What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[EODguy]

Just had a guy find another set of my rims. Have some rash but he wants 480.00 USD for all four.....

Just have to check for cracks and find a place to hide the spares from the wife.

[Happy]

Originally Posted by EODguy

Just had a guy find another set of my rims. Have some rash but he wants 480.00 USD for all four.....

Not bad, $120USD a wheel.

Originally Posted by EODguy

Just have to check for cracks and find a place to hide the spares from the wife.

Ya betta hide them well..!! Because if she finds them, a fresh batch of Dinuguan when you come up missing would silently reveal your demise!! LoL.. 🤣🤣🤣


E53 RiPPeR
XOuTPoST jUNkiE
ReVELaTiON 22:21

[EODguy]

Originally Posted by Happy

Not bad, $120USD a wheel.



Ya betta hide them well..!! Because if she finds them, a fresh batch of Dinuguan when you come up missing would silently reveal your demise!! LoL..


E53 RiPPeR
XOuTPoST jUNkiE
ReVELaTiON 22:21

At my age it'd probably be Lechon Kawali or maybe just a rolled up carpet

I already screwed up and said that I think that 1,600 USD per month was too much for Montessori schooling....

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[SoCalM5]

Oil change, German Auto Solutions DISA upgrade, wash/wax.
New to me as of a couple of weeks ago so I'm still making a 'to do' list.

[Serb404]

getting some new 6000k bulbs for my angel eyes that will match my low beams, updated my side markers to smoked dynamic turn signals

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by Serb404

getting some new 6000k bulbs for my angel eyes that will match my low beams, updated my side markers to smoked dynamic turn signals

Don't expect much from your angel eyes. I put 60 watt leds in and that was the highest wattage I could find and they really don't light up that much due to the way they were designed. The light is traveling through a plastic tube. I also put very bright leds in my fog lamps and programed those as DLRs. They are brighter than the headlights! I've also done the smoked side markers. They are much cleaner look IMHO.

[Serb404]

Originally Posted by Fifty150hs

Don't expect much from your angel eyes. I put 60 watt leds in and that was the highest wattage I could find and they really don't light up that much due to the way they were designed. The light is traveling through a plastic tube. I also put very bright leds in my fog lamps and programed those as DLRs. They are brighter than the headlights! I've also done the smoked side markers. They are much cleaner look IMHO.

Yes I know this already as my current ones that I updated in 2018 have a slight yellow tint, found these new ones for 15 bucks and will be full white, regardless I want both the low beam and angel eyes to be the same lumen, most likely my OCD kicking in. I love the smoked side markers, matches the weather trim perfectly imo

[andrewwynn]

FYI white is 5000-5500 both of which are far too blue for effective visibility. BMW knows what they are doing at 4300 gives you by far the best visibility to avoid driving into things. Maybe 20% better distance than 5000 and 30% better than 6000k.

I put 5000k in my e53 and instantly noticed the dramatic loss of visible range. Fortunately I still had 4300 high beams so at least in the country I had good visibility.

I've worked in illumination including aircraft landing lights for a couple of decades and do know what I'm talking about. One of the most powerful hand held lights it's called the maxabeam. They cost $2000 20 years ago no idea today anyhow you light up a tree with one and the entire tree will look as flat as wallpaper. You guessed it: 5000k. Use a 3000-4000k bulb in a less focused reflector and you can see the full depth of the tree.

Hint: when driving; the more 3d the better, the higher the K the worse 3d. 5000 does make the concrete jungle light up nice and white but turns it two dimensional unfortunately. It was very obvious when I kicked in my high beams on the e53. Instant 3d with high and back to 2d on low.

One of my first purchases on both my e53 and e70 were hid lamps and though I got 5000k to be more white with the e53 I learned my lesson and went with "see much better" with the e70 and 4300k. (Especially important since only one bulb for both high and low)

You have to decide: do you want to "look more annoying" to oncoming traffic with ≥ 5500 or "avoid more accidents" with ≤ 4300 but that's a choice everybody can pick on their own. At least be informed.

Apologies for being harsh but 6000k is good for nobody. They should be uninvented.

[nick325xit 5spd]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

FYI white is 5000-5500 both of which are far too blue for effective visibility. BMW knows what they are doing at 4300 gives you by far the best visibility to avoid driving into things. Maybe 20% better distance than 5000 and 30% better than 6000k.

I put 5000k in my e53 and instantly noticed the dramatic loss of visible range. Fortunately I still had 4300 high beams so at least in the country I had good visibility.

I've worked in illumination including aircraft landing lights for a couple of decades and do know what I'm talking about. One of the most powerful hand held lights it's called the maxabeam. They cost $2000 20 years ago no idea today anyhow you light up a tree with one and the entire tree will look as flat as wallpaper. You guessed it: 5000k. Use a 3000-4000k bulb in a less focused reflector and you can see the full depth of the tree.

Hint: when driving; the more 3d the better, the higher the K the worse 3d. 5000 does make the concrete jungle light up nice and white but turns it two dimensional unfortunately. It was very obvious when I kicked in my high beams on the e53. Instant 3d with high and back to 2d on low.

One of my first purchases on both my e53 and e70 were hid lamps and though I got 5000k to be more white with the e53 I learned my lesson and went with "see much better" with the e70 and 4300k. (Especially important since only one bulb for both high and low)

You have to decide: do you want to "look more annoying" to oncoming traffic with ≥ 5500 or "avoid more accidents" with ≤ 4300 but that's a choice everybody can pick on their own. At least be informed.

Apologies for being harsh but 6000k is good for nobody. They should be uninvented.

I mostly agree with this with the caveat that I think the CRI is a bigger issue than the temperature in terms of quality of vision. Xenon headlamps tend to have a pretty low CRI for a start, and the aftermarket bulbs with non-legal color temperatures are likely to be even lower. (It costs money to improve CRI, so price sensitive manufacturers of "off road use only" parts are even less likely to spend it.)

[andrewwynn]

CRI is import for sure but in real world testing just about nothing I'm nature likes to reflect light at 6k. Nature is yellow and brown and reflects like hell at 4300 but terrible at even 5000 much less higher. The white is pretty at 5000 and reflects white concrete pretty well but at the cost of depth perception. There's a world of difference between my 5000k of past and 4300 of current car.