LUX LED v2 Installed - Angel Eye Bliss
 

There have been many threads on the AE topic since BMW screwed the US market over royally. Most are well debated and there is some mis-information in there.
I have spoke about the study done over at M3post.com about the best replacement product. Several people have tried all the variants and have all settled on the LUX as the best bulb solution. The ultimate solution is by OSS. However, the OSS mod requires you to remove both headlights and send them in to Florida and they open your headlights and replace the rings and bulbs. I thought about the deeply, but if you ever have a problem you have to yank them out again and ship them off.

Thus, the second best option and the #1 best bulb replacement option is LUX. I have their V1 on my M3 and it has two LEDs and the power supply and everything can fit into the light housing. The V2 I have on the X5 has a different power supply and must sit outside of the headlight housing as a precautionary measure incase it becomes too hot. This is the one detraction from this product. Apparently, only one or two people had the power supply get too hot and damaged the headlight. So just to be safe they redesigned it will longer wires and an inline fuse to sit outside the housing. This makes it very difficult getting the cap back on the housing once you switch out the bulbs. You could notch the cap and line the wires up with that or try to get the cap closed with the wires sticking out. It takes some work. There is a nice small slot towards the outside of the headlight assembly where you can tuck the power module and fuse to hide it. That is the only negative about this product and as you can see the pictures take care of everything else. No other replacement bulb, outside of the HID AE-which has very uneven light distribution and requires more equipment, has the overall day brightness and visibility of this LUX H8.

I couldn't be more pleased with the way these turned out. I have included a number of photos in different lighting since I know many people are interested in replacing the stock setup and are comparing different vendors.
Lastly, I am not being paid, given a discount or a member of NAMO. I payed the same price as anyone else would. I'm just trying to contribute to the community on something that alot of members are interested in.
The color does not appear as teal as it does in some pics. Somewhat hard to capture the exact hue. The color is definitely pure white.

Enough chat, on with the pics!

sold! thanks for the post.

And the rest...
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Had to get the M3 a shot! :D

Sick cars

How's the install, is having the power supply outside the housing much of a problem?

Thanks for pics, they look great in the sunlight. Is there any halo/blurring effect from farther away? At night, are they too bright with headlights on?

Nice Rac!!! :D



Nice Lux too....

Any night time pics? I have LED AE that I bought when I got the car, and they are still working, but they are not that bright even at night.

You mean problems other than what I outlined in the post? No blurring or halo. I don't think they are too bright with the headlights on. Had them both on for some this am and it looked great.

No nighttime pics yet. Bust you can see the brightness in the day, so the night obviously won't be a problem.

Do they flicker on startup? Any code errors?

No flicker and no errors.

Looks good. How much did these cost?

$229. Link is in the original post.

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I loved my V2's, until one stopped working, then when I took it out of it's housing to see if it would work again, the unit started smoking once it was given power. I'm sending out the unit's today to get replaced with the new version, hopefully it won't be a huge pain to mount everything outside.

I wonder if this conflicts with the warranty. If not, I might consider this upgrade.

No, I don't believe switching bulbs voids any warranty.

pardon my stupid question but can we just buy a regular H8 HID kit and install it?

Edwin

To go with the LEDs without the OBD giving a bulb out warning then resistors, as discussed above need to be wired in. This is "modification" and almost a modification to the wiring harness itself. BMW routinley denies warranty coverage on "modified" parts. If you had any malfunction of the headlight or the wiring harness melted my money would be on BMW voiding the warranty for that specific problem. It's not like they would void a warranty on the suspension etc for changing the bulbs.

This is just my opinion.

They look really good. I searched on how to access and then remove the OEM bulbs. Do you have any photos of the location and accessibility? Thanks..

I just had these installed on Wednesday. The guy who invented and manufactures them did the install for me. It tool about 10 mins total and is as simple as (1) unscrewing a plastic cap protectng the bulb; (2) unplugging the old bulb; (3) plugging in the new bulb and (4) screwing back the plastic protective cap.

The lights look fantastic !

How would the wiring harness for the LED melt? It has an inline fuse and sits outside the light housing.
If some other part of the headlight housing malfunctioned, BMW would have to prove the LED caused this, not just arbitrarily say.

If you peer into the back of the headlight assembly with the hood open you can see a large black access cap that twists off.

LUX H8 all the way for me. Nothing compares. Had to return my first set back for warranty due to some internal short in one of the power supply. It keep blowing the inline fuse. Sent it back to NAM and they gave me a whole new set within a week. Now thats customer service!

- DaRip

Read enough posts of lighting mods and you will find posts of electrical fires and wiring harness melt downs, even when fused. From these posts you will see that the burden of proof rest with the customer where modifications are made.

I am just sharing what I have read. Take from it what you will. Has this stopped me modding, no. I'm just aware of the risks.

Thanks..

I have read all kinds of posts related to lighting mods and there isn't this abundance of fires and melt downs you speak of. You act and speak like it's all inevitable and we're all blind to what's happening. Wrong assumption.

Gosh, it took me more than 10mins. 10 mins to do everything up until the point where I had to screw the caps back on, but then it became a nightmare! Since the fuses have to remain outside the light housing, and its really tight quarters to snake your hand in there, I had a hard time getting the caps back on. Perhaps much more doable for, well, you Guys...

Here you go:

Chill out dude! I was merely responding to another members question around possible warranty issues. Do you think I really care what you do to your car? What are you some Lux crusader?

Why do you think there was a recall on the Lux? Resistors produce heat, lots of it. Get your facts straight.

As for this thread, I've had about enough so bark all you want.

Barb,

Did you modify the headlight caps to allow the wires to easily pass through? Or the wires just being pinched?

- DaRip

I know the facts. Did you know if was only one set that caused that?? Not the many you make it out to be.

Mine are just pinched, would have been really easy to do if the rubber/foam surround extended further and would conform around the wires. Instead it's just a hard plastic edge.

Well...right now I'm just pinchin' the wires. I did that because I saw someone had a fit about the suggestion that the cap be modified. I debated on whether it would be worse to pinch the wires or get water in the housing. I have no idea what the chance of that would be though.

What did you do?

Yup same for now but going to modify the caps to allow the wires to pass through.

- DaRip

I am considering the Lux H8's. How did you guys secure the powersupply and fuse externally? The install doc didn't really go into it too much. All it said was it had to be external.

I addressed where I put it in my first post.

Multiple car washes and everything is still tip-top.

The Lux seems to be a viable option for the E70 angel eyes. After couple weeks of some research I think i've narrowed it down between the Lux V2 and some HID angel eyes sold by a popular vendor over at the 5series.net forum.

just installed the LUX v2 tonight. took about 15 mins, i taped over the exposed crack formed by the cables with duct tape so no water can get in.

wouldnt have known about this and couldntve done it without this thread, so thanks a lot. ill post pics if you guys are interested :)

Mds, creator of lux is about to release v3 of lux. You can cram everything in the headlight and nothing is left outside. Color is 6500k, so super whites. Check it on e90post if interested. Waiting for them myself, was about to pull trigger on hids but may hold off for the lux..depending on how much he jacks up the price. Hopefully not much if any.. :/

Could you post once it's up.

Glad we could help. Just trying to assist the community! :thumbup:


I am checking with him to see if he will entertain a trade-up program for V2 buyers, since I got mine not that long ago, 5-6 months.
Thread states they will be out mid-Feb. No pricing info yet. I don't think there was an increase from V1 to V2. I've had the V1s in my M3 for 1.5 yrs and never had a single problem. Strong like bull!

Any idea what kind of changes / improvements we might see in v3?

I just bought v2, they're still shipping... should be here this week!

I've been following LUX and all other LED makers since 2008 when I got my E92. Never once read about someone having melting wires or fires due to a LUX install.

Yeah, dont think i read much about any huge failures associated with lux. Only thing i don't want is to having to leave the fuse and what not left out in bay, just doesn't look clean like that imo.

I had OSS angels on my e90, but sold those when i got rid of the car. So i'm not afraid to purchase something as long as it's worth the price imo..

The new v3 look very clean, and hopefully it start shipping soon! The wait is killing me. =\

Can you share a link where people are talking about v3's? I've searched e90post and google, but can't come up with anything.

It's an upgrade to the power supply and slight fitment modification to allow the bulb to fit different vehicles.

He might allow the power supply to be sold separately and therefore we would just need to cut the wires and solder the new power supply in. Which would allow us to put the whole assembly in the headlight housing.


There was one instance, and who knows the specifics of that, but one instance and they decided to change the setup based on that to ensure no other problems happened.

Yeah minor recall i believe last year?

Heres link to thread: LUX H8 Ver.3 Prototype Installed - no more outside-of-housing power supply - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum - E90Post.com

As much as I hear people raving about LUX leds, I hope this is the last update. Good thing I didn't jump on the version 2 right away.

Huh? You don't want products to be updated and made better?
Not the soundest idea...

Info on Lux V3 has been posted over at e90post:
LuxAngelEyes ˃˃ LUX H8 Angel Eyes, Version 3.0 - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum - E90Post.com

$235.00 a set.

Damn beat me to it, just tried placing a pre order.

I think you're missing my point. I'm not sure how long the creator has had this product out, or if he's allowing a trade-in for early adopters, but why release a product that needs to constantly updated? Shouldn't it be good to go from the beginning? We're talking about light bulbs, not an ipod or a car where the product needs a life cycle refresh.
I know I'd be just a little upset if I had bought the ver.2's at almost $300 and then there are ver.3's coming out for less. Either way, I'll still be picking up a pair for its positive reviews.

From comments in the thread, it appeared that some people got conversion kits. Don't quote me tho. Just because they're lights doesn't mean they can't be updated..new/brighter LED option out perhaps..? Cheaper more cost effective options as well. That in turn makes it cheaper for u and I. Marc has dropped the price, it could be any reason..since he has never answered why they've raised and lowered prices on the unit.

thats what i like to call the service recovery paradox. they did that on purpose! hahaha jk :rofl:

I just ordered HIDs from Alpine. I'll post pics the second I get them in. LUX doesn't look bright enough for me...

HIDS will look ridiculous. Wait till you put them on at night. You won't even see your Halos. LUX is the best and closest to the LED Corona rings. I will be jumping on the pre order !

congrats.

It's been out for awhile. v1 was 6000k, v2 needed PS updated because of some competitor issue and went to 6500k. v3 is the revised PS. v2s were $229, same as v1.

how many people with v2s are gonna update? i just got my v2s installed and am perfectly happy with them. the power supply isnt really a big issue for me

Ove seen the V2's and I would be perfectly happy with those.

Yes, they look fine. That's not the point. The difference is what kind and how the PS is housed. They will look the same.

help needed with install Lux V3
 

I can not figure out how these are supposed to go in.

I have a MY11 E70

There are two caps to access the head lights on each side.

Front one has a cap that screws off, and the back one has a clip at the top and flips open then comes off completely.

From the pictures posted earlier in the thread it looks pretty obvious that it is the front cap that needs removing.

Inside i can only see the bulb that powers the highbeam???

The clips on the back of this bulb do not match up with the clips on the Lux

Please help

Thanks

Hmm..weird. I also have a my11 x5 and it looks totally different. Could it be because yours is a aus spec? My lux v3 took 10min to install and the clips lined up with my lights. I only had 1 twist cover and the inside is just a single plug connector and no wires or anything like yours. I'll check mine later n get bak to u.

Upgrade for the new power supplies has been initiated. My new power supply is in the mail and I'll be attaching that to the LED module and putting everything inside the headlight! No more wires interfering with the cap!!

LuxAngelEyes ˃˃ LUX H8 Angel Eyes, Version 3.0 - BMW M3 Forum (E90 E92)

For what it's worth, I don't think the headlight assemblies are the same part numbers. This may account for the difference. :(

In the US model there is no separate High Beam bulb, and I am guessing it is the same in Australia. There is only one Xenon bulb for both high and normal beam.

Even though it seems that there are two projector lamps in the headlight assembly the inner one drives the Halos. The interesting bit of engineering is that the bulb does not emit light to the front but sideways into the Halo optical channel (it is essentially a very thick fiber optic cable). This same channel wraps around the Xenon as well. So if you take out the bulb and it is not Xenon it is the one driving the Angel Eyes.

I can not find where the bulb for the angel eyes is. looking at these pictures, the outside bulb is for my low beams, the inner bulb is for the high beams. It seems in the engine bay there are two caps to access the bulbs for the headlights. I can not see an H8 bulb in either of these.

Guess i will take it to a dealer and ask them where the AE bulb goes.

Technostar

From what I can tell you DON'T have HID headlamps. In Australia (and someone can correct me if Im wrong) if you had HID headlamps you would also have the headlamp washer as they are sold together as a package.

You have HALOGEN headlamps and they are put together completely differently. What you're seeing is the high beam lamp behind the screw cap. Halogen headlamps use a weird looking LED unit to light the Halo. Its extremely hard to access and is located inside a square little box somewhere between the Low & High beam. Basically a NUT BUSTER !

Here's a thread which discuss's the whole topic.

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...x5-2008-a.html

Cheers

Kman

Thanks Kman.

What a pain in the ass.

I was looking forward to LED AEs

I didn't know, but the 2011 X5 in India came with LED coronas!

BMW X5 SUV Launch India, X5 Car Price, X5 Colours, X5 Specs & Photos | Indian Cars & Motorcycles Blog

I have the V3. easy to install.

I also have the LUX v3. They were very easy to install.


However I did notice a slight differnce between the nice color white my LUX AE are projecting versus my headlights. Maybe I'm just being picky. Did anyone else notice this?

I installed my V3 Lux AE today. I have no mechanical experience at all and it took me a total of 10 minutes. Attached a picture I took after I installed the left side. Very sunny out and they look great!

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Yup have to agree with you there. I bought my wife a 2006 X5 3.0i after our 2002 Tahoe caught on fire while she was taking my 12 year old son to school. (No mods). So lets say that I will not take any chance with the family car just to look good. Even though I am an Electrical Engineer I leave the mods now only to my car :) Its not worth the risk.

I just installed the GP Thunder 7500's and am pretty disappointed. Then again, $15 so no big deal. I think Im gonna end up getting the LUXs though, especially if it all fits in the housing.

the LUXs do not shine as bright on the outer rings either, be aware before you spend a couple hundred bucks for marginal gain over the GP Thunders.