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Old 09-23-2017, 04:44 PM
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Angel ring brightness!

What led bulbs do you have in your angel lights to have very shine brightness? I have coded them with Carly to maximum! Small ring is bright...but big one is very dimmem! Is it that white plastic cable stick which can not to bring ligjt as it should?
Now I purchased chines led 200W kit...of course there is no 100W on each bulb...but I hope at least more than in these 80W together

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Old 09-23-2017, 08:03 PM
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This has been discussed many times...

But, on the pre-LCI trucks they used a light tube setup similar to the e39 5 series and e53 x5. It does not transfer light equally between the rings due to the shape and distance from the bulb each ring is.

There is NO way to get equally bright angel eye rings by just swapping a bulb. You will have to open up the headlights and do a retrofit of some sort. This is what I ended up doing on my E53. It looks amazing but is one of the hardest mods you will do.
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i read on another thread somewhere on here where someone slid an aftermarket halo ring directly behind the oem one and the combined light output made it look quite close to the LCI angel eyes. still a lot of messing about tho, opening up your headlamp and all that faff. maybe if/when you feel the need to replace the lens itself.
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i read on another thread somewhere on here where someone slid an aftermarket halo ring directly behind the oem one and the combined light output made it look quite close to the LCI angel eyes. still a lot of messing about tho, opening up your headlamp and all that faff. maybe if/when you feel the need to replace the lens itself.
That was me! It's a lot of work, but the only way to get even light output without doing an LCI headlight upgrade.
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