AngeliBright

[Yii]

i might believe even the cheap Ebay ones produce the same light just might have more issues with longevity or errors being thrown but i think they go for like 20 bux... lol.

I am not quite sure why the Angel Eyes on the x5 is so difficult to get to be bright. Maybe its cause theres 1 bulb illuminating 2 rings. Or maybe the rings aren't made to reflect the light as well as the e46? Btw your not talking about CCFL rings on the e46 right? just bulb changes?

[Rick27]

Good question Turbo. I'm curious whether anybody has the real answer (although I'm sure somebody in the forum does).

I've even seen others who have swapped out the headlights themselves for those with much brighter AEs, but while you can do that with 2000-2003 (I believe), you cannot with the 2006.

[Turbo_Bimmer]

Originally Posted by Yii

Btw your not talking about CCFL rings on the e46 right? just bulb changes?

I was referring to aftermarket angel eyes kits, not the OEM bulbs. There are several kits out there, but the ones I'm referring to are high intensity LEDs (Orion V2 is the name of the product).
Instead of feeding 12V to each ring, each ring is splitted in half electrically, and they have a control box that take 12V, and feed two 9V voltage regulators that go to each half ring. So, it's like powering each ring with 18V, which make them quite bright.

I was wondering if someone could apply the same technique to feed multiple high intensity LEDs in an OEM setup.

[Yii]

I know who can... There's only one mad man on this forum with the technology... the skills... the will.... wheres MRBmwx!?

[o. l. t.]

I used a chinese knockoff CCFL ring kit from ebay after I did my research and found out who everyone was using for a supplier for their CCFL's. $45 later I had Angel eyes and they have been awesome. They look just like the $200+ eyes from a particular vendor for some reason......... The transformers are a weak point, but they are also only $10 to replace down the road when they pop.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/E39-C...item53e8bdfede


DAYTIME.

[Rick27]

Looks good!

[wilkoturbo]

[CT_X5_Joe]

Mtec just came out with a v3.0 Angel Eyes for $199. Has anyone seen them?

[dkl]

I don't think it matters much how bright the light source is. The limitation appears to lie within the light guide technology used in the OEM rings.

[Yii]

^ that seems about right.... I dunno how they designed the Angel eyes but its not transferring 100% of the light forward so there's only so much of the light being caught and transferred forward to us =/ Not sure though i never really looked at the angel eye on the headlights. But if my V2's go out ill try to the v3's even though i bet there the same..