Abused subject - Are these ebay headlights any good, and these angel eyes?

[m5james]

Originally Posted by Essam Khafagi

No I dont have them, I have OEM
search for simoncpw, he has them with the yellow angel eyes (like OEM)... You have the option to add CCFL instead when you order.

The ones in your link looks nice too.. I think they are the same

It might be a better deal w/ the ones you posted, but I like the corners of the ones I posted. Also, the DEPO ones don't have a dropdown option for CCFL, only halogen. I'll have to weigh all the options as replies come in. I'm still curious as to the brightness of the CCFL's, so i'll look around for Simon's posts.

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I love the Ebay one too but i guess they dont have one for RHD or is it adjustable like the DEPO one ??

[JT///MC]

I like the ebay ones. The reflector looks very similar in style to the facelifted OE lights. If I had the non-facelifted x5 then I would definitely get them! Go for it James!

[RPX5]

James, if you go with it, let me know how they work out!!!

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Originally Posted by RPX5

James, if you go with it, let me know how they work out!!!

+1

[RPX5]

Also, I should mention to you that I had an issue with similar DEPO lights and aftermarket ballasts from Umnitza. I kept getting error messages, tried a couple different ballasts but still no good. Luckily i was able to send back

[simoncpw]

Hey guys,

I believe the corner / reflector of the two are actually the same. It's just the lighting when the photos were taken, and there's a amber light bulb fitted in the ebay one while no light bulb in the other one.

see post 4 and 10 on this thread

Cheers.

[RichiRich]

The Corners are different and the housings themselves are completely different. The difference between these ebay ones and the cae's that MTX and I have are that yes the housing is the same......same company.......actually they are discontinued......the CAE's come with the HID ballasts and bulbs......wiring.....error delete if you do not have digital ballasts........for me or MT.....the good thing is if the housings shit the bed we could grab these for 187.00 and swap parts.....as for MT's HID not working that is a bad ballast or bulb or connections from the stock oem hid set up that he had.

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[dolphin_4_u]

Originally Posted by m5james

2001 2002 2003 BMW E53 X5 HALO PROJECTOR HEADLIGHTS BLK:eBay Motors (item 390071330175 end time Jul-24-09 11:27:06 PDT)

Hi m5James, I have these and they look really good, angel eyes are CCFL, high beam is very bright and I adapted OEM xenon to them so no error code there and they are brighter than my OEM were by the time I swapped them (meaning maybe OEM were brighter or as bright when new but not now) So go for them, no regrets here!

[Philly X5]

The only thing to consider is that the eBay ones dont have auto leveling...
I wonder if its possible to move the motor from the OEM lights to these eBay ones...anyone knows?