Amen brother. I upgraded *ALL* the lights on my Ram 1500 to Morimoto - headlights, fog, nameplate, and tail - and it was the best upgrade ever made. My truck came with crappy halogens from factory.
Glad to see this vid. I was planning to do the D2S 5.0, but the M LED 2.0 is far superior. Thank you for the good info. On another note, looks like you’ll need to do a headliner repair vid soon.
Your demonstration of installation is terrific. I’d like to know more about the wiring. You seem to connect to both the low- and high-beam circuits. Could you show a wiring diagram? Do the gray boxes shown come packaged with the head light kits?
I'm almost certainly going to pull the trigger on this upgrade for my Mini H1's 6.0 on my 2010 Fit. I'm glad my car has huge headlights that I won't have to mod at all to do this install. I'm going to package them with the XB fog lights and have the complete set. Just have to wait for the Black Friday sale at The Retrofit Source at the end of November. Good job on the install!
And fast forward to today, the MLED 2.0s for me absolutely sucked. I hate LED lighting on my car, and the XB fogs only fit the refreshed Fit Sport and not my 2010. I'm old school with my HIDs, but I don't love the D2S 5.0s either and should have bought the G5-Rs instead. Oh well, live and learn...
you can use any bi-led project and use a bixenon h4 harness and that way you can connect the high beam on the projector very easy... I installed a bi-led projector in tahoe 2004 and now I have high beam on the projector and I was also able to switch on the normal high beam along with the projector's high beam more light than normal
one of the major things that irks the hell out of me with all these install videos in no one seems to cover in depth wiring guide on e46. I have a 2002 e46 great car. the original set up had bi-xenons. but the last owner yoinked up all the wiring with a crappy after market set of h1s. So now Im trying to rewire the whole thing back to stock to use bi-xenons and the profile hi led projector and have no idea what goes where. wires were spliced in here and there other connectors were not used and taped up. Very frustrating when you cant even find wiring diagrams that you dont have to be an electrical engineer to understand.
Shipped mine out to have them Done. I’m second guessing my order now that I think about it. If the led goes out. We’re pretty much screwed. Well have to reopen the headlight just to replace the unit.
Luckily the LED never goes out - most likely the LED drivers will go out and those are outside the housing and much easier to replace. If the LED somehow does die - at least you have a 5 yr warranty...
@@anonypersona3189 the company that did mines put them inside the headlights, they’ve also upgraded me to diode dynamic halos. Which has been flickering ever since I got them. I tried coding with so many programs nothing has seem to work. This is why I like doing things myself 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
My E46 had built-in OEM HID kit they are brighter but then when you pick up the the halos where it turns really bright I think I'm saying it wrong but anyways my halos are LEDs switchback which is bright real bright that was my upgrade and I watched somebody else on RUclips tell me about it you should try that too they're a little expensive it's less than $100 for them so when you turn right or you when you turn left it turns orange then when you going straight it's bright then I turned off my running lights I really don't need them my halos are bright enough for them
It's a shame not all auto manufacturers can't make their headlights this easy to open and modify. So many use permaseal to keep them together and hard to remove from the car.
Do not attempt this retrofit on headlights like spyder brands...they use that permaseal crap, not to mention they also use a carriage type holder for the projectors that come on it...you will never get these to work with it...trust me I learned the hard way..
Great install! I have been debating upgrading to this exact setup on my E46, however there is one type of photo or video I can't find. An above shot showing the distance differences between halogen and LED. Any way you can do that? I would really like to see how far these lights put light on the ground. Thank you in advance.
on your thumbnail picture there's a cool looking lip on front of your roof racks. have u got any more pictures of it to share? I'm looking to fit something similar on my touring e46xd. thanks!
@@HansGarage I just did this upgrade and ran into a problem. My stock car has Bosch/AL Bi-Xenons and I'm replacing them for the MLED 2.0's. I contacted the retrofit source, but they haven't replied yet. When I installed mine, the headlights automatically turn on with the ignition turned to position 2. I'm not sure how this is possible as I do not have running lights or automatic headlights - just a simple on/off switch, yet they come on while the switch is still in the off position. Do you think I may need to code Xenon's off and re-code the LCM for Halogens instead? I don't see people converting from Halogens to MLED's having this issue. I haven't really seen anyone convert Xenon's to LED's except for you so wondering if you had to re-code the LCM in any way.
@AnonyPersona oh no... so I had halogens, as stock then installed after market hid projectors, not oem xenon. Unfortunately, you cannot convert from oem xenon to MLED unless you figure out all the wiring individually and have to cut and splice... that's the only way... we normally I would not advise that...
@@HansGarage Shucks, I'll see if I can call them. Wiring seemed simple enough, 12V to LED ballast and 12V to shutter but perhaps I'm wrong. I bought them as the TRS website sells the MLED 2.0 with E46 Bosch/AL specific brackets to install them with, one would reasonably assume that it's a supported mod as TRS is selling them with the supporting accessories.
@AnonyPersona yea lowbeam 12v to ballast and highbeam to shutter. Simple concept but cutting and splicing usually isn't recommend unless you are skilled enough to do the job yourself.
Doesn't this have a direct fit to a h4 housing? Is it only secured with that lock ring at the back? Do I need an adaptor from h4 wiring harness? I got a fj cruiser and I'm wondering if I also have to do any of that drilling u did.
You have 2 options, one I did is the threaded lock ring and yes you have to drill if your housing hole is not big enough. Or you can use the mounting bracket that you can modify and use the mounting holes
Hey there- me again. So I've gone round and round with Morimoto getting the right items for this upgrade. Four wrong shipments and still waiting. There are no printed instructions included, but refer to a link on the product pages which I do not see anywhere. Managed to get what I have installed but I don't have a clue how to connect the halos to my DRL. I'm replacing H7s, btw. Thinking about coding out the DRL and just wiring them into the ignition.. is that too hack? Can you briefly tell me how you wired yours?
This is an awesome retrofit! I have a question though before I pull the trigger on these. My stock lights are h7 and have a two prong electrical connection, will the MLED 2.0's be compatible with that? I think they are three prong am i correct? Thanks!!!
Hey man, going to do the exact same om my e46 facelift. but im debating the morimoto xb highbeam. whats your opinion? and do you have the hi-lens on in your video?
@@HansGarage wow, i want to retrofit my car headlights(2017 chevy malibu) with M-LED2.0. Is manual leveling possible to adjust the height of the headlights while driving?
Question, is the housing sealed when you drilled on the reflector for the fan? Meaning the fan only circulates air within the housing? Can you run it for more than 8 hours without overheating? If its not sealed, then wouldn't you get moist in the lenses?
Still, these M LED 2.0's are 30W rated and the stock E46 wiring harness and LCM were designed for 35W load. Sure, you could go 50W since the engineers always build in a "safety" factor (upper threshold being around 55W) but you are almost doubling the designed load on the wiring harness, electronics, and bulb. People change the ballasts to use 50-55W, but do you change the bulb, wiring harness, and LCM too? Bulb sure, but some don't, and no one changes the wiring harness or LCM. It's certainly much, much worse on the electronics on the car. LED's are much more efficient than HID's and only require drivers and not high voltage ignitors/ballasts. So many people think they can just throw on 55W ballasts and bulbs and call it good without understanding what the true repercussions are.
Quick question I know this was uploaded a while ago, but how different would this upgrade be on a 2007 bmw 750 from stock headlights. Will I need anything else, or is it just a straight upgrade with everything included in the kit?
For your 2007 750, as for your low beam set up it will have factory HID system. Normally, we do not recommend to alter your factory HID system but it is possible for you to convert to our aftermarket projectors and HID kits or LED kits by removing all of your components and hardwiring everything back together. This requires you to open up your housing to replace your factory projectors if you prefer. Retrofit kit will have everything you need!
Its legal if you have factory HID's. If rules is the same in Denmark as in Norway (which im pretty sure it is) You only need auto height adjustable headlights for LEDs and auto height adjustable + washers/wipers on the lights for HID's
Bro, that's really not that bright. You should've sticked with the v.5s, but get a GOOD HID bulb and GOOD 55w ballast. The 55w kit is exactly two times brighter then same spec 35w HID, if you choose the correct pair of bulbs and ballasts. If you happened to use lets say Osram CBIs with 35w kit, going to a 55w Hella + NBL you will get twice the light. If you used lets say a random 35w ballast and a no-name or Morimoto bulb you could go even 3 or even 4 times brighter then before with 55w Hella and NBL. Get a 55w moded Hella Gen3 and Night Braker Lasers +200 and you will see for yourself. Then if you want nice highbeam, go with a proper set of F3 LEDs for high beam section. Those that you used are actually dimmer then the stock Halogen's, if you care to measure them with a LUX meter.
@@HansGarage I have not seen it all, but so far no factory LED can compare with best HIDs. Some day if i have money to throw away i will get a set, just for the fun. I dont think though you have seen NBLs with 55watt Hellas on a good set of projectors. Im not speaking of Morimoto or chinas G5.
@@McBright well more and more manufacturers are going the LED route and have prove to be just as good as a HID system but a 55W HID is over kill, manufacturers would use 35W HIDs but LEDs are the future and getting better every year so yeah LEDs are better
Thats why you have to adjust your beam pattern my friend. You see how clean the beam pattern is? You adjust them properly so that the line of light stays below on coming drivers eye level
These are not reflector headlights anymore. They have been retrofitted with projectors have a cutoff line so the light stays below the rearview mirrors when adjusted.
This is a fantastic video, thank you so much for making it so well. Not to mention the mod itself! You have outdone yourself sir
Amen brother. I upgraded *ALL* the lights on my Ram 1500 to Morimoto - headlights, fog, nameplate, and tail - and it was the best upgrade ever made. My truck came with crappy halogens from factory.
Thanks for this, hoping it’s still current with good products, desperately in need of an upgrade
I think it would be great if the price was affordable for me. Thanks again for sharing this with us.
Glad to see this vid. I was planning to do the D2S 5.0, but the M LED 2.0 is far superior. Thank you for the good info. On another note, looks like you’ll need to do a headliner repair vid soon.
Heeeheeee!!!
yasssss! I was eyeballing these for a while. thx for the review!
That's crazy bright, I am definitely doing those in my ram someday
Thanks for this. My ballast went out on my lights now and to replace the bbn ballasts is almost as much as this new kit...
Your demonstration of installation is terrific. I’d like to know more about the wiring. You seem to connect to both the low- and high-beam circuits. Could you show a wiring diagram? Do the gray boxes shown come packaged with the head light kits?
I'm almost certainly going to pull the trigger on this upgrade for my Mini H1's 6.0 on my 2010 Fit. I'm glad my car has huge headlights that I won't have to mod at all to do this install. I'm going to package them with the XB fog lights and have the complete set. Just have to wait for the Black Friday sale at The Retrofit Source at the end of November. Good job on the install!
And fast forward to today, the MLED 2.0s for me absolutely sucked. I hate LED lighting on my car, and the XB fogs only fit the refreshed Fit Sport and not my 2010. I'm old school with my HIDs, but I don't love the D2S 5.0s either and should have bought the G5-Rs instead. Oh well, live and learn...
Damn... so sorry to hear that... I'm still loving my mleds today... what went wrong for you?!?!
I bought auxito y13 LEDs for my E90 and 51 engine very bright very exciting there's no one else out there as bright as these you should try them
That was an incredible amount of effort but I know what I want now!
Very nice! Will be doing this to my 2010 Tahoe, it also has a dedicated low and hi beam bulbs. Just what I was looking for.
you can use any bi-led project and use a bixenon h4 harness and that way you can connect the high beam on the projector very easy...
I installed a bi-led projector in tahoe 2004 and now I have high beam on the projector and I was also able to switch on the normal high beam along with the projector's high beam more light than normal
one of the major things that irks the hell out of me with all these install videos in no one seems to cover in depth wiring guide on e46. I have a 2002 e46 great car. the original set up had bi-xenons. but the last owner yoinked up all the wiring with a crappy after market set of h1s. So now Im trying to rewire the whole thing back to stock to use bi-xenons and the profile hi led projector and have no idea what goes where. wires were spliced in here and there other connectors were not used and taped up. Very frustrating when you cant even find wiring diagrams that you dont have to be an electrical engineer to understand.
you need to aim those low beam a little bit higher....
hoo damn.. I really want these to!
Great video!
Thanks boo
Shipped mine out to have them
Done. I’m second guessing my order now that I think about it. If the led goes out. We’re pretty much screwed. Well have to reopen the headlight just to replace the unit.
Luckily the LED never goes out - most likely the LED drivers will go out and those are outside the housing and much easier to replace. If the LED somehow does die - at least you have a 5 yr warranty...
@@anonypersona3189 the company that did mines put them inside the headlights, they’ve also upgraded me to diode dynamic halos. Which has been flickering ever since I got them. I tried coding with so many programs nothing has seem to work. This is why I like doing things myself 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
My E46 had built-in OEM HID kit they are brighter but then when you pick up the the halos where it turns really bright I think I'm saying it wrong but anyways my halos are LEDs switchback which is bright real bright that was my upgrade and I watched somebody else on RUclips tell me about it you should try that too they're a little expensive it's less than $100 for them so when you turn right or you when you turn left it turns orange then when you going straight it's bright then I turned off my running lights I really don't need them my halos are bright enough for them
It's a shame not all auto manufacturers can't make their headlights this easy to open and modify. So many use permaseal to keep them together and hard to remove from the car.
Best part about 2002 330xi BMW is that their headlight lens are clip ons without permaseal 🤣🤣🤣
Do not attempt this retrofit on headlights like spyder brands...they use that permaseal crap, not to mention they also use a carriage type holder for the projectors that come on it...you will never get these to work with it...trust me I learned the hard way..
Sorry to hear that bud... hope you find a better set of headlights to work on
Great install! I have been debating upgrading to this exact setup on my E46, however there is one type of photo or video I can't find. An above shot showing the distance differences between halogen and LED. Any way you can do that? I would really like to see how far these lights put light on the ground. Thank you in advance.
Did you buy the optional splitter kit and did you buy the extended E46 R Shroud or the e46-R normal one?
on your thumbnail picture there's a cool looking lip on front of your roof racks. have u got any more pictures of it to share? I'm looking to fit something similar on my touring e46xd. thanks!
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How would the wiring process be for e46 already with bi-xenon
Wow
How do you compare this led kit to 35w xenon
Imagine had you installed 4 of these. 2 per headlight housing
Puahahaha over kill
@@HansGarage If you can would you ever upload such video
Of course
Then you'll blind astronauts on the I.S.S.
How you liking them now after a few years? I'm going to do this upgrade in a few weeks to the E46
Absolutely love them
@@HansGarage I just did this upgrade and ran into a problem. My stock car has Bosch/AL Bi-Xenons and I'm replacing them for the MLED 2.0's. I contacted the retrofit source, but they haven't replied yet. When I installed mine, the headlights automatically turn on with the ignition turned to position 2. I'm not sure how this is possible as I do not have running lights or automatic headlights - just a simple on/off switch, yet they come on while the switch is still in the off position.
Do you think I may need to code Xenon's off and re-code the LCM for Halogens instead? I don't see people converting from Halogens to MLED's having this issue. I haven't really seen anyone convert Xenon's to LED's except for you so wondering if you had to re-code the LCM in any way.
@AnonyPersona oh no... so I had halogens, as stock then installed after market hid projectors, not oem xenon. Unfortunately, you cannot convert from oem xenon to MLED unless you figure out all the wiring individually and have to cut and splice... that's the only way... we normally I would not advise that...
@@HansGarage Shucks, I'll see if I can call them. Wiring seemed simple enough, 12V to LED ballast and 12V to shutter but perhaps I'm wrong. I bought them as the TRS website sells the MLED 2.0 with E46 Bosch/AL specific brackets to install them with, one would reasonably assume that it's a supported mod as TRS is selling them with the supporting accessories.
@AnonyPersona yea lowbeam 12v to ballast and highbeam to shutter. Simple concept but cutting and splicing usually isn't recommend unless you are skilled enough to do the job yourself.
Which do you think will bre brighter 24300 lumens h4 led or mori biled
Doesn't this have a direct fit to a h4 housing? Is it only secured with that lock ring at the back? Do I need an adaptor from h4 wiring harness? I got a fj cruiser and I'm wondering if I also have to do any of that drilling u did.
You have 2 options, one I did is the threaded lock ring and yes you have to drill if your housing hole is not big enough. Or you can use the mounting bracket that you can modify and use the mounting holes
Not sure if you ever did your upgrade, but you have a better option with the FJ Cruiser in the Morimoto Super7 Bi-LED Headlights!
Does this kit works on e46 bi-xenon version?
Hey there- me again. So I've gone round and round with Morimoto getting the right items for this upgrade. Four wrong shipments and still waiting. There are no printed instructions included, but refer to a link on the product pages which I do not see anywhere. Managed to get what I have installed but I don't have a clue how to connect the halos to my DRL. I'm replacing H7s, btw. Thinking about coding out the DRL and just wiring them into the ignition.. is that too hack? Can you briefly tell me how you wired yours?
Oh the halos need XBT Bluetooth connector to get proper power source. You also need to connect XBT Bluetooth to your fusebox wire.
Hi, i know its been a long time since you posted this video but i need answer to this question😁 what size is e46 lens ?
Have you looked into upgrading the profile hi lens 2.0 for your high beam spot it's like double the output
Have em on right now hahaha huge difference
@@HansGarage So, are the profile hb better or the morimoto hb led lenses?
This is an awesome retrofit! I have a question though before I pull the trigger on these. My stock lights are h7 and have a two prong electrical connection, will the MLED 2.0's be compatible with that? I think they are three prong am i correct? Thanks!!!
What is your year make and model?
@@HansGarage i have a 2001 mercedes e320 base model halogen
How did you make the holes in the headlight assembly to mount the angel eyes?
Hey man, going to do the exact same om my e46 facelift. but im debating the morimoto xb highbeam. whats your opinion? and do you have the hi-lens on in your video?
Where did you get the shroud to go round the HID? I also have an e46.
Hi, do you think M-LED2.0 is brighter than D2S 5.0??
Yes, definitely
@@HansGarage wow, i want to retrofit my car headlights(2017 chevy malibu) with M-LED2.0.
Is manual leveling possible to adjust the height of the headlights while driving?
You mentioned a splitter for the LED Hi Lens but you didn't list it in your description above, is that splitter included with the projector?
Nope. Need to buy separately and you need to know the exact size
Can I get these for a 2001 325xi Wagon
Question, is the housing sealed when you drilled on the reflector for the fan? Meaning the fan only circulates air within the housing? Can you run it for more than 8 hours without overheating? If its not sealed, then wouldn't you get moist in the lenses?
Yes. Completely sealed. No moisture
But illegal in some countries now.
you haven't come across nhk iv plus from china.it's way ahead of mled2.0
But more failure rate
and only one year warranty and the morimoto has 5 year
But you only showed a video of 35w 5.0, and not 50w 😁
Still, these M LED 2.0's are 30W rated and the stock E46 wiring harness and LCM were designed for 35W load. Sure, you could go 50W since the engineers always build in a "safety" factor (upper threshold being around 55W) but you are almost doubling the designed load on the wiring harness, electronics, and bulb. People change the ballasts to use 50-55W, but do you change the bulb, wiring harness, and LCM too? Bulb sure, but some don't, and no one changes the wiring harness or LCM. It's certainly much, much worse on the electronics on the car. LED's are much more efficient than HID's and only require drivers and not high voltage ignitors/ballasts. So many people think they can just throw on 55W ballasts and bulbs and call it good without understanding what the true repercussions are.
Does the high beam splitter allow you to use both the MLED high beam and Hi-Lens high beam at the same time?
Yeah
I have a question for u about the projectors....can u put them in after market headlights?
They might be slightly different but also should be similar. I would assume they will fit but I cannot guarantee 100%
Quick question I know this was uploaded a while ago, but how different would this upgrade be on a 2007 bmw 750 from stock headlights.
Will I need anything else, or is it just a straight upgrade with everything included in the kit?
For your 2007 750, as for your low beam set up it will have factory HID system. Normally, we do not recommend to alter your factory HID system but it is possible for you to convert to our aftermarket projectors and HID kits or LED kits by removing all of your components and hardwiring everything back together. This requires you to open up your housing to replace your factory projectors if you prefer. Retrofit kit will have everything you need!
where can I get it
Detailed info in the description box
I already have some but there is one side that looks burnt and I would like to get them
Is the retrofit easier if you have factory hid? Do you still have to cut and drill?
Nope if you have factory hid you can just modify the mounting bracket. No drilling necessary :)
could you review for cheaper Bi-led for us!!!
Not legal in Denmark
Sorry to hear that....
yeah illegal here also
@@e36fanatics where ar
Its legal if you have factory HID's. If rules is the same in Denmark as in Norway (which im pretty sure it is) You only need auto height adjustable headlights for LEDs and auto height adjustable + washers/wipers on the lights for HID's
Lol why the hell would you do all that work to make it look ugly and aftermarket as fuck.
Really? You think it looks ugly? I LOVEEEE the way they look but most of all, I can see better at night.
Bro, that's really not that bright. You should've sticked with the v.5s, but get a GOOD HID bulb and GOOD 55w ballast.
The 55w kit is exactly two times brighter then same spec 35w HID, if you choose the correct pair of bulbs and ballasts. If you happened to use lets say Osram CBIs with 35w kit, going to a 55w Hella + NBL you will get twice the light.
If you used lets say a random 35w ballast and a no-name or Morimoto bulb you could go even 3 or even 4 times brighter then before with 55w Hella and NBL.
Get a 55w moded Hella Gen3 and Night Braker Lasers +200 and you will see for yourself.
Then if you want nice highbeam, go with a proper set of F3 LEDs for high beam section.
Those that you used are actually dimmer then the stock Halogen's, if you care to measure them with a LUX meter.
Bro, I've seen good 55w right next to these m led2s. They can't compete. You have to see these in person.
@@HansGarage I have not seen it all, but so far no factory LED can compare with best HIDs.
Some day if i have money to throw away i will get a set, just for the fun.
I dont think though you have seen NBLs with 55watt Hellas on a good set of projectors. Im not speaking of Morimoto or chinas G5.
@@McBright well more and more manufacturers are going the LED route and have prove to be just as good as a HID system but a 55W HID is over kill, manufacturers would use 35W HIDs but LEDs are the future and getting better every year so yeah LEDs are better
LEDs have completely supplanted HIDs in terms of luminosity.
@@FlexSZN23 and yet they still suck for automotive headlights.
You're blinding oncoming drivers.
Those lights are so bright you're blinding on coming drivers
Thats why you have to adjust your beam pattern my friend. You see how clean the beam pattern is? You adjust them properly so that the line of light stays below on coming drivers eye level
The whole point of a projector is to have super bright light without blinding people...
These are not reflector headlights anymore. They have been retrofitted with projectors have a cutoff line so the light stays below the rearview mirrors when adjusted.