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

[semcoinc]

Originally Posted by X53Jay4.8is

Give us the lead an where one can acquire such nice license plate LEDs???

I have used these for both interior and exterior festoon applications on my E53 and am very pleased with the pure white light

http://www.ebay.com/itm/381780610222



Some expansion of one of the pins in the bulb holder may be necessary and I was OK with that.

Mike

[OrangeFurious]

Originally Posted by semcoinc

I have used these for both interior and exterior festoon applications on my E53 and am very pleased with the pure white light

10X 6000K 42MM Festoon White COB LED Map/Dome Interior Lights Bulbs 578 211-2 US | eBay



Some expansion of one of the pins in the bulb holder may be necessary and I was OK with that.

Mike

I used the same kit with great results for my interior and plate lights, plus a few other LEDs for the puddles. Funny enough I had to compress the pins, not expand, to get everything to fit. For the interior I really like the overhead lighting effect, but the foot wells are a bit too bright IMO. I'll eventually swap those to dimmer red bulbs which I think will be a nice combo on a red truck and lower the clinical brightness I'm getting now.

On a related note, I just ordered LED backup and fog lights. Will post some details once I see how the install goes.

[crystalworks]

I am using an interior kit and am mostly pleased with the results. The overhead light has an LED that flickers that I have been meaning to replace. I have to say though that the 36mm ones I just put in my license plate lights are worlds brighter than the festoons (even the larger ones) that I got in my interior kit.

I am going to try some more of the same company's LEDs and see if they are as good as these.

[X53Jay4.8is]

Originally Posted by OrangeFurious

I used the same kit with great results for my interior and plate lights, plus a few other LEDs for the puddles. Funny enough I had to compress the pins, not expand, to get everything to fit. For the interior I really like the overhead lighting effect, but the foot wells are a bit too bright IMO. I'll eventually swap those to dimmer red bulbs which I think will be a nice combo on a red truck and lower the clinical brightness I'm getting now.

On a related note, I just ordered LED backup and fog lights. Will post some details once I see how the install goes.

Orangefurious can you provide a link of the specific leds that you used for the puddle lamps? Did you have to use a resistor in the circuit to make them function correctly?

Regards,

Jay

[semcoinc]

Personally, I'm rather fond of the clinical white brightness but that's just me being me.

I also used T10 LEDs in my center overhead fixtures and really like that as well.

I got one mirror puddle light to accept a T10 but haven't yet figured out why the driver side mirror won't accept a T10 LED

Mike

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by semcoinc

Personally, I'm rather fond of the clinical white brightness but that's just me being me.

I also used T10 LEDs in my center overhead fixtures and really like that as well.

I got one mirror puddle light to accept a T10 but haven't yet figured out why the driver side mirror won't accept a T10 LED

Mike

So are my wife and I. And not just in our cars either. Our ENTIRE house has been converted to 4300k-5000k LED bulbs. If it's "soft white" (3000k) we want it gone.

[X53Jay4.8is]

Originally Posted by semcoinc

Personally, I'm rather fond of the clinical white brightness but that's just me being me.

I also used T10 LEDs in my center overhead fixtures and really like that as well.

I got one mirror puddle light to accept a T10 but haven't yet figured out why the driver side mirror won't accept a T10 LED

Mike

A resistor in each puddle lamp will probably be needed to get the driver side LED bulb T10 working correctly.

[semcoinc]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

So are my wife and I. And not just in our cars either. Our ENTIRE house has been converted to 4300k-5000k LED bulbs. If it's "soft white" (3000k) we want it gone.

Likewise

And a great efficiency choice as well.

PS: The other day I installed these in all my rear tail lamp positions (got the 1157 version for the brake lamp bulb) and also my backup lights.

Loving the full brightness and NO bulb out triggers!



https://www.aliexpress.com/item/TC-X...790337152.html

I have an account with them so I didn't pay that price but they are awesome in my view and I've tried a lot of LED 1156 and 1157 candidates.

I will try to upload an actual night pic. Here it is:



Mike

[bcredliner]

Rebuilt the rear suspension. Since my X5 has always been in Texas there is no corrosion. All the bolts came loose with no trouble.

Replaced the transmission wiring harness due to erratic shifting- problem solved.

[semcoinc]

Discovered a passenger side drive axle boot failure just after passing 100K miles.

Ordered drive axles and front suspension components because my SOP is "Touch It Once", so I'll use the drive axles as an excuse to refresh all the ball joints, tie rod ends and install PU bushings in the tension strut.

AT 100K miles, those pieces don't owe me anything

PB Blasted everything tonight.

Evenings this week I'll disassemble the passenger side in preparation for installing the parts as they get here. Will make the weekend work a little less.

Mike