Installed the LUX H8 160s (PICS)

[the_ulf]

Originally Posted by ryanjoe13

Do you have any links to these LED fogs you are talking about? I'd be willing to give it a try. I have clear reflectors that I want to switch with the stock ambers. Would be nice to get that all done at once

i just googled H11 LED and plenty came up. check amazon. but since the back of the 'bulbs' are all different sizes and you need to stick the drivers somewhere i was just wondering if anyone else attempted it and if it's worth doing.

Originally Posted by m5james

There are si many variables as to why you didn't like HID in your E36...using a HID in a non-projector housing, ballast wattage of 35 or 55, bulb color, quality of ballast since you keep saying it took forever, etc. Your statement is so generalized and without detail.

granted, it was cheapo 55W 6000K kits that i just slung in there and the headlight units themselves were depos - i.e. rubbish - even the OEM 35W in my E46 and my E70 take a fair few seconds to warm up. if you drive around bendy forest roads back home from work at night you often end up switching your full beams on and off a whole lot and sometimes don't get to keep them on for any useful length of time. you'd still be better off with halogens or LEDs, if there are any on the market that would actually do the job. obviously the technology exists, whether it's being sold in a useful aftermarket kit that doesn't cost an arm and a leg is what i'd like to know.
as for the E36, i eventually put the OEM headlights back in and ran 4300K (55W) in the dipped beams and 80W halogens in the full beams. much more useful configuration and obviously much more desirable beam pattern.
(although i always wondered what HIRs would actually have been like but i never managed to get my hands on a pair of those)

[Socale39]

I think you are really reaching there. Why would they change the settings when they are comparing stock and LED in one film then LED and xenon on another....it would only make both comparisons brighter.

Either way I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this particular situation but also agree that photos can be deceptive unless exposure settings are the same.

Here's an example of my swap. Both images using same settings and taken within 5 minutes of each other

[Ozer]

Seeing how the x5 uses one bulb to illuminate both rings, if you look inside the lens you can see two holes that the light goes in from and illuminates the ring. Wouldn't these bulbs work better since they can reach the opening closer unlike a standard bulb can and in turn illuminate both rings the same intensity?

Anyone have this split style bulb installed?

[noelskii]

Originally Posted by Ozer

Seeing how the x5 uses one bulb to illuminate both rings, if you look inside the lens you can see two holes that the light goes in from and illuminates the ring. Wouldn't these bulbs work better since they can reach the opening closer unlike a standard bulb can and in turn illuminate both rings the same intensity?

Anyone have this split style bulb installed?

Try it out for us!

[Ozer]

Originally Posted by noelskii

Try it out for us!

I most likely will, just trying to see if anyone has already before i get them.

[m5james]

Any updates?

[m5james]

Ozer...

[Ozer]

I didn't buy them yet but I will soon and update

[gregg3gs]

Originally Posted by m5james

Any updates?

So far so good.
I like the brightness.

One thing that I do not like is:
- if you drive the car with the lights on, turn off ignition followed by lights, when you restart the car the lights will strobe until discharged or turned on

[m5james]

Before and after pics, stock in drivers side and aftermarket in passenger for a side-by-side, etc?

Edit - that updates question was meant for Ozer and the $25 bulbs vs the $200 LUX H8 bulbs we've already seen. For 1/4 the price I'll just buy an HID kit instead of the LUX.