550i LCI led angel eyes, quick advice please
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That's true, doesn't even look that bright at night in person. It's challenging to take pix near pitch black showcasing only the angel eyes, i spent over 20 mins trying to take pix using a good camera + tripod and has none that acurately represent how they look in person.
In all fairness, the brightness is pretty good for cheap and maintenance free AE upgrade that rid of OEM yellow. I run them as DRL full-time and they last about a year.
Off topic question: anyone wants to share manual settings on DSLR for night shots to acurately showcase AE's? Haha
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My 7500k are actually pretty bright during the day, and are easily noticeable. I'd say equally as noticeable as the stock halogens, however, the inner ring does look brighter than the outer ring as opposed to both looking about equal with the stock halogens.
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Meh. I think you should get together with viper1213 or tex_phil, they're both in Texas (not sure about proximity though). Next to their's, I think you'll finally realize what I am saying.
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^yes the orion v2 rings are nice and IMO the most evenly distributed and best looking in direct sunlight, but not everyone is up for cutting open their headlights..hope you realize that as well simon 
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Sorry to be bearer of bad news but those will SUCK during the daytime. You will not even be able to see them let alone match them to the new angle eyes on the 2011 BMWs. These H8 LED bulbs will give you errors on the iDrive. If you can I would cancel my order ASAP.