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The BMW OEM Xenon lights are $800+ per side, plus you need a $400 xenon control until per side... plus you need one low beam bulb per side ($160 / pair, probably more through the dealership). It's a big pain. The depo lights are much cheaper, and while they'll void your headlight warranty, you wouldn't get a warranty on a non-BMW part anyway. The biggest deal with the headlight warranty is for people who already have xenons, and then put in new angel eyes and incorrectly seal the enclosure, and mess up their $800+ headlights, and then want the dealership to fix their mistakes. If you want non-halogen lights, OEM and Depo/Sonar/Bavarian are the options out there. The dealership won't like the aftermarket route, but even if something happens, you can always go back to halogen and not have wasted thousands of dollars.
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First of all, Thanks to everyone for all the feedback. I ended up going with the LUX H8 v3 and i must say im am very content with them. Definately worth the money, i do have one question for others that have these (or Marc@LUX if he reads this) Install is a pain in the ass, LOL. still worth it though took me about 30 minutes. most of that time was taking off and putting back on the backcaps off the headlights.(Way easier taking them off than putting them back on). They look great and are exactly what i wanted but the X5 2012 on my moms are still alot brighter same color just alot brighter and more visible in the day. My question to anyone with these or MARC@LUX for that matter. When i turned my car i notice that the lights flash one by one RR LL RR LL one time R one time L. i attributed to normal as i shut off then started again. several times back to back and it did it consistently the same. IS this Normal? I mean its not so bad but i hadn't heard of this being a characteristic of these @ startup. However on with the light switch turned on to AUTO headlights it doesnt do it. but i never leave that on. i prefer switching my lights from Daytime running to the night-time on my own. Any info would be appreciated. Again i don't mind it, but it be nice if they didn't do that flicker process upon startup.
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I've tried the bulb (arc angels). not very good.
I ended up getting LED's from ebay. Very happy with them for the price. Ebay LED with strong direct sunlight Ebay Led in daylight with sun from behind
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Which ebay LED?? how much did you pay?
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I bought them from a seller named etopauction however, they don't appear to sell them any longer. See link below
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2-9W-H8-C...item1e66fee1f6 They were about $35 including postage, almost 1/10th of the price of the LUX H8 Led. Had them for 2 months and no problems. Here are a few more sellers that are selling the same ones: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2-9W-H8-C...item564693632c http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2-9W-H8-C...item564693632c http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2-9W-H8-C...item19ca6115a8
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I have the BMS Arc angel white bulbs in my car right now. I think they are awesome for the price! Alot whiter than OEM. I still plan to switch over to LUX angel eyes eventually but for right now they are good.
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I wasn't happy at all with the BMS Arc angel bulbs. The ebay LED were the same price and alot whiter and brighter.
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^^ I think if you go with LEDs, you run the risk of getting something that barely shows up in the daytime unless you get LUX bulbs. And even in that case, it wouldn't show up as well as stock, depos, or HIDs. Weisslicht used to be pretty popular around here and seemed decently bright, but I haven't heard anything about them in a while. Everything else LED seems to be kind of a gamble. Different people always seem to get different results. For me, I was never able to get my MTEC bulbs to ever look as good or white on my car as on anybody else's. It's all so annoying, that's why I went with HIDs, but even then, the V2 kit had problems.
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I went with the same LED AE's that DTNJNQ got.
No error code so far, parts actually looked pretty decent quality. Time will tell. The metal housing that the AE bulbs go into seemed to move around more than I was expecting, is this normal for these cars? Oh and f*%k that passenger side headlight housing, what a pain to get back on. |
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I haven't had them out in the direct sunlight like your photos above, but I'll try and get a quick picture of them for comparison.
I wasn't really worried about how noticeable they are in sunlight, I was mostly concerned about getting something that looked close to the same temperature as the headlights. These seem to match almost perfectly. Overall, I am pretty happy with them so far. |
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Coming from someone that has tried MANY different bulbs/ LED setups, nothing compares to the LUX. Yeah, they cost more, but they are expensive for a reason as they are built with top grade material. They are visible during direct sunlight, but not as much as the alpine HID kits, but the LUX looks more stock and well defined in the outer rings than the Alpine kit. I was going to give the alpine kit a try, but Alex seems to be out of the pre-drilled caps and never got back to me, so I'm sticking with the LUX since Marc(LUX) has always been there for customer support. The Alpine kit is great in person, I just wish the outer ring was brighter because with this kit, the inner ring is really bright. It kinda looks mismatched.
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Ya I have lux as well, they just seemed like the best overall option. No drilling or having to buy pre drilled caps, everything tucks inside the housing, good ring definition, could be a little brighter in the daytime but still visible, great product overall. BMW's design of these angel eyes is garbage, you can't expect anything to get you close to the new models without shelling out a out of money.
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Take those bulbs above for example. I have to be honest here, they look brighter than my LUX bulbs during they day from those pics. And more whiter. I have LUX H8 V3, but I am seriously considering buying those ones linked above off eBay as they appear to be brighter than LUX during the day. |
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I really want these but apperantly all the brands some how has a certain problem
I wish bmw did it for us in 2012 model saw we can buy the parts like we did for the tail lights
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I've got the ebay ones. No problems and they are very bright in person not only on photos. They don't suck at all.
I've compared them with GP Thunder bulbs which I previously had and they are alot brighter and whiter. Haven't compared them with Lux H8 so I can't say whether they are as good. From photos I've seen of the Lux H8 they don't look any brighter. And for about 10 times the price I don't believe they are 10 times better. I've also seen the Alpines in person and from what I can remember (haven't done a side by side comparison) the ebay leds I've got appear to be about the same brightness.
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Has anyone tried the LED angle eyes from StealthAuto? I used buy all my light upgrades for my 325 & 328 from them. Looks like they have LEDs, but I don't know the Mfg...price looks good.
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