Hi Mick, the bulbs look cool.

A bit off topic but can you post some pics of your black dakota/maple interior as I don't think I've ever seen that combo?

Cheers

 

That's great news. Apparently, the 10W lamp is a halogen lamp already, and I have tried 20W lamps that I know are halogen in my E39. On E39, you have to take the reflector off to get the bulbs out, else it's stopped by the bayonet nipples. If you can actually get the bulb out by itself on the E60 assembly, that's great...I'm going to try the 23W blue halogen. I'm also going to get the purple as well to see how it might look. The only thing I am concerned about is heat dissipation, going from 10 -> 23W. I know that several people have used 20W without issue on E39, however, others claim to have known people with heat problems. This is all on E39, but I'll give it a shot on E60 with LED and the blue 23W lamp and see how it looks.

Did you take the lamp assembly out of your vehicle? Was it relatively easy to get out? I can see it, but I haven't even bothered trying to get it out yet since I was planning on ordering two completely new assemblies anyway.

 

What do think about these, is this the right bulb? There are several choices for the ba9s bulbs, is this the correct fitment for the Adapt Xenon E60's?


http://autolumination.com/otherleds.htm

 

Yes, the Ba9-base bulb is the right base, and I've seen that site before, but you'll have a couple of problems.

First, those lamps might not be as bright as the ones from LEDtronics, and second, even with side-facing lamps, we may need something like a collimator to focus the light into the lightguide (the nature of LED light doesn't really work with point-source reflectors).

I also don't see any specs for the Ba9 lamp brightness on their specs page, but we can certainly try them!

 

It looks like PIAA makes a white LED retrofit for the angel eyes:

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?s=&showtop...ndpost&p=218944




Now why doesn't PIAA sell this kind of stuff in the US or Europe? I'll see if I can find a source for this.

 

Just changed the parking light bulbs to 'bright white' blue cloured bulbs.

IMHO they are not as bright. The blue glass filters out yellow and red wavelegnths so the overall brightness is reduced. But they are white !

Pics show the outer lamp with the new bulbs, inner lights have original bulbs so you can judge for yourselves.

1st pic 1/2 second exposure. 2nd pic 1/4 sec exposure for comparison.

 

One thing has become obvious during this thread...you all need better digital cameras

 

Can't afford one, spent all my money on the car !

 

My new W5W xenon filled "whiter" bulbs turned up today. Here's a few piccies for comparison. (Yes I do need a better digital camera, but I think you will be able to see the yellow has gone in favour of white).



The inner light (on the left in the picture) is the new one in case your screen colours are as dodgy as my camera!




The right hand side (as you look at the photos above and below) are the new bulbs. They do look a bit blue on the photo's but in real life they do look white (honest!)


The one below was taken with the flash on and shows the colurs a bit better I think.



p.s. I have now changed all 4, the photos are just to show difference in colour.

 

I believe you Sometimes its said that the shutter speed can make the bulbs look whiter on the photo...your set proves these W5W do a canny job for little money..Nice one