LED Angel Eye update question.....
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Has anybody who has swapped out their Angel Eyes with LEDs had the twinkling effect on them before starting the car? Last night I was starting the car in a dark driveway, and all of the sudden I see this twinkling LED effect from the Angel Eyes. They worked just fine after that, but just twinkled. It happened again this morning, so I suppose its been going on all of the time. Please advise. 
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Originally Posted by flyingpuck' post='478623' date='Oct 6 2007, 08:29 PM
Has anybody who has swapped out their Angel Eyes with LEDs had the twinkling effect on them before starting the car?
Messing with the E60 electrical system and problems will occur.
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This isn't a big problem. The strobing effect is the car going through the electrical systems check and since LEDs don't take too much power it's causing it to power on/off. You shouldn't see any strobing after start up. If you do then you have a prob.
It's common to see this with upgraded AE's.
It's common to see this with upgraded AE's.
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Originally Posted by ro11dice' post='478637' date='Oct 6 2007, 11:26 AM
This isn't a big problem. The strobing effect is the car going through the electrical systems check and since LEDs don't take too much power it's causing it to power on/off. You shouldn't see any strobing after start up. If you do then you have a prob.
It's common to see this with upgraded AE's.
It's common to see this with upgraded AE's.
Thanks ro11dice, I didn't think it was a real problem, just kind of unique and actually a little bit cool too. Thanks for the information!
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I did have LED last year 1 light has 6 led and after about 5 months I saw that 3 out of the 6 LED were burned out so I did not use them after. Now I just have 8w white blubs in it which is much better and cheeper too.
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='479096' date='Oct 8 2007, 02:29 AM
I did have LED last year 1 light has 6 led and after about 5 months I saw that 3 out of the 6 LED were burned out so I did not use them after. Now I just have 8w white blubs in it which is much better and cheeper too.
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Originally Posted by Ricracing' post='478632' date='Oct 6 2007, 11:13 AM
Swapped out the AE's?
Messing with the E60 electrical system and problems will occur.
Messing with the E60 electrical system and problems will occur.
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