Depo Headlight angel eye bulb help!!

[Ricky Bobby]

I bought my rings which are similar in size to Depo's from this seller of Aliexpress:

You will need the 145mm semi-circle rings from this kit (full circle would be too tall for housing), but you will need to put a note to the seller that you would need the full-circle 120mm rings to complete the set, so 2 of each. Fernando can confirm for sure but I believe the diameter on the Depo low beam ring is 120mm.

2013 New Design BMW E46 Non Projector 126 SMD LED Angel Eyes Ring Angel Eyes kit - Nanjing Newsun Photoelectric Co.,Ltd

[razvangavan]

Thank you very much. You made my day!


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[powers1]

Hi Raz,
As Jay (RB) said ,the low beam full circle 120mm angel eye will replace the existing Depo Angel eye,perfectly.
The 145mm semi circle angel eye falls a bit short of the Depos high beam angel ring ,which is 150mm but is "passable",as it only falls short a little bit on top!
You will need to do some simple trimming with a dremmel ,to "seat" both rings properly and also trim for the wires to pass to the back of the headlight.Use some transparent epoxy heat glue ,like araldite, and you will be fine

[razvangavan]

Sure thing. I will post the pictures after i finish. I had the misfortune to order my new headlights online and they came with two different set of colours for the rings. My left headlight has white rings, the right one has yellow rings. I didn't have any way of returning them, so my best option is to replace the rings with something better in quality as in smd or ccfl...

[powers1]

Thats odd!two different colour bulbs!Where did you buy the headlights,online?

The Depos have 5 bulbs on low beam and 6 on high ,total 22 and these are the capless T5 286 1.2 W,which give you a the visible low light dots in daytime,which is the downside and why a lot of people want to replace them .

I have played around with different angel eye set ups on the Depos ,as I have a spare headlight and I have tried quite a lot of different set ups but still not happy with any.The fact that I cant find a 150mm semi-circle ring for the high beam created doubts on whether I should instal the rings on the back of the black cover or in place of the Depos!I bought and tested different size rings.The 150mm full circle ring is too high even when cutting the cover,while the 146mm semi-circle ring falls slightly short on top!

Rounding up ,Jay (RB) also done a lot of research on this and made a good find,which is CCFL kit for the Mitsubishi Lancer which has 146 and 120 mm rings ,the best available kit for the Depos,so far.
4pcs Excellent CCFL Angel Eyes kit For Mitsubishi Lancer 2008-2015 non projector | eBay

Good luck.

[razvangavan]

Finally solved the problem. I managed to find the rings locally.

This is the before and after pictures:

[powers1]

Originally Posted by razvangavan

Finally solved the problem. I managed to find the rings locally.

This is the before and after pictures:

Hi Raz,
Can you share more information on the rings you bought ,please?What size and how can others also buy?
Would be nice to see a pic of the whole front of the car
Cheers

[razvangavan]

I found a local dealer that sold me two 14,5cm incomplete rings and two 12 cm complete rings. They cost 50 eur here. I also had some bad luck because one of the big rings failed to light up and I have to wait until he sends me another one and havr to reopen the headlight. So, ar this moment I don't have a picture with the complete front but i will post it later. If someone from Europe needs the kit, I can provide the seller information.

[powers1]

It looks great!Nice job there
Did you just get the ccfl lamps or the complete angel eye ?From the pics ,it seems a perfect fit and the 145mm incomplete ring I tried previously ,wasnt
Please do share your seller contact and we look forward to receiving more pics.
Cheers!

[razvangavan]

I said earlier. They are ccfl complete rings. The 14.5 cm rings they will fit perfectly.