Installed PIAA Precious White 4800K on the 135i (for angel eyes)

[AGAV13]

Originally Posted by P1et

Have you noticed they go slightly brighter once they are "warmed up"?

Yeah they get brighter when the car is turned on and have been lit for a while.

[evil_elmo]

damn these piaa bulbs are hard to come by

[P1]

Originally Posted by evil_elmo

damn these piaa bulbs are hard to come by

Wait until we see the Philips results, those might be a good alternative.

[LuxAngelEyes]

Just wondering but has anyone done a side by side comparison with a LED Angel eye? I know i have compared the GPTHunder 4500K bulbs and they look Green compared to LED's

[EnlightenedOne]

I just got my Phillips via eBay bulbs in the mail today. Will hopefully get them installed tonight and report back.

[box_man]

Still Waiting for mine

[EnlightenedOne]

Okay, just finished installing the Philips bulbs.

A few things:
- The bulbs come in the craziest packaging I've ever seen for a lightbulb. You get bonus points just for removing them from the packaging without breaking them! The bulbs are in a plastic holder that consists of two pieces snapped together (one side for each bulb). Once you pull the two pieces apart (carefully so you don't break the completely exposed bulbs) you have to actually get each bulb out of the plastic. The bulbs are snapped into the plastic by their bases and there are three prongs on the packaging that click in around the bases to hold them in place. There isn't really an easy way to get to the back side of the prongs to pull them out of the way. I ended up just using the edge of a key to pry the main bottom prong away while I wiggle the bulb back and forth until it came free. It's definitely a pain since the bulb could easy break while doing it.

- I found that just flipping back the headlight back covers enough to access the bulb (as others have suggested) is definitely the way to go. I didn't have any issues with the bottom tabs lining up when trying to close the covers back.

- On my passenger side bulb the wire harness to the bulb was very short. There wasn't much room to pull the wire out and connect it to the bulb before inserting the bulb in the hole. On the driver side the wire was probably three times longer and easy to maneuver.

- On the passenger side there was a wire resting on the back of the bulb with a small plastic/metal connector thing on it. Almost looked like the connector should be snapped on somewhere to hold the wire in place instead of just being loose inside the housing. Not sure what the deal was with that.

- On the driver side there was a lot of slack wiring inside the housing. I guess that is just how it is but compared to the passenger enclosure it seemed a little more cramped inside.

It was still light outside when I installed them but I could definitely tell that the new bulb was producing a whiter light than the factory one (I compared them once I had one side done). I took a picture but in the picture they look exactly the same color. Once it gets dark I'll check them out again as I'm hoping at night they look obviously different than stock.

[Andrewcoja]

I've still got the 4150K ones installed and the color temperature seems to change based on what angle you look at the car from. I had been looking at them from the side, as I come upon my car from the side and they were kind of yellowish. I looked at them headon and they were definitely more white. The only problem is I have to practically be on top of my car to unlock it from the front whereas I can be 8 feet away from the side.

[EnlightenedOne]

Here's the best shot I could get with my phone. Definitely whiter at night.

[mrphil]

Is there any signs of yellow with the Philips ones?

I'm fine with the brightness of the oem just hate the yellow colour

[josemh23]

Precious white

[P1]

Originally Posted by EnlightenedOne

Here's the best shot I could get with my phone. Definitely whiter at night.

Is there any way you can get a shot directly in front of the car? That way we can see both headlights...

[P1]

Originally Posted by mrphil

Is there any signs of yellow with the Philips ones?

I'm fine with the brightness of the oem just hate the yellow colour

I can only speak for the 4150K and 4800K bulbs, but they lose some of their "whiteness" when turning on the HID headlights. Still miles better than stock bulbs though.

[P1]

Here are the 4150K bulbs on my X5. Definitely less "white" that the 4800K bulbs on the 135i. But again, worlds difference compared to OEM.

[mrphil]

thanks P1et. i think you have started a buying freezy on those Piaa 4800k bulbs....

now we wait for more views on the philips diamond vision's

[BLU135i]

Here are the Philips Diamond Visions. First pic is drivers side changed passenger stock. Second is close up of passenger changed, third is drivers changed close up. The drivers side is in 100% sunlight at about 1215 in the afternoon, i'll post some lo light pics later.

[P1]

Originally Posted by BLU135i

Here are the Philips Diamond Visions. First pic is drivers side changed passenger stock. Second is close up of passenger changed, third is drivers changed close up. The drivers side is in 100% sunlight at about 1215 in the afternoon, i'll post some lo light pics later.

Are you sure the driver's side is in there correctly? It doesn't seem like it's lit up the same way the passenger side is...

[BLU135i]

Just looked at my post on my phone and pics are upside down. But on computer they are right side up. Don't get that. Side note my my larger ring on drivers side looks barely lit. Any ideas why?

[BLU135i]

From the front. In the shade of building. This illustrates what I am saying about dim ring.

[P1]

Originally Posted by BLU135i

Just looked at my post on my phone and pics are upside down. But on computer they are right side up. Don't get that. Side note my my larger ring on drivers side looks barely lit. Any ideas why?

The pics are showing up, so that's not an issue. But your driver's side bulb is not in there properly. Another member had the same problem when he installed his amber PIAAs. He had to open the housing again, and reseat the bulb properly. Right now, your bulb is not in there correctly.

[BLU135i]

Originally Posted by P1et

Are you sure the driver's side is in there correctly? It doesn't seem like it's lit up the same way the passenger side is...

Yeah I'm gonna look at it again

[P1]

Originally Posted by BLU135i

Yeah I'm gonna look at it again

Look at post 37 and 42 in this thread... Sometimes, finding a way to "lock" the bulb back in the housing properly is tricky to say the least.