[rkick08]

Well, long story short, I'm trying to change the bulb on the angel eyes for my 09 e90. the thing is that no one know what bulb it is? I have search hours online for it and drove miles around the county to see but no one know?!

below are some pics of how it looks. What I have been told is that the bulb inside looks to be like a 194 but the thing is that the grey piece below does not come off in order to have the bulbs changes?! ahhh this is driving me crazy! has anyone done this before or im just crazy for trying this? I have seen the racing dash led bulbs for the 08 e90 but that would not work with my car since the back connectors are different. anyhow any help is much appreciated.

Thanks!

[alanchan]

hey you are not alone on this ...... I am with you

I got my new LCI halogen headlights for over 6 weeks now and I am unable to find any white color angel eye bulbs.
no damn luck WTF

my headlights still in the garage collecting dust (not install yet)
someone please help us.....

[mds82]

i'm not 100% sure, but it looks VERY similar to the pre-lci angel eye bulb. I would say go ahead and try LUX 5.0 on these!!!!

[alanchan]

Marc,

I wouldn't mind try your Lux5, how much and if it doesn't work
can you refund it please?
but like he said, how the hell do you remove the "grey piece"?
it has to come off in order to have the bulbs change
any idea?

thanks

[mds82]

Originally Posted by alanchan

Marc,

I wouldn't mind try your Lux5, how much and if it doesn't work
can you refund it please?
but like he said, how the hell do you remove the "grey piece"?
it has to come off in order to have the bulbs change
any idea?

thanks

I would need to see the headlight first really, i hvent see the new LCI halogen ones.

If you did want to try it. i would talk with NAM and if it didnt work then we could refund you the money.

[alanchan]

Marc,

Anyone in your area bought a set of LCI halogen headlights you can check out?
is LUX5 the same voltage or wattage?
I mean will it throw an error?

[mds82]

Originally Posted by alanchan

Marc,

Anyone in your area bought a set of LCI halogen headlights you can check out?
is LUX5 the same voltage or wattage?
I mean will it throw an error?

There are almost no people in my area that are even on e90post at all, it sucks.

[alanchan]

Marc,

sounds like I might have to bite the bullet and try it.
if this turn out, you are going to be a HERO.
people with LCI halo will highly consider your product.

[rkick08]

Originally Posted by alanchan

Marc,

sounds like I might have to bite the bullet and try it.
if this turn out, you are going to be a HERO.
people with LCI halo will highly consider your product.

I agree. is there a pic of these infamous LUX 5.0? if the bulb has to be changed and keep the same housing then forget about it, that grey peice is not coming off with out breaking it. Also the connectors are unique.

[alanchan]

what a bad design from BMW
why can't they make both LCI xenon and halo's angel eye bulbs the same.
if I can't find a solution, the only way is to sell my brand new LCI halo set
I can't drive with those ugly yellow angel eye bulb

[rkick08]

I was just taking a look at the Lux 5.0 instructions and its no where near close of what would need to be done to get those on the new headlmaps. I really dont think those would work...

[rkick08]

Originally Posted by alanchan

what a bad design from BMW
why can't they make both LCI xenon and halo's angel eye bulbs the same.
if I can't find a solution, the only way is to sell my brand new LCI halo set
I can't drive with those ugly yellow angel eye bulb

Some guy from the shop that I went to told me to try putting a clear blueish film on top of the out side plastic of the bulb set. this might shine a blue light to the rings....

[mds82]

can someone post more pictures of the oem bulb? also, pictures of how they mount within the car and the wires they plug into?

[rkick08]

Below is a pic of them actually installed, original pics that I first posted shows the front side and back




the back of the OEM (not the same connector as to the racing dash LEDs)

These bubls are actually scrwed to the housing. they have simple access to them and removal and installation is simple as well. (atleast for the passenger side, I havent tried the drive side yet).

I was told that the 194 bulb looks to be the bulb inside so I bought a pair but I just cant get that piece to come apart since it looks like its heated sealed.

[alanchan]

thanks for the picture, well done, I don't think I can add any better pictures than that.

[808E90]

We did a RD (Racing Dash) retrofit on my LCI Halogen lights ...
All you have to do is cut the wire and crimp on some female end to them and then use a self-tap screw to hold down the LEDs ... Let me know if you guys need a full detail DIY on this.

Here is how mine turned out (pics with headlights off):

[rkick08]

Originally Posted by 808E90

We did a RD (Racing Dash) retrofit on my LCI Halogen lights ...
All you have to do is cut the wire and crimp on some female end to them and then use a self-tap screw to hold down the LEDs ... Let me know if you guys need a full detail DIY on this.

Here is how mine turned out (pics with headlights off):

these look sweet! dam i dont know im a bit iffy on cutting anything off and rigging it. do you have any pics of how the cables look?

Also pics with the lights on and angel eyes? do you have regular OEM halogens? are those fogs stock?



Thanks again for posting this!

[808E90]

Originally Posted by rkick08

these look sweet! dam i dont know im a bit iffy on cutting anything off and rigging it. do you have any pics of how the cables look?

Also pics with the lights on and angel eyes? do you have regular OEM halogens? are those fogs stock?



Thanks again for posting this!

No worries

No I didn't get a chance to take a pic of the wires or the lights with the headlights on.... Yes my car came with halogens and those are JDM yellow M-tech fogs. It's really not that bad if your willing to cut a few wires.

[rkick08]

Originally Posted by 808E90

No worries

No I didn't get a chance to take a pic of the wires or the lights with the headlights on.... Yes my car came with halogens and those are JDM yellow M-tech fogs. It's really bot that bed if your willing to cut a few wires.

Are you willing to write up some instructions and the materials needed to guide us when you have some time on doing this correctly? I'm sure many of us will benefit from your knowledege on this mod.

thanks again.

[alanchan]

Aloha 808E90

thanks for your respond, we appreciate your time and effort if you can provide us some guide lines DIY instructions.

please tell us what parts + bulbs need to buy and where from?

[808E90]

Originally Posted by rkick08

Are you willing to write up some instructions and the materials needed to guide us when you have some time on doing this correctly? I'm sure many of us will benefit from your knowledege on this mod.

thanks again.

Originally Posted by alanchan

Aloha 808E90

thanks for your respond, we appreciate your time and effort if you can provide us some guide lines DIY instructions.

please tell us what parts + bulbs need to buy and where from?

I don't have any pics so I'll try and draw it out ... I'll work on it tonight

[rkick08]

Originally Posted by 808E90

I don't have any pics so I'll try and draw it out ... I'll work on it tonight

Thanks.

I know this might look/sound ghetto but I came up with an idea. I cut a piece of small plastic and colored it blue with a sharpie and put it in between the factory bulb and got these light on puer daylight:




I know they dont look all that bright but they might at night, I'll check tonight to see. The only donw fall is that of course the plastic melts after a bit so i'm looking to see how i can get some type of blue glass.. lol

anyhow this was just an idea that came up and i wannted to give it a try...