I was running Osram night breakers which are 55w before I put the LED's in. Don't know if the computer would detect the change in wattage and read it as a faulty bulb.
Most probably that is what it is doing... I would recommend try a different brand bulb which would agree to your car, like i said, each car is different, some cars my agree with the bulb change, some might not. Worst case is to get a canbus module to cancel the error or have the bulb warning coded out of the vehicle but at that point, it won't notify you if a bulb goes out
thank u very much
You're welcome
Hi does it give you warning on ur cluster
No errors with these bulbs, not sure on any other bulbs that are available
Dont u get error with these led's???
No I did not. Only if the bulb failed, then an error came up
Is it monsoon proof ? I live in luton
That cover is a ballache to get on
how well do you feel the light fixture seals against the headlight enclosure? wondering if you can expect a lot of moisture to build up in the headlight enclosure
If you don't put any sort of protection over the exposed hole in the headlight bulb cover, there would be some Moisture build up, which is why apart from the light output being not bright enough, that I've gone with an HID xenon conversion kit
Ofcourse you will get moisture because you drilled a massive hole in the rubber seal. Did you think that rubber gasket was there as a joke?
Did you have any issues with footwell after installing led?
No issues at all... Even after upgrading to HID👌🏼
Do you have a link to the website you bought the lights from?
Christopher Ledesma i had bought these locally from a rep in my area. I will find a link to these exact bulbs or equivalent substitutes to these and will link them in the description box
Did your dashboard say wtf r these or na?
Nope, no errors at all, if you match the wattage that is required, there's no problem
On 3:20 Where u got the clamp to hold the bulb in place?
Hi, thanks for your comment... The silver clamp in question comes with the C6 LED kit as standard...
How u fixed the flickering problem?
You have to code the flickering out, its a system bulb check
Why LED instead of HID? Is it LED safer? Or just better.
LED is faster to install, does not need to warm up once turned on, runs cooler and a bit cheaper than HID
Thanks, which one you would say is brighter? LED or HID?
I haven't done a direct comparison of HID compared to LED, i do plan on doing so in the future
Don`t use HID Kit in reflector headlight. Led bulbs are kinda eye friendly when using with reflector(don`t blind other drivers)
I currently have LED bulbs in my headlights and HID in my foglights
why did they flicker so much
BMW Bulb check
Hey man did u get any fualt codes on the dash
No errors buddy, only when the bulb gave out👌🏼
Were u from bro think i saw a gp plates lol
I'm from Durban bro 😅
@@Realpreshaanb i have mine in highband lows but i get high beam error light now any ideas y
@@Realpreshaanb aweeee im from Capetown
I have a 2011 328i xdrive coupe. The drivers side halo's are out and also the high and low beam. The turn single still works. Is it one bulb that runs everything or do the halo rings and high and low beam use a different bulb?
They all take a seperate bulb, unless you have xenons, then your high and low beam should be on one bulb, and your halos will be a different bulb
The inner lining of the headlight reads BMW dynamic xenon ds1
Is it possible to DM me on Instagram, I'll be able to see exactly what you have and a way forward 🙏🏼
I dont have Instagram, sorry. Thanks for the help though. I'm slowing starting to figure out what's going on with it. But still not even sure if those are the stock headlights or aftermarket
I'm pretty sure they're OEM, because some did some with the dynamic xenon headlights
bra I like your videos, this is a cheap way but it has a disadvantage, blinds fellow drivers because of it reflect on the cup so it doesn't have the same set up as xenon
Thats why i changed from LED to HID and never had a problem with oncoming traffic
Preshaan Briglall will try it on my X3 it a 2008 M Sport 3.0 si
@@Realpreshaanb you dont have these anymore?
@@rainmouse2 no i don't, i have these now
czcams.com/video/KoxQyOmxTcA/video.html
Do u have to make hole ??
Yes you do so you can have the clearance, without which you won't be able to close the cover and water Will start getting into the headlight
Just bought some LED bulbs! Going to try this on my e90. As far as cutting the holes for the fan, where did you measure it before cutting?
Ive measured the center point of the cover and trimmed from there
Hello , my h7 bulbs are 55W each. Will I see error headlights codes on OBD if I use led headlights of 35W (OR 40W) each ?
35w is the correct wattage of the halogen bulbs, you should have no errors if you use the 35w bulbs. I haven't tried anything higher than 35w to see if they give off any errors but from past experience anything over 35w will, in most cases, give errors
Preshaan Briglall thanks for your fast feedback . I ordered 40W bulb each , I Will make a feedback if there is an error message after installation.
All the best on the installation... Will hear from you soon
I already ordered led bulbs from ali , what I orderer is 80w it says is not canbus free, If I need how can I cancel the error from the dashboard? I have bimmercode obd! Thx
@duducs1000 I'm not sure about bimmercode, i use Bimmergeeks ProTool. Essentially the process should be the same czcams.com/video/6BD15lF7fXs/video.html
Howsit man... Is "welcome lights" possible on 08' 320d?
Welcome lights are mostly associated with the automatic headlights option, if your vehicle has that, then welcome lights would be a preinstalled feature
@@Realpreshaanb thanks bru
Hello dear, I recently installed the led bulb on my e90 low beam, everything work properly, but my car alert me that the low left and right beam malfunction, can you help me please?
Please advise as to what wattage are the bulbs that you have installed, ot could br as well that the canceller isn't working properly
( H7 LED Lamp Super Bright 12 3030SMD Car Fog Lights 12V 24V 6000K White Driving Running Led H7 Bulbs for Auto Automotive) this is the discription of the product that i bought and it’s arround 5W
@@charbelabousejaan4397 thats most likely the cause, it maybe working, but the wattage is too low, it must match up to the OEM bulb specs of 36 - 55watt
Preshaan Briglall okay thank you so much, and one more question if it’s have side effect if the wattage is too low?
It will keep throwing errors and eventually damage your FRM (that's the main module that controls all your lights, windows, and other things)
Do they come with the h7 adapter things
Yes they do
How have they held up the past two years?
@@stilesviii2979 the high beams haven't given me any troubles since installation, however I've changed my low beam from LED to HID which works much better
My lights are shining everywhere now .. I think gotta change adjust it
+alister varden yes. Please ensure that your bulbs are currently fitted and that your headlights are adjusted
Your angel eyes projector is stock ?
Hi, i currently have non projector angel eye headlights from a 2009 lci e90, the projectors are on the xenon headlights which i wish i had😅
You will get allot of dust in the headlight because of that drilled cap ..
You didn't have to ruin oem design.
I have led bulbs brighter than c6 and their base/ fan length is only .98inches.
could you please post the link of your C6 LED kit, thanks
6:00 is that high or low beam?
That will be high beam.
Preshaan Briglall can you show us a clearer picture with low beam pattern on a wall please?
I can show you pics of low beam, and high beam while driving, DM me on Instagram @realpreshaanb
Does C6 led bulb fits to my 2008 328i? Thank you
Yes it will, its a replacement for halogen bulbs, however if you find that you need more clearance for the bulb then you would need to make some modifications to the rear covers
ai distrus farul....in maxim o lună e plin de praf si murdar....cum să dai gaură in capacul de etansare???
Permiteți-mi să răspund în limba dvs. pentru a înțelege mai bine. Dacă ați fi citit comentariile și descrierea, ați fi văzut că am sigilat capacele care nu au fost prezentate în videoclip. În plus, am înlocuit becurile LED cu un kit HID și în acel videoclip veți vedea clar farurile mele într-o stare excelentă. Vă rog să vă documentați înainte de a comenta lucruri nesăbuite sub videoclipurile mele. Vă mulțumesc. (Translated VIA Google)
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That engine sounds very rough.
Its normal for M47