Installed the LUX H8 160s (PICS)

[Socale39]

^^^ yeah the OEM LEDs can't be beat but I'm not going to throw down $2k for a retrofit. I'll settle for my Lux 160s which I think look pretty good for just a bulb.

[JGard]

Originally Posted by blue dragon

I'm sorry to be the asshole to tell you that looks nothing like the OE corona rings

I know it, which I why I bought the cheap LEDs.

[m5james]

Why buy LED, even cheap LED when HID can be bought for even less and still be brighter than any LED out there? The housings don't melt like people mention from rumors, and H8 is a very common bulb.

https://youtu.be/kmINLRDf4tk

[the_ulf]

has anyone ever tried to replace the fog lamps/turning lights with LEDs?

[ryanjoe13]

Originally Posted by the_ulf

has anyone ever tried to replace the fog lamps/turning lights with LEDs?

I wanted to get HID fogs but then I realized that the foglights turn like you mentioned. Wonder if you can still install HIDs in that turning housing?

[jfoj]

I would not consider HID fogs for the E70 with the way the adaptive lighting works when turning and backing up.

I have a set of LED fogs out from an F15 X5. I am have an extra set of E70 fogs that I want to modify and install the F15 LED modules in.

Just when I will get around to it.

[ryanjoe13]

Originally Posted by Socale39

You can't base the look off pictures when it comes to lighting. So many components to the photo....lighting, shutter, etc. I doubt very much that the $40 Amazon specials look the same but I'd be willing to test if enough people were interested and you posted a link to what you purchased on Amazon.

Exactly right.

These LUX look very nice in person and the both the inside and outside halo rings are super sharp and defined, even in sunlight

I could not stand the stock piss yellow tinted angel eyes that you could barely see

[ryanjoe13]

Originally Posted by bmrboi2

Odd Question with changing over to the LED's...Will they fade in and out like the halogen bulbs or are they like an instant on/off?

they cannot fade. they flicker a couple times before cutting out. you have to code it to remove the flicker

[the_ulf]

Originally Posted by ryanjoe13

I wanted to get HID fogs but then I realized that the foglights turn like you mentioned. Wonder if you can still install HIDs in that turning housing?

i would't recommend HIDs for on-demand purposes. i was clever enough to install HID full beams in my E36 once. useless, they take too long to reach brightness (were wayyy too bright too, the reflective surface of traffic signs used to blind me) and chances are you have to switch them off again before they warmed up. you're just gonna wear out your burners. since the fogs on the E70 also come on while turning & reversing i'd only ever choose LEDs. i just wondered if anyone has done it (i think they're H11 on the pre-LCI models). there are plenty of units available at a vast range of price points on amazon. i'd just like to know which ones (if any) are worth going for. some claim 7200lm.

[Socale39]

Frankly I think those HID angel eyes in the video above look like crap. Way too bright, so much so that you can't even see the rings. Aside from the OEM LED coronas on later models, the Lux are the next best thing.