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I purchased and fitted these last week after a lot of indecision on spending a significant amount of cash on what is a effectively a pair of bulbs. I'm very happy with the results however and although they are not as bright as the BMW Angel Eyes on the latest models, they do look a lot better and appear brighter than the standard Z4 ones.
Fitting was very straight forward, here's some pictures taken from the install. I'll add some of what the lights look like when it eventually stops raining.
1. Remove the plastic covers to get access to the OEM bulbs, then remove the light grey plug connecting the wiring to the bulb holder. You need to gently prise out the bottom of the two clips shown by the yellow arrows in the photo below.
2. To remove the OEM bulb and bulb holder you have to rotate the bulb holder just under a quarter of a turn. Looking at the car from the front, you rotate inwards towards the center of the engine bay. The arrow shows the direction of rotation for the left side, for the right side the rotation direction is reversed. These are fitted quite tight, or at least my ones were, some gripper gloves help get a good grip to rotate the bulb holders.
Picture of OEM bulb and bulb holder.
3. To make it easier to fit the new LUX Angel Eyes, you need to line up the new bulb in the same orientation as the OEM bulb holder and mark (with a piece of tape) where the top of the bulb will be once it's rotated into it's locked position. The following picture shows the OEM and LUX Angel Eye bulbs, note that the three tabs on both bulbs are lined up in the same orientation.
4. Slot the new LUX Angel Eye into the light housing, lining up the tape marker, approx. a quarter of a turn off of the top of the light fitting. Rotate the bulb into position, this time you are rotating the bulb away from the center of the car's engine bay for the left and right bulbs respectively. I put a very light smear of silicone grease onto the red rubber O-ring on each bulb to help ease it into position.
5. Connect the light grey plastic connector onto the LUX Angel Eye socket as shown below. Note the sealed black plastic box which contains the LUX Angel Eye electronics.
6. The black plastic box that contains the electronics module needs to be placed inside the plastic light housing, you could just drop it in, but I used some double sided trim tape to secure it to the side of the light housing as shown below.
7. Test the lights and replace the plastic light housing covers and you're all done.
Pictures of the installed lights to follow, when it eventually stops raining ...
Fitting was very straight forward, here's some pictures taken from the install. I'll add some of what the lights look like when it eventually stops raining.
1. Remove the plastic covers to get access to the OEM bulbs, then remove the light grey plug connecting the wiring to the bulb holder. You need to gently prise out the bottom of the two clips shown by the yellow arrows in the photo below.
2. To remove the OEM bulb and bulb holder you have to rotate the bulb holder just under a quarter of a turn. Looking at the car from the front, you rotate inwards towards the center of the engine bay. The arrow shows the direction of rotation for the left side, for the right side the rotation direction is reversed. These are fitted quite tight, or at least my ones were, some gripper gloves help get a good grip to rotate the bulb holders.
Picture of OEM bulb and bulb holder.
3. To make it easier to fit the new LUX Angel Eyes, you need to line up the new bulb in the same orientation as the OEM bulb holder and mark (with a piece of tape) where the top of the bulb will be once it's rotated into it's locked position. The following picture shows the OEM and LUX Angel Eye bulbs, note that the three tabs on both bulbs are lined up in the same orientation.
4. Slot the new LUX Angel Eye into the light housing, lining up the tape marker, approx. a quarter of a turn off of the top of the light fitting. Rotate the bulb into position, this time you are rotating the bulb away from the center of the car's engine bay for the left and right bulbs respectively. I put a very light smear of silicone grease onto the red rubber O-ring on each bulb to help ease it into position.
5. Connect the light grey plastic connector onto the LUX Angel Eye socket as shown below. Note the sealed black plastic box which contains the LUX Angel Eye electronics.
6. The black plastic box that contains the electronics module needs to be placed inside the plastic light housing, you could just drop it in, but I used some double sided trim tape to secure it to the side of the light housing as shown below.
7. Test the lights and replace the plastic light housing covers and you're all done.
Pictures of the installed lights to follow, when it eventually stops raining ...
