X5 DDE install ... with a different aproach

[cynicalwry]

Yesterday we did an X5. In the X5 world, people clear out their headlights when the bake them open for DDEs. The only problem is that the turn signal is very reflective. I personally think it's an eye soar. Here's an example.

As you can tell, it works somewhat well with the silver cars, but any other car and it's just too distracting.




For our install, we painted the turn signal gray/silver to give it a more neutral look. It reflects the amber enough to give off light, but it doesn't over power the whole headlight. We then used Silverstar bulbs for the turn signals.
Whudya think?

[cynicalwry]

[iop9000]

did you paint the bulb, or the reflector silver?

[cynicalwry]

We painted the reflector silver. The bulb is a silverstar bulb that blinks amber, but is silver on the outside.

[drex]

nice!

[FeelGoodUnInc]

looks awesome, wish i could do the same but i don't want to attempt doing it myself

[cynicalwry]

Originally Posted by FeelGoodUnInc

looks awesome, wish i could do the same but i don't want to attempt doing it myself

you can call Umnitza and see if he has any good installers in that area...

[FeelGoodUnInc]

Originally Posted by cynicalwry

you can call Umnitza and see if he has any good installers in that area...

is that the Umnitza # under your sig? i'll give that a shot, thanks..any idea on how much it may run?

[cynicalwry]

That's my number under my sig. Email me and I'll give you more details about the DDE install [email protected]

[lonestarBMW]

Email sent.