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06-04-2014, 04:07 PM | #287 |
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Ordered up the Phillips... Will post pics when I'm back in town and they're installed.
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06-21-2014, 04:42 PM | #288 |
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I recently installed new Philips 5000k bulbs for my halos, but I now have a bit of an issue with one of my Halo rings being brighter than the other. The passenger side halo is considerably dimmer than the drivers side, and i know it wasn't like this before.
The one thing i have noticed is the passenger side H8 bulb, is sitting at a slight angle compared to the drivers side which is dead centre/straight. So i am thinking it may be an alignment issue, and the light is not refracting correctly. Thing is, i have tried and tried to sit the bulb differently but it just wont sit any other way, only with this small upwards angle. Has anybody else come across this issue and found a fix for it? I found this post http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=280765 which i thought might help, but i cant seem to see or feel any locator pins in the 1 series headlight |
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06-21-2014, 10:21 PM | #290 |
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Has anyone pumped up the voltage on these bad boys through coding?
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06-22-2014, 10:43 AM | #293 |
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Could indeed be you bent something, such as the components that enable you to attach the bulb socket to the light housing. Have you checked that?
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06-22-2014, 10:48 AM | #294 |
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I didn't do the initial install, my garage tech did. But in either case, nothing looks bent to me. It sits perfectly in the hole, but just just doesn't point straight inside the lens. I'm thinking i will email the trader i bought the LCI lights from and say they are faulty/damaged.
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I mean, all it does is twist in on a flat surface, there isn't anything to adjust or bend etc. So i don't know why it sits the way it does |
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06-22-2014, 12:55 PM | #297 |
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I know what the issue is now. The housing is not sitting in the headlamp correctly. Its not pressed into the top two clips. Not sur eif i can rearrange it though, its very stiff. May have to remove it from the car again
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06-22-2014, 01:27 PM | #298 |
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Do you have aftermarket front headlights?
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06-22-2014, 02:10 PM | #300 |
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That was after the bulb swap...
The bulbs and LCI headlights were fitted at the same time. Like i said, it's the housing, not the bulb or socket. I don't know how or why the housing is not in it's retainer clips, but it's not, and i just can't get it back in. It barely moves. Last edited by EM58NDS 135i; 06-22-2014 at 02:34 PM.. |
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06-23-2014, 12:33 PM | #301 |
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I think I'm going to go for these. I'll do the whole before/after thing with all the angles. I wish there were some halogens that went a little beyond 5000k but oh well.
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06-23-2014, 12:44 PM | #302 |
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Does no one make 6000k halogens? Or something 5500 or higher?
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06-28-2014, 03:26 PM | #304 |
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Just slapped In the headlights. It's super bright so I can't tell what the 5000k looks like... Doesn't look like any difference. Is the only H8 bulb In the assembly for the angel eyes? Could I have done something totally stupid and put it in the wrong spot?
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There's only one H8 bulb in the headlight. Did you look at the lights before and after? I thought there wasn't much difference either until I saw another 1er with the OEM halogens and saw how yellow they were. They look kind of white until you actually do a direct comparison. Also, were your headlights on? The car lowers the voltage with them on and that causes them to look yellow. You can fix this by coding the car with the BMWhat app on android/iphone and a bluetooth/wifi OBDII adapter respectively.
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06-28-2014, 04:34 PM | #306 |
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I'm hoping for an improvement at night. Maybe they need some burn in time too
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