Angel Eye Bulbs - suggestions please...
 

Hi All,

I searched but did not find any substantially good answers. I have been screwed previously buying LED Angel Eyes on Amazon without too much research - never again.

I am willing to pay more for proper bulbs that you can SEE DURING THE DAY (not these 3W - 5W weak lights that you only see at night - already wasted $50). I want to know from you E53 X5 OWNERS...please post your bulb suggestions and please, if you can, post a pic of your front end with the Angel Eyes ON DURING THE DAY.

Love this forum - saved my tush more than once :thumbup:

Thanks so much!! ~ Joey

You're not going to find much better than those if you go with stock replacement type bulbs - LED or not. Even the 10W will be weak. The ywill be brighter yes but none of them are going to be bright as the new BMWs.

The design of the way the angel eyes work in the E53 is not that great.

You will have to do major mods to your headlight if you want something coming close to the new BMWs.

...so how are YOURS so bright in your avatar? What did you do?

For the moment, before I go FULL custom, I used the ones they sell on ijdmtoy.com

They're a brighter white with no yellow twinge to them. I've tried several, and these are ok, so far...

That just LOOKS bright. That pic is in early evening and when you're taking pics in a darker environment lights are way brighter than real life.

Do a search and look at all the pics of angel eys on 2004+ models that changed their AE bulbs. ALL of them look WAY brighter, right? Well, in fact, they are NOT as bright as in the pics.

It is very very hard to get pics that represent the actual brightness.

Look here at my comparisons of that exact AE bulb(angelibrights) to stock.

See how even the STOCK AEs seem so bright? Do you really see a big difference? Nope. That's the reality of ALL those replacement bulbs. Believe it.

http://www.xoutpost.com/563548-post44.html

Mine don't even look THAT bright though. I would be happy with what you have going on there :(

Thank you TwinsPoppa for your time - appreciate it :)

No problem. Believe me. If you want bright as mine or little brighter get one of those new fangle 10w deals for I think $100 - $150. Mine cost $300 and less wattage! Mine are about 4.5 years old still going strong. Because of the higher wattage the new ones MAY not last as long - dunno.

However, just keep in mind that in real life, NO WAY they are going to be as bright as in my avatar. Its all illusion my friend.

BTW ... that Lemans Blue ... oh man ... just look at it! Love LeMans Blue! :2thumbs:

Here. This pic is more closer to reality.

http://thumbnails11.imagebam.com/111...e111212525.jpg

Thank you brother. Looking at these on Amazon - what do you think...worth it?

2 X H8 20W SMD LED Halo Bulbs BMW Headlights Super Bright White Angel Eyes Lamps : Amazon.com : Automotive

Let me know - gonna purchase now.

BTW...I waited for YEARS to find this color blue / 4.8is / with the black comfort seats. It is my absolute favorite color blue - thanks for that :thumbup:

...and, oh yeah, there's a polished stainless steel Billy Boat (B&B) exhaust system in a box in my garage that is being installed Thursday morning!! CANNOT WAIT!! Pics & audio / video to come!! :2thumbs:

Unfortunately, that's what everyone would have liked to use but those are for the new BMWs - can't use in our E53s.

Let me see if I can find the names for you here on the forum. There's only a few I think that I would try myself.