2004 4.8iS angel eyes

[BimmerE38E53]

Hey guys just have a quick question. I recently purchased LED bulbs for my X5 and they're not very bright. What brand do you guys recommend? I was thinking of going with COB LEDs but since there's already rings inside the light I figured there was a bulb brand thats bright and looks good. Any suggestions?

[crystalworks]

None of them are going to be very bright if you are looking for the current gen (or even e70) type of brightness.

Unfortunately it's a limitation of the light tubes in our headlights... Only way to fix it is to bake open the headlights and retrofit aftermarket rings.

[BimmerE38E53]

Got it. Thank you.

[BabyCAP]

I agree with Crystal - but what you could try is to code your corner amber lamps off. IMO the angel eyes will pop just a bit more when the corner amber lamps are off. Coding should be easy and not very expensive. You can even do it remotely. Perhaps that will help just a bit. If you don't like it or feel unsafe you can code them back on.

If you decide to do this then I suggest you also make a list of the other options you want coded and get them all done at the same time.

[Ven]

considered this earlier, the highest wattage LED bulb I saw for Angel eyes for E53 or E83, is a meager 3W one.

I had concerns about light failure warning and adding resistor and resulting heat issue to consider the swap.

[kvc]

I put 15 watt LED's in place of the OEM halogens for the angel eye rings in my E53 and they certainly made a big difference. No more dull amber look, but a much brighter white light to the rings. They do stand out quite well in daylight and I now (as a matter of habit) simply turn the lights on to the first position (park lights) and use them as a daytime running light. I believe there are ways of wiring it up so they come on automatically or coding them as DRL's but for me, this is the simplest way...

[Ven]

Originally Posted by kvc

I put 15 watt LED's in place of the OEM halogens for the angel eye rings in my E53 and they certainly made a big difference. No more dull amber look, but a much brighter white light to the rings. They do stand out quite well in daylight and I now (as a matter of habit) simply turn the lights on to the first position (park lights) and use them as a daytime running light. I believe there are ways of wiring it up so they come on automatically or coding them as DRL's but for me, this is the simplest way...

kvc, can you please point me to the bulb and where you got it from? amazon, ebay etc?

[kvc]

Sorry Ven - gave you a bum-steer. They were in fact 20 watt and purchased off eBay about 4 months ago. Listing is no longer live, but I'm sure you'll be able to find other sellers offering something similar. Mine came with aluminum ballast resistors, with a nice heat-sink on the outside. I simply cable tied these to the excess wiring and slipped the whole mess inside the aperture where the OEM lights were. Here's the original listing info. Suggest you copy, paste and search on eBay.
20W Cree LED Angel Eye Halo Ring Marker Light For Bmw E39 E53 X5 E60 E61 E63 E87

[Ven]

Thanks kvc. will look into that. Any idea on cost?

[kvc]

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