So you want brighter Angel Eyes you say?

[TerminatorX5]

X5SND - need your advise and/or help...

Here is another thread dealing with the headlights and I was wondering if you could shed some light onto the issue (no pun intended!!! lol)...

Do you have Adaptive headlights? If you do...
When you opened your headlights,

was there only ONE stepping motor for vertical light adjustment, or

was there two stepping motors, one for vertical and one for lateral adjustments?

WE need your expertise in this thread: http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...t-trouble.html

[X5SND]

^^ LOL. Yeah, thats one of the reasons I never bothered with the led AE bulbs.

Found this little gem to hopefully clarify the concept of flicker. My headlights only change color on the threshold of the cut off (going from above it, to below)....any position above or below it, they appear white like normal headlamps. The pictures in my previous post were taken deliberately to emphasize the color.

From ~15ft. moving vertically maybe 3" total.

[CarlJohnson]

Any particular reason you didn't remove the amber from the headlights when you had them split or just personal preference? I want to split my headlights on my 05 to remove the amber.

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by CarlJohnson

Any particular reason you didn't remove the amber from the headlights when you had them split or just personal preference? I want to split my headlights on my 05 to remove the amber.

Because its not like the pre-facelift models. It would look very unfinished without the amber lense.

I guess you could use chrome paint but not sure how it would look or how much light would show through when the turn signal/parking lights are used.

[Tanny]

in australia the facelight models dont have the amber in the headlight. Its just clear. Where the parker would be is our turn signal. Our AE is our parker light

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by Tanny

in australia the facelight models dont have the amber in the headlight. Its just clear. Where the parker would be is our turn signal. Our AE is our parker light

Yup. That's why people will kill to get a hold of what we call Euro headlights. I got lucky and bought mine used from a guy who was just selling his X and getting a new M3.

Of course, my X is now gone.

[Tanny]

oh i see, didnt really know the differences between euro and us spec.
this is a pic of mine

[TerminatorX5]

i wish i could go for the euro corners - but if my car is taken outside of the US and then brought back to the US, the Customs and border will NOT let the car back with the clear corners - so I have to live with it!!!

hahaha, that is my excuse not to spend couple $$Grand$$ on this mod!!!

[Turbo_Bimmer]

Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

i wish i could go for the euro corners - but if my car is taken outside of the US and then brought back to the US, the Customs and border will NOT let the car back with the clear corners - so I have to live with it!!!

hahaha, that is my excuse not to spend couple $$Grand$$ on this mod!!!

May be things changed, but last year I sold my canadian E46 to a US resident, and he imported it into US with clear corners, and clear side markers (fender). The only thing he had to change was the speedometer faceplate for mph.
But that was at a 'ground' border, not airport border though.

[X5SND]

Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

i wish i could go for the euro corners - but if my car is taken outside of the US and then brought back to the US, the Customs and border will NOT let the car back with the clear corners - so I have to live with it!!!

hahaha, that is my excuse not to spend couple $$Grand$$ on this mod!!!

The reason why you can just have the euro lights on an E53 and get it into north america, is because FMVSS (108 or 109...i cant recall) requires that it have amber front and red rear reflectors. I'm Sure you can see why this is a problem as our reflectors are incorporated into the headlamp housing itself. Now, You CAN get around this though by using the euro headlights in conjunction with a fender mounted reflector (like on the newer X models). As long as the reflector is marked with a SAE or DOT number you shouldn't have any issues.

Now your excuse is no longer valid.