clear taillights

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

speaking of this LED lights - has anyone tried to modify the coding line in the facelifted LCM coding to accomodate the LED lights?

The facelifted units have the Brake Distribution Force (BDF) signal that makes the lights flicker (separate from the Cold Monitoring flicker) and I was wondering, if activating that line in the programming code would eliminate the flickering...

just a theory, that i can not test...

I was going to test this line out when I got coded, my local contact who is also on this board has 2 kids though and just got his dvds and cable a few weeks back so I don't believe he is ready yet, he lives 10 mins away from me.

I was going to visit Slick in Brooklyn but he hasn't been on much lately and I just need his address so I can get an overview of how far he is from me (I think about an hour)

[mrbmwx5]

Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

speaking of this LED lights - has anyone tried to modify the coding line in the facelifted LCM coding to accomodate the LED lights?

The facelifted units have the Brake Distribution Force (BDF) signal that makes the lights flicker (separate from the Cold Monitoring flicker) and I was wondering, if activating that line in the programming code would eliminate the flickering...

just a theory, that i can not test...

I had done a lot of old fashion way by adding a pair of capacitors ...No more flickering or erro ..

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by X5SND

My search for lights has been a long frustrating road to say the least, as rear options are rather limited and hard to find....but here's my input.

The lights below, (distributed through Mars Performance out of Australia), are produced by a company called "Eagle Eyes Traffic Ind. Co Ltd, which bears an E-mark certificate (amongst others)....their E53 tails are also FMVSS 108 certified. So they appear (on paper at least) to have some quality behind them. As far as LED rears are concerned, these IMO, are the only option as I simply don't trust the quality of the Ebay units. Now obviously these are quite a bit more than their Ebay counterparts around the $320 - $350 range per set.



I contacted Mars regarding shipping to Canada, but have yet to hear back. I'm also waiting to hear back from Eagle Eyes to see if they have any North American distributors, or if the lights available directly from them in Taiwan. The e53 units aren't listed on their site, but ARE still available through MARS...making it a sourcing hassle. Regardless, if I don't hear anything back by early next week I'll get on the horn (instead of emailing) and get some definitive answers as I am also in need of some new lights!

Hey Spencer,

Just wondering did you ever hear any word back on these tails? I just saw their ebay listing and they are like 350 + almost 200 bucks shipping to N. America

I'll be honest with you I've had my ebay LED tail lights for almost 2 years and can vouch with the quality, no complaints here! If you want to save yourself a few hundred bucks I don't think you can go wrong with the ebay units, I bought from "zsracing" and they advertised as Philips LEDs but i'm sure most of the distributors are selling the same units.

[X5SND]

Jay, I totally Forgot about this thread...my memory is failing me in my old age!

I did hear back from Mars, and the factory color units (red w/ clear signal) are $339 AUD Plus another $140 AUD for shipping to Canada. I haven't received anything back from eagle eyes yet....and haven't had a chance to give them a shout. I did notice however, on some other light models eagle eyes produces that because they are a manufacturer, they require a minimum order of 50 units.

To be honest though, I'm hell bent on getting these particular ones because of the design. Tomorrow is a holiday up here so I should have some time to give eagle eyes a shout later tonight!

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by X5SND

Jay, I totally Forgot about this thread...my memory is failing me in my old age!

I did hear back from Mars, and the factory color units (red w/ clear signal) are $339 AUD Plus another $140 AUD for shipping to Canada. I haven't received anything back from eagle eyes yet....and haven't had a chance to give them a shout. I did notice however, on some other light models eagle eyes produces that because they are a manufacturer, they require a minimum order of 50 units.

To be honest though, I'm hell bent on getting these particular ones because of the design. Tomorrow is a holiday up here so I should have some time to give eagle eyes a shout later tonight!

500 Canadian dollars or so total, you are a wild man! You definitely will be unique my friend, I'll admit the tails are sexy as hell and very clean and OE looking, but too rich for my blood. If I didn't have my Sonar tails already and those were priced around 300-350 shipped, I'd probably bite for a set, just because I'm a huge fan of the clean design as well!

Let me know what you come up with very interested to see if you get them!

[blondboinsd]

Clear tail lights? 2002 called.. They want their trend back

[X5SND]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

500 Canadian dollars or so total, you are a wild man! You definitely will be unique my friend, I'll admit the tails are sexy as hell and very clean and OE looking, but too rich for my blood. If I didn't have my Sonar tails already and those were priced around 300-350 shipped, I'd probably bite for a set, just because I'm a huge fan of the clean design as well!

Let me know what you come up with very interested to see if you get them!

Yeah, it is a bit steep.....but, if you price out Oem replacements from ECS you're in and around the 550 mark ($160 per tail, $115 per inner hatch pc) --- so technically between the 2 options, the LED tails are the more 'economical' choice! Lol.

[SlickGT1]

I saw clear tails on an X5 yesterday. I threw up inside my car. I tried to throw up out the window, but it was closed. Now sitting here thinking of RICE tails again, I want to throw up, window is already open.

[Ricky Bobby]

we really should change the topic lol the only reason i bumped the thread is to see Spencer's outcome above with the Australian LED tails from down under lol

[Dark5yde]

I love my tinted clear tails....