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Old 04-29-2009, 04:16 PM
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Ok i have a BMW 2004 525i and i bought the led angel eye bulbs and theres nowhere to put them.. i looked all over for the place and i found a liitle bulb and it seems to be for the angel eyes but its not bright and its to liitle what do i do
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hope you bought the correct bulb size, but those ebay LED AE's have been reported to be disappointing...

for install...

the long way..

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=22546

the easy way..

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=36860


^these are for xenon headlights...for halogen headlights is a different bulbs as well...
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Which kind of headlights do you have, halogen or xenon?
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do you have hid's or halogen?
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i have halogen bulbs and no projectors
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i have halogen bulbs and no projectors
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Originally Posted by Harlemcat45' post='863609' date='Apr 30 2009, 03:48 AM
i have halogen bulbs and no projectors
This should help you
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=49997
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Originally Posted by JM1' post='900749' date='Jun 4 2009, 10:25 AM
Are they bright were u can see them in the daytime?
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Nope ...

Originally Posted by Harlemcat45' post='900777' date='Jun 4 2009, 11:13 AM
Are they bright were u can see them in the daytime?
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Halogen headlights; you?ll need two W5W type bulbs to one headlight.

If you put some W5W type LED bulb, your car probably give error messages, because LED?s needs less power than regular bulbs.


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