Very cool idea of a quad projector. The one thing I didn't see you do is aligning the low beams and high beams. You've installed an extra projector, but I did not see you align it with the other projector before putting the headlight back together. Also I highly recommend upgrading to evox r2 if you go through the trouble of opening up the permeseal lens.
I have a 2001 525i built 10/2000 (just turned 100K miles) and I love my car just about as much as you love yours. Watching your videos reminded me of that fact. I've tried to be mindful of protecting as much of the electrical wiring (with additional electrical tape or plastic conduit) and replacing rubber/plastic parts that have been degraded from the heat of the engine or UV. I like to clean the underbody and tire wells with Tire and rim cleaner and use Simply Green(aircraft electrical safe) for cleaning the engine. I live in Florida and the sun has finally broken down the rubber/plastic trim lining the front and rear windscreens. I need to replace my oil pan gasket and have put it off for as long as I could given I'm not losing but 10 or 20 ml of oil in a month. I had purchase the rheingold BMW diagnostic software after rebuilding my ABS module only to continue to get the trifecta faults of the ABS/Brake/DSC. (The diagnostic software gave me certainty on the cause of that problem. My driver's rear ABS sensor had gone bad after being replaced 3 years earlier and testing the voltage/resistance through the ABS module 48-pin ? plug did not produce reliable readings. That rear driver's ABS sensor produces the speedometer and odometer readings. If I didn't have the option of ABS/DSC and didn't know how fast I was going, driving my car did not feel safe.) Love you videos, again. I think I'm going to do some videos about what I learned and what mistakes I made while attempting various repairs.
yes really enjoyed it! love my own e39's and will be watching all these series to the last to find out the end result :) this my one of the favourite models,apart of e34 too :)
Very nice, like all your other vids, I just bought an E39 myself and I can´t wait to do the Eoneon update; I even got the BC issue fix already for that head unit!! yeah
Mine is a manual 520 Touring from 01/ 2000, so hopefully the Ibus version that did not work for yours will do it for mine, will not purchase before I am sure 100% though...
Brilliant idea with that old Hella projector lens! absolutely BRILLIANT...but how about the distance from the high beam light source to the lens so as to give this a proper optical performance...One might to duplicate the distance by measuring the correspondent distance inside the new morimoto projector unit and then bend, cut what have you, the legs on that old hella lens holder to duplicate the morimoto optic as good as can be done "eyeballing". But what I missed was a performance test to show that the "new high beam" does what its supposed to!
The performance was not so good. It was mostly just for the look! Living and driving in the city and lit up highways, I was never able to have them on.
@@TheMomusCollection takes a great mind to admit ...and one day not too far all these Leibschusseln will all be scrap...until then lets have a little fun tinkering! thumbs up!
I thought you would credit your dog or introduce us. Maybe you have in another video. I have a 10/2000 525i coming up on 122K miles. I get a lot of inspiration for watching your videos. It makes taking on upgrading/maintaining my BMW a joy and a very doable reality..
@@TheMomusCollection Oh good I have skipped around on your videos and have not watched them chronologically so I just love your dog and I love your dog for reaching out to you in the video.
Great video. Getting ready to do this same thing to my 2001 facelifted 530i that i just converted to LED. But when you switch the high beam/DRL the LED in the reflector is obnoxiously too bright. Even when the daytime running lights are on. And at dusk it completely washes out the angel eyes. So i have to do this projector upgrade. Thanks for posting this.
Hello, the method shown in our video here, leads to a projector install from decorational purposes. It was purely for the look of a second lens. For a true quad projector setup, a second projector should be bought and installed, such as an Evo-x R. Good luck!
Mömus I really admire the way you conduct your videos, they are educational, fun, easy to understand. You will gain more subscribers with more contents. Good luck! And thanks again for your help. I wish to retrofit quad bi xenon but I am still researching on the wiring and preparing the list of parts. Currently having a face-lift e39 525i halogen headlights. Have a nice day ahead! Inspiring work indeed. Keep it up! I wish you success!
awesome.. just got another 540 and really want to get custom with them.. i have baked lights before but the dual project is very nice.. do you have a video of the headlights working? wish i knew about that adapter as well : /
@@TheMomusCollection oh great. Thank you very much. Also a biG Thank you for all the episodes. I’m doing my e39 up as well and your episodes have helped tremendously.
Heyho, can you explain real quick, how you finally got the old screen out of the perma sealed light. I have an e39 from 2003 with perma sealed screen and am pretty frustrated because nobody knows how to get them out :( Thaaaanks
Hi mate! I followed your thread on the e39-forum. Really nice what you did with your e39 ;-) Your headlight mod is really nice, but you could have get an iris shroud instead of the black plate. That would look 100% original, and it looks much better than oem with non projector high beam (in photoshop :-) ) I already retrofitted Hella Evox-R G4 projectors last year, but I'm thinking of putting an Hella Evox-R G5 projector instead of highbeam. Then I have Quadxenon and it looks completely original with iris shroud. Let's see what happens. In the e46-forum the first person did that headlight mod with quad lenses in 2008 and the car looks completely different (now I know why BMW did that for my BMW F10 ^-^)
Hi Atlin! Thanks for the kind words! This iris shroud would have made it more oem indeed, maybe something for next season? ;) The e46 community really does seem more open to these kind of mods, habe not seen many e39’s with quad projectors around yet. The Evox-R G5’s would indeed make a great upgrade. Good luck with your build and let me know how it goes!
Hi! It worked fine for the 1.5 years we owned the car. The next owner crashed the car and I don't know what happened since. I tried to buy it back afterwards and it was put together cheaply with pre face-lift headlights and other non original parts. Unfortunately I did not hear back even though there was an agreement. I think they brought it to the junkyard or something, I've lost track of it.
@@TheMomusCollection I consider making one myself But wanted to know if it’s still work with that automatically headlight adjuster where did you buy the xenon from ? thanks for your answer ! :)
How thick is the epoxy sheet you are using and also I have tried heating the light lens with a heat gun but it is not coming apart. How hot did you use the gun ?How can I separate the glass and the surround it is getting damaged
The acrylic for the shroud? I think it was about 3mm. As shown in the video, ours did not come apart either. The last year of production E39 headlights were permasealed, you will have to cut them open, with something like a Dremel.
@@TheMomusCollection yeah. i have a heat gun. i tried it on one headlight, came right off. but the second one. well, i did not manage to get it open. might be permasealed. gonna check tomorrow for manufacture dates. headlight could be swapped for another at some time. but i managed to change all headlight adjusters. even without dissasembling the one.
Hey man, what projector lens did you use for the high beam conversion? I’m going to try and get my hands on a set and do a dual HID bi-xenon setup for maximum lighting.
Hey man, would you mind getting in touch via the website: we have been working on putting together a nice quad projector headlight conversion package. It's not out yet, but love to share some infos with you: www.wearemomus.com/service/
Hey Rolf, I already asked you in the e39 forum but apparently you weren't there yet :) didn't you have any problems with the TÜV because of the highbeams lenses? I really love it and I think I am going to try it with my headlights too. What did you use for the black background behind the lenses?
I'd be surprised if the TüV cared about high beam. It's not an essential or rather it's not used when there is oncoming traffic, hence your dipped beam should be correct (so as not to blind others), but not the high beam as that is there to light up anything less any oncoming traffic.
I suspect the theory is all the more valid since there is no measure of the high beam either (as there is for correct offset and level of the dipped headlights). However, my understanding is that if they are present, then they must at least work i.e. come on, and in both cases, the modified high beams should pass. E.g. later added foglights must also work 'if present'. Many cars in the past didn't even have foglights... and passed. I would bet on no problems with the TüV.
That's what we did, when you do the conversion, make sure you convert the entire projector into the new headlight unit, not just the lens (as shown in the video, it does not spread the light properly without the entire projector).
Normally we sell these on www.WeAreMomus.com/car-parts-for-sale however they are currently sold out. Shoot us an email and we will let you know when they are back in!
@@iKeepITB that's just some heat resistant acrylic sheet that we had lying around. You should be able to find this in your local hardware shop. Good luck with your build!
