Retrofitting Projectors and Angel Eyes on E90 LCI Halogen by Dominators

4/6/13
Tools required:
Dremel or Oscillating tool
Epoxy (liquid and putty)
Drill
Torx screw driver
Socket driver / wrench (8mm & 10mm)
Silicone based sealant (recommend black, but clear works well)
- Check the temperature rating of the silicone and make sure it is > 250
Items required for the retrofit:
Projector (FX-R or H1 Morimoto Mini*)
- I highly recommend minis because you dont have to modify the
reflector bowl. It was very hard modifying the bowl to fit the FX-R
Projector shroud with centric rings ( I used e46-r extended shrouds; you
should too if you go FX-R)
Angel Eyes (Umnitza Orion v2/v4)
Ballasts
HID bulbs (d2s or H1 depending on your projector)
Wiring Harness

DIY
1.) Remove the bumper:
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16992 Scroll through;
there are criticisms of the DIY that state two screws need to be removed on
each side of the bumper which were not listed on the original DIY.
2.) Remove the headlights:
http://www.speedstersource.com/INSTALL/BMW/HL_INSTALL_B3_E90.pd
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3.) Remove all bulbs.
4.)Cut the headlights open REFER TO
http://www.streetfire.net/video/clearing-a-new-body-style-
silverado-headlight_731685.htm
- To do this you must use your cutting tool at the LOWEST speed. This is
to avoid melting the plastic.
- You use the half circular saw if you use the oscillating tool or a
reinforced fiber cut off wheel if youre using a dremel.
- You should cut right at the SEAM where the black housing and the clear
lens meet.
- While cutting, cut slowly and carefully; do not rush and go to a faster
speed.
- You must not cut at the same spot for too long or else you will melt the
plastic.
- After cutting it, clean the cut areas with a knife making sure it is not
jagged or making sure it does not have any melted plastic left over.

5.) Once you have the head lights open, youre going to want to remove the
plastic angel eyes and all the trims if you wish to paint them. Make sure to
mask the high beam bowl if you do not wish to damage it.

-----FX R PROJECTOR INSTRUCTIONS --------
6.) After removing the items stated earlier, you must remove the halogen bowl
by unscrewing the two screws in the picture. Get a drill and turn the two
screws to the right to fully release the bowl from the aiming screws.

7.) After that, take your dremel and cut the areas of the projector as shown
- The reason we have to cut this is because unfortunately, the projector
does not fit without modification into a gutted halogen bowl.

8.) After cutting the projector, you are now going to dremel out the majority of
your halogen bowl until the projector will fit. Please take your time doing
this You dont want to have a loose projector because it will make it
VERY hard to aim the projector.
9.) This is a very crucial step and will be very hard to do by yourself. You need
to be quick in doing this and it depends completely on your epoxy puttys
cure time.
- Mix the epoxy putty to activate it and line the halogen bowl with it;
especially the top part.
- Youre going to want to put back the halogen bowl trim if you painted it.
Mask it with painters tape so you dont damage the paint job.
- At this moment, you have to put the halogen bowl back into the headlight
housing by lining up the aiming screws and turning the top with your drill
to the LEFT.
- After that, hurry and mount the headlight back into your bracket and
make SURE the projector is straight and not crooked. Were not trying
to aim the projector now, we just want to make sure it is straight and not
slanted; you can do that later with the aiming screw after the fact.
-----End FX-R PROJECTOR INSTRUCTIONS--------
FOR MORIMOTO MINI H1 INSTALL REFER TO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UMlUfBbc1M,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In0OaqEbk2w
10.) After that is completed, mount your shroud and assemble the headlight
back together minus the clear lens. At this point you have to mount the
angel eyes.
*PLEASE DO THIS AT YOUR DISCRETION; THIS IS JUST HOW I DID IT
AND DOES NOT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED IF YOU HAVE A BETTER
METHOD*
- Using an 11x / 9x ring set up will work well (Orion sizes)
- Epoxy the inner rings right on top of the highbeam. It should have very
good fitment.
- A note about epoxying. Do not apply the epoxy right away once you
activate it because itll still be a liquid mess. There should be a point
where the epoxy is viscous enough to work with.
- For the outer rings, you have to get styrene or plastic card and cement
them to the top of the Orion rings.
- Once youve done that, sand down the styrene until youre left with a
flat even surface.
- Epoxy that flat surface you created to the top of the headlights trim
(the grey housing trim).
WIRING
11.) Wiring the angel eyes Take the original angel eye wires and figure out
which side is positive and negative. Refer to the picture.
- The shape of the OEM angel eye power source is a a trapezoid and using
that information, use the picture to determine its polarity.
- Holding the connector with the longest side on the bottom with the
opening facing you, the LEFT is NEGATIVE while the RIGHT is
POSITIVE

12.) Solder the Orions wiring box wire to the OEM angel eye connectors.
13.) TAP the solenoid wires on the projector to the H7 high beam wire. Make
sure you do not accidently tap into the angel eye wire.


MAKE A NEW DUST COVER FOR THE LOWBEAM
14.) Since youre using a d2s or h1 connector, you need to take your
original low beam dust cover and dremel it all out and make a new dust
cover that will fit the HID adapter.
- I used tape to construct an enclosure and cut a star shaped thing to allow
the wires to run through
RESEALING THE LENS REFER TO http://www.streetfire.net/video/part-
ii-clearing-nnbs-headlights_731857.htm
15.) Take the headlight lens and make damn sure that it is clean and free of
finger prints then saran wrap the top of the lens to avoid damage.
16.) Seal up the headlights by putting silicone into the gaps that you cut.
Make sure everything is sealed and there are no holes. Reopening them is
easy once you have them siliconed; just take a knife and slice right through
it.
17.) After you seal it with silicone, clamp it or use weights or a rice bag on
each headlight to make sure theyre sealed properly.
18.) After headlight is sealed, get black tape and tape over the silicone (not
necessary, but I just did it to avoid tearing the silicone when remounting the
headlights).

SETTING UP YOUR HID SYSTEM
19.) Wire your HID wiring harness.
20.) Mount your ballasts accordingly so they can reach the wiring harness &
headlights.
21.) Connect everything and test your system.
AIMING YOUR NEW PROJECTORS
22.) Aim the headlights using the screws. The up/down screw is accessible
by just looking in the hood, but the left/right aiming screw has to be reached
from the hole in the fender. Its wide enough for a screw driver to fit
through.
23.) Refer to this aiming guide:
http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=464202