Today in the Iron JV Kitchen Stadium we have a battle of epic proportions.....X5world members vs. BMW X5 and today's secret ingredient.............
Angel Eyes!
The X5world members have 1 day to bake, unseal, install AE's, re-bake, reseal and install the AE's; all WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS!
Can it be done?!:nanana: :nanana:

I'm glad I was able to assist, actually, wish I was there.

Just a side note after seeing the pics......you could've used some blue painters tape to hold the rings while the silicone dried.

If someone is willing to donate a light and a set of AE's, I'd be willing to get a set of instructions and maybe a video together of installing the AE's.
The basic instuctions would go something like:
TEST RINGS BEFORE PROCEEDING! (wouldn't it suck to do all this and then have them not work?) If you hear the infamous "bink" while installing rings, it probably broke, so re-test to verify.

1. pre-heat oven
2. open beer
3. shake head a you place a headlight assembly on cookie sheet and place in pre-heated oven
4. finish beer
5. remove headlight
6. detach clear lense from headlight
7. remove (4?) screws to remove inner housing
8. remove waffles if desired
9. attach rings with silicone
10. secure rings with tape while silicone dries
11. while silicone dries, drill hole in housing for wires to pass through
12. carefully remove tape
13. attach inner housing to main assembly
14. run wires for AE's through back of assembly
15. clip clear lense back on
16. rebake entire assembly
17. remove from oven
18. squeeze 2 halfs together until secure
19. drink another beer

We "secured" it with some scotch tape, but the silicone takes hours to dry!

What kind did you guys use? I don't remember it taking that long. Anywho.....

How many kinds of silicone there are, we used regular silicone. The other issue I have with this is the fact the as soon as the temperature drops below 65, my drivers side rings stay dim. Now that I've contacted JL, here is the answer I got:

You are experiencing the cold start issue with arises when the rings
get cold. They will pop right to life when you start the car or run the
engine for a bit. We do have cold weather ballasts available for
purchase which eliminate this issue. The only problem is that the ballasts do
decrease the life span of the rings from 19 to about 10 years assuming
you use them 3 hours a day 365 days a year.

Nick
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Nick Palefsky
Jlevi Streetwerks Customer Relations
1.888.JLEVISW | [email][email protected]

I think this is BS and we shouldn't have to pay for cold weather ballast after dishing out $200. On top of that, mine don't come back to life at all unless the temperature goes north of 65.
JL SHOULD DEF ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

Now that's just wrong. He should at least put it in the product description that if it get cold where you live, you're screwed or at least recommend "cold weather ballasts" whatever those are. Why not supply heavy duty ballasts with ALL the kits which would probably relieve the cold weather issue too.

Exactly my thinking, why would you wanna make money on us twice for the same freakin product:mad: :mad: . Not only the connectors issues, smaller rings issues, now this.
He got to address this, the sooner the better!

man you guys look so professional and serious... when we do a diy in my garage, there's a whole lotta colorful language being used cuz we all know that's how you really get things done...

that's it, I'm opting out of doing this mod. I've had reservations about ordering from JL, and now my fears are worse. Living in Canada where in the winter it's routine to have -20c weather, there's no way the eyes will work, let alone having to pay MORE for "cold weather ballasts"!!! Ridiculous and far from the customer service I would expect from someone selling to high end automobile enthusiasts.

hey were those my headlights?:thumbup:

They probably were, you gave BlackBeauty a great deal on them :thumbup: