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Just installed the HPB 240W H8 angel eyes on my E90 LCI last night. Very happy with the outcome. The light is very bright and the distribution of light is perfectly even. The inner rings are super bright but the outer ones are dimmer, but that's to be expected due to the design of the E90 angel eyes optics so that is due to no fault of HPB.
However, the installation took me over 1.5 hours because I had such a hard time screwing the bulbs into the sockets. For the driver side, I had to remove the intake airbox but it still took me a very long time after that. For some reason it took a great deal of effort to turn the bulb to lock it in place. The design of the bulb with the square heatsink didn't allow much torque to be applied when turning it in such confined space. It was just a nightmare and I still can't believe I was able to get them in. So consider yourself warned if you're going to embark on this!
Anyway, like I said above, the outcome is great so I quickly forgot about the pain of installation soon afterwards. I was also able to cramp the multiple outboard units into the headlight housing and shut the cap properly without issues. It's a tight fit but definitely doable.
Unless LUX offers easier installation, I can't see how the HPB 240W can be beat for the money. I paid only $99 for the HPB bulbs as they were on sale (and still is at the time of this posting).
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