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Changed my bulbs Now I have white bright light...

#1 mixterk

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Posted 31 December 2005 - 02:43 PM

Gone has the Amber... :thumbsup:

�48 well spent...happy man :wow:

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Posted 31 December 2005 - 02:56 PM

Nice Mixterk!

I bet you can see them from quite a distance now!

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Posted 31 December 2005 - 02:57 PM

mixterk, on Dec 31 2005, 07:43 PM, said:

�48 well spent...happy man :wow:

Great! They'd go really well with my Xenon's!

Where did you get the bulbs (and which ones are they?) and how about fitting them? :wow:

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Posted 31 December 2005 - 04:03 PM

Tell us how you did it!

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Posted 31 December 2005 - 05:00 PM

Looks great, and would love to do it, but my understanding is that with bi-xenons, you have a major job including cutting and taking apart the headlight assembly. Anybody have diferent info?

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Posted 31 December 2005 - 06:44 PM

CENTRAL CALI, on Dec 31 2005, 01:03 PM, said:

Tell us how you did it!

Pleeeeze!

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Posted 31 December 2005 - 06:56 PM

stream, on Dec 31 2005, 10:00 PM, said:

Looks great, and would love to do it, but my understanding is that with bi-xenons, you have a major job including cutting and taking apart the headlight assembly. Anybody have diferent info?

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Posted 31 December 2005 - 07:57 PM

In reality, it's not that white bright. This photo was taken with long shutter time.

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Posted 01 January 2006 - 04:20 AM

my530i, on Jan 1 2006, 12:57 AM, said:

In reality, it's not that white bright. This photo was taken with long shutter time.

Ooooh, I feel conned... :lol:

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Posted 01 January 2006 - 06:02 AM

my530i, on Jan 1 2006, 12:57 AM, said:

In reality, it's not that white bright. This photo was taken with long shutter time.

And you know this because....

Guys, dead simple, took out the halogens which gave a yellow tint:-

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And swapped them forlamps that give a Blue (actually very white) glow:-

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Now why would I want to fanny about just to trick people...was trying to help :thumbsup:

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Posted 01 January 2006 - 06:10 AM

Man that looks great!

Pleeez, tell us how it was done!!

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Posted 01 January 2006 - 06:39 AM

Looks Blue Cool. :thumbsup:

Did u buy them over the Internet or in a car accessory shop?

A colleague at work purchased some bulbs for his Ford Focus in November from a web shop in the UK.
He says they were Xenon (I haven't seen them) and he says they are definitely brighter than the replaced ones. Didn't really think he could replace standard halogen with Xenon without having some effect on either heat or power consumption. Maybe they were similiar to yours.

How many bulbs did u get for ypur E60? Two or four?
I had a look under the bonnet of my own in November and thought it might be a little tricky getting access to replace those bulbs. Was it easy enough?

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#13 mixterk

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Posted 01 January 2006 - 07:43 AM

IrishEyes, on Jan 1 2006, 11:39 AM, said:

Looks Blue Cool. :thumbsup:

They are philips Blue Vision. I replaced the H7 main headlights and the side lights W5W lamps which illuminate the Angel Eyes.

My headlamp units are bog standard non Xenon, changing the lamps was as easy as removing the circular covers (2 on each haedlamp unit) and then simply removing the old bulbs, a total of 8 (4xH7 and 4xW5W)

They are Xenon filled bulb units with an ellement like a haolgen, (non arc like true Xenons, so no need for balasts and starters) Car sees them as straight forward swaps.

This is the old H7, New has the same element, but filled with Xenon:-

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Basically followed the instructions in the drivers manual, a 10 minute job, one slight hic up, I dropped one of the twist off covers into the well underneath the headlamp, cant get it out, so have had to buy a new one...arse!!

I ordered these from www.powerbulbs.co.uk who repackage the Philips and Osram brands as there own, �48 the set of eight, they are doing 2 sets of H7's for price of one at the moment so thats why I took a punt. I'm happy with the results, seem too a have a sceptic fom the US who thinks its down to my camera, but I know its not so thats cool.

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I havnt had the opportunity to drive in the dark yet...(New Year parties and all that) so cant comment on how well the road lights up (30% improvement claimed) but the angel eyes alone are worth it.

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Posted 01 January 2006 - 07:50 AM

Thats really cool!!

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