Angel eyes before and after new bulbs

[All Pina]

Have just fitted MTEC "HID class" super whites - fairly happy, but just wondered if I should have gone hotter on K scale for more blue? These are 4350k.

Before




After

 

[Wondermike]

Nice difference

Think they look fine as they are TBH.

 

[PawnSacrifice]

Nice difference

Think they look fine as they are TBH.

+1

I think any higher and they'd be too blue for the car... fantastic looking machine BTW 8)

 

[gannet]

cant believe how weak the standard ones are

and +1 one fine as they are now

 

[All Pina]

Thanks all - just looked again in dark and much happier. A nice easy £15 mod.

 

[davidmbell]

Did you trap something in the left side of your engine bay when you closed the bonnet? Looks to be raised slightly in picture 2?

Don't want it popping open or something being left there that shouldn't be?

David
PS the new lights look loads better!

 

[KSY10]

Hi All Pina,
Any chance you could show a picture of the box that your bulbs came in please so that i can compare them to mine. Your bulbs look much brighter and more prominent than mine. Perhaps i need a higher wattage?

 

[KSY10]

Did you trap something in the left side of your engine bay when you closed the bonnet? Looks to be raised slightly in picture 2?

Don't want it popping open or something being left there that shouldn't be?

The salesman who sold me my car advised that when shutting the bonnet always make sure you push it down from the front centre quite firmly to ensure that both clips on either side of the bonnet are engaged. It looks as though maybe All Pina pushed it down from the right hand side and the left has subsequently not clipped in place.

 

[All Pina]

Hi All Pina,
Any chance you could show a picture of the box that your bulbs came in please so that i can compare them to mine. Your bulbs look much brighter and more prominent than mine. Perhaps i need a higher wattage?

Here are the ones I used @KSY10, note same power but slightly lower temp scale. I think you can only use bulbs rated 35w otherwise it will throw a faulty bulb message to OBC. Somebody else posted in another thread, the higher the colour temp (k value) the bluer the light but less in visible spectrum hence not as bright.

 

[All Pina]

Did you trap something in the left side of your engine bay when you closed the bonnet? Looks to be raised slightly in picture 2?

Don't want it popping open or something being left there that shouldn't be?

David
PS the new lights look loads better!

Thanks, just didn't bother to close properly as was in and out of engine bay. All closed securely when job done

 

[KSY10]

Hi All Pina,
Any chance you could show a picture of the box that your bulbs came in please so that i can compare them to mine. Your bulbs look much brighter and more prominent than mine. Perhaps i need a higher wattage?

Here are the ones I used @KSY10, note same power but slightly lower temp scale. I think you can only use bulbs rated 35w otherwise it will throw a faulty bulb message to OBC. Somebody else posted in another thread, the higher the colour temp (k value) the bluer the light but less in visible spectrum hence not as bright.

That's great, thanks All Pina.

 

[jwa1]

The mod looks great. Are they just as easy to fit as standard bulbs?

 

[All Pina]

The mod looks great. Are they just as easy to fit as standard bulbs?

Yes - straight bulb swap out and easily accessible from under bonnet.

 

[KSY10]

Hi All Pina,
I've tried to get the bulbs on e bay etc but no one appears to have the exact one's you purchased. Please can you tell me where you got them from, hopefully it will be a different seller to the ones i have tried.
Thanks
Kurt

 

[All Pina]

Here you go Kurt:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MTEC-H8-35w-S...422811464QQcategoryZ72235QQvarZQQcmdZViewItem

 

[KSY10]

Here you go Kurt:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MTEC-H8-35w-S...422811464QQcategoryZ72235QQvarZQQcmdZViewItem

That's great, thank you so much.

 

[Obsidian]

The change looks great. Nice clean white light.

I've seen a new 5 series with white angel eyes. Is this new for the 5? If so, has anyone approached their dealer about getting them to make the change with BMW bulbs?

 

[All Pina]

The change looks great. Nice clean white light.

I've seen a new 5 series with white angel eyes. Is this new for the 5? If so, has anyone approached their dealer about getting them to make the change with BMW bulbs?

Thanks Obsidian,

I think the new 5 uses LED technology for DRLs, probably not as easy as just swapping out bulbs?

 

[davidmbell]

Don't forget that when you're comparing lights you have to establish you're comparing like for like settings, and that SIDE lights on a Z4 look very dim and yellow, compared to the Daylight Running Light setting. And even with new bulbs if you have them on 'sides' they can look rubbish.

Here's my MTECs, on DRL mode http://www.z4bmw.co.uk/lights/
David

 

[All Pina]

Don't forget that when you're comparing lights you have to establish you're comparing like for like settings, and that SIDE lights on a Z4 look very dim and yellow, compared to the Daylight Running Light setting. And even with new bulbs if you have them on 'sides' they can look rubbish.

Here's my MTECs, on DRL mode http://www.z4bmw.co.uk/lights/
David

Good point David - my photos at top of OP were in DRL mode.