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05-11-2005, 01:08 PM | #1 |
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e90 HID Lights
I am not too sure about the headlights for the e90. Is it still the 4300K... someone told me that it was near the 6000k... but i dunoo.
anyone know the K for the new ones? Thanks |
05-11-2005, 01:52 PM | #4 |
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I posted something like this in a thread called "Dealer Setups", but since we have a specific thread about the HID lights for the e90 and I still had some questions, I thought I would post again.
Basically this is my understanding (only talking about e90's with Xenon Adaptive Headlights): for each headlight housing, there are two bulbs. As you can see from the attached pictures. I thought Bi-Xenon meant that both of the bulbs were HID lights. I'm not sure which bulb is which, but I assumed one is low beam and one is high beam. My best guess is the larger one (the bulb on the outer edge) is the low beam and the one closest to the kidney grille is the high beam. 1) Is my understanding correct? If not or only partially, please share your information with us. 2) Someone please confirm or deny that both of the bulbs in each headlamp housing is in fact an HID bulb. 3) Which specific bulbs come on during low beam, and which during high beam, and what happens for Day Time Running lights. 4) When do the halos, or Angel Eyes, come on? During parking? Are these the DRL's? Also, if anyone can post the bulb types, that would be great. (I think the e46 was H7,D2R, or D2S for the Low Beam, H7 for the high beam, and 9006 for the fog lamps). And since we're at it, if anyone has seen a HID conversion kit for the e90 fog lamps, please share! |
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05-11-2005, 01:59 PM | #6 |
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i've seen them and don't like it, because it takes away from the Angel eyes. I don't have a picture though. It almost looks like there aren't angel eyes and just normal DRL.
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05-11-2005, 03:54 PM | #7 | |
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The inner bulbs are normal halogen and come on with the high beams or when you "flash" the lights. They are really there for flassing, as you cannot do that with xenons 2)Inner normal halogen, outer Xenon HID 3) see 1 4) Angel eyes come on whenever the light switch is turned on, not shure about the DRL part 5) E46 was Halogen H7, Xenon D2S E90 Halogen H7, Xenon D1S D1S is newer than D2S |
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Yes, the new D1S which has a integrated starter, unlike the old D2S used in the E46 with external starter |
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05-11-2005, 07:08 PM | #9 |
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In the US, the inner halogens are only flash to pass. They don't stay on with the xenon high beams. That's too bright for US DOT. I have the new 330i and currently there are no daytime running lights at all. BMW isn't clear whether this will be remedied. I was hoping for the choice to have just the halos on for running lights or halos plus halogens. Currently if you want daytime lights, you'll have to manually switch on the parking lights which includes halos or the full xenons. I'm hoping this will be remedied with a software update, but I've not heard that confirmed anywhere.
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05-11-2005, 07:29 PM | #10 | |
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The dealer asked me if I wanted DRLs programmed by the dealership techs. I'm still really confused about what the DRLs are. According to ncoutinho, they take away from the angel eyes, and I definitely don't want that. |
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05-11-2005, 08:46 PM | #11 |
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I have the car, I know what's available and what's not. DRLs are not available as I knew them on the e46 which is the inner halogen low beams. BMW USA's website says this: "Note: Advanced Vehicle & Key Memory and Programmable Daytime Running Lights are not available at this time."
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05-11-2005, 09:44 PM | #12 | |
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I just found it a little odd that you can set up just about any feature through iDrive except the DRLs. My dealer did mention something that insurance prices sometimes go down a little if your car is equipped with the DRLs, so I thought maybe in order to qualify for a lower rate, the dealer has to set the DRLs and then they can't be adjusted through iDrive--if the insurance company has you down for DRLs... That sort of makes sense, I guess... |
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05-11-2005, 10:13 PM | #13 |
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DRLs are not available at all. I-drive or programmed at the dealer. BMW's NA website says "Programmable Daytime Running Lights are not available at this time." The dealer probably assumes the car is like the previous model. I've not heard a good explanation yet from BMW. Even the US owner's manual when it does mention DRLs has this ambiguous explanation of the big asterisk next to the DRL headline: "Indicates special equipment, country-specific equipment and optional extras, as well as equipment and functions not yet available at the time of printing." Is it a "country-specific" feature that won't be available in the US or is it "equipment and functions not yet available" that will be added later. And if it's added later will it be by software update or will it require a hardware change?
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05-11-2005, 10:23 PM | #14 | |
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05-11-2005, 11:56 PM | #15 |
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If you read the other threads regarding this message you would have found the following information:
The software the dealers use to program the settings such as DRL and also certain settings regarding the remote key control (i.e. one press to open drivers door only, 2 for all doors); that software seems to be buggy or is missing features so they are getting a new version out to dealers soon to let them do these things. Hopefully this will be resolved sooner than later. |
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05-12-2005, 02:16 AM | #16 |
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i was searching for the 6000k bulbs for the d1s. The closest i found were the 5400K bulbs. Am i not looking at the right areas?
Also, were the angel eyes... the ring changeable? For example to another color??? Just curious... Thanks |
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05-12-2005, 02:41 AM | #17 | |
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The halos are lighted by a "light unit", it look like one complete unit with bulb, but you may be able to paint the bulb to give off another color |
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Actually DRL activation is accessible via profiles setting (in i-drive or non-i drive through the BC stalk) ... for post-Sept cars I think or cars with CIP-20?...my Feb 06 build car has this function....
Only the inner halogens act as DRLs....angel eyes come on with the parking lights.... edit: I jsut reliazed this is one dated forum...oh well hope the info was useful for someone...
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