HOW TO; Convert Angel Eyes to BRIGHT LED's

Mangozac · Post by **Mangozac** » Sun Oct 29, 2017 11:52 am

philbo909 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:58 am Yeh, I've had the bulb I linked in for a year now and not had an issue, like Mike says it doesn't have five year warranty, but for the low price it's worth it imo! Much better than buying a £30 whole new side Light unit like bmw intended

Cheers but I was more interested in the light quality (brightness, illumination evenness, colour)

philbo909 · Post by **philbo909** » Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:24 pm

Mangozac wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 11:52 am
philbo909 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:58 am Yeh, I've had the bulb I linked in for a year now and not had an issue, like Mike says it doesn't have five year warranty, but for the low price it's worth it imo! Much better than buying a £30 whole new side Light unit like bmw intended
Cheers but I was more interested in the light quality (brightness, illumination evenness, colour)

I'll take a picture for you tonight

philbo909 · Post by **philbo909** » Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:37 pm

Mangozac wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 11:52 am Cheers but I was more interested in the light quality (brightness, illumination evenness, colour)

Hope this helps, definitely seem dimmer than I remember them being when the xenons are on too

Mangozac · Post by **Mangozac** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:19 am

philbo909 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:37 pm
Mangozac wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 11:52 am Cheers but I was more interested in the light quality (brightness, illumination evenness, colour)
Hope this helps, definitely seem dimmer than I remember them being when the xenons are on too

Cheers mate! I've got some eBay units on the way so we'll see how the go

85genius · Post by **85genius** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:43 am

philbo909 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:57 am not to rain on your parade mike, but if you drill two small holes, the light can come out as a bayonet. Then replace with a bayonet led, saves on dremeling/soldering
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BA9S-CAR-BULB ... 68Mkocsn1w

Just wanted to check did these need coding out or completely error free?

Ducklakeview · Post by **Ducklakeview** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 1:50 pm

85genius wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:43 am
philbo909 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:57 am not to rain on your parade mike, but if you drill two small holes, the light can come out as a bayonet. Then replace with a bayonet led, saves on dremeling/soldering
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BA9S-CAR-BULB ... 68Mkocsn1w
Just wanted to check did these need coding out or completely error free?

Unsure on the eBay ones but mine were fine with no errors.

Mike

Markos_Z4 · Post by **Markos_Z4** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:13 pm

i've changed the lamp but not break it like you did . . .just cut it open with a knife

Markos_Z4 · Post by **Markos_Z4** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:20 pm

buy this one perfect fit just make small a small cut on both sides and slide it in !

philbo909 · Post by **philbo909** » Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:01 pm

85genius wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:43 am
philbo909 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:57 am not to rain on your parade mike, but if you drill two small holes, the light can come out as a bayonet. Then replace with a bayonet led, saves on dremeling/soldering
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BA9S-CAR-BULB ... 68Mkocsn1w
Just wanted to check did these need coding out or completely error free?

Sorry I missed this, I coded out the lights when the sidelight initially broke. Not sure if I coded the warning back in when fitting them

Mangozac · Post by **Mangozac** » Sun Nov 12, 2017 3:25 am

So I tried out a similar bulb to what Philbo linked but it's just as dim as the stock halogens: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2-x-BA9S-Bay ... 3285449298
They were also really blue looking :/

It seems that when looking for a suitable LED bulb you need to check that it's a decent wattage/lumen output and also look for a warm white colour. I'll grab some others to try!

McKoval · Post by **McKoval** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 5:11 pm

Can these be used as DRLs, or are they not bright enough?

Ducklakeview · Post by **Ducklakeview** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 5:13 pm

McKoval wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2018 5:11 pmCan these be used as DRLs, or are they not bright enough?

More than bright enough, but the option needs to be coded into the car so that they are on whilst the lights are switched off.

Mike

McKoval · Post by **McKoval** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:15 pm

Yes, I know. Coding drls is plain and simple, but whilst I had i coded that way, I had to decode it, as police stated that my drls arent bright enough (stock angel eyes)

MileHighZee · Post by **MileHighZee** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:14 pm

any updates? any links for the bulb replacements? Any fitting issues or have they become dimmer over time?

Thanks.

scarlet-jester · Post by **scarlet-jester** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 3:11 am

I would like some info on this too.

I have found these, https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-pa ... 77697a3fe1
but they are a BA9S; is this the correct fitting?

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