Officially an E60 owner!
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From: Los Angeles/Santa Barbara
My Ride: Space Gray 545i
Greetings everyone,
I'm Henry Chau and I want to officially introduce myself to the forum.
I will be finishing my senior year at UCSB, majoring in Economics and Accounting and contemplating if I want to request a 5th year to try and double major in Financial Mathematics. Kind of screwed around for a bit before deciding to take school seriously, so I'm a little older than the average college student.
Anyhoo...Just signed the papers to a 2004 Space Gray 545i, SMG, and 33k miles on the clock. Price was 21k out the door. Will be picking it up at the end of the week.
Previous car was an automatic 2000 323i. The smg is such a joy to drive, and shifts smoothly as well! Let the modding begin? 
I got a question about the headlights. When I turn the knob to the left, that is daytime driving lights, correct? The highbeams turn on.
When I turn it to the first notch to the right, the factory angel eyes turn on, as well as the highbeams? Then when I turn it to the second notch on the right, the headlights turn on(obviously) and both angel eyes are now on.
Kind of a funky setup to me, I plan on upgrading to the ibright angel eyes and would like them to be on all the time, and have the high beam turned off.
So, I was wondering, the light settings can be changed, right? But can this only be done at the dealership?
I'm Henry Chau and I want to officially introduce myself to the forum.
I will be finishing my senior year at UCSB, majoring in Economics and Accounting and contemplating if I want to request a 5th year to try and double major in Financial Mathematics. Kind of screwed around for a bit before deciding to take school seriously, so I'm a little older than the average college student.
Anyhoo...Just signed the papers to a 2004 Space Gray 545i, SMG, and 33k miles on the clock. Price was 21k out the door. Will be picking it up at the end of the week.
Previous car was an automatic 2000 323i. The smg is such a joy to drive, and shifts smoothly as well! Let the modding begin? I got a question about the headlights. When I turn the knob to the left, that is daytime driving lights, correct? The highbeams turn on.
When I turn it to the first notch to the right, the factory angel eyes turn on, as well as the highbeams? Then when I turn it to the second notch on the right, the headlights turn on(obviously) and both angel eyes are now on.
Kind of a funky setup to me, I plan on upgrading to the ibright angel eyes and would like them to be on all the time, and have the high beam turned off.
So, I was wondering, the light settings can be changed, right? But can this only be done at the dealership?
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My Ride: 2008 535i Space Gray Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Sport Package, Premium Package, Navi, Automatic. HID 10000K Angel Eyes, 8000K Low Beam and Fog Lights... Next up: MTech Kit, Sound System and Backup Camera, and maybe some new shoes!!
Welcome!
does your car have iDrive? because there's an option to turn the angel eyes on and off.
regarding angel eyes... you should talk to brabusw209amg aka john .. he's the light guru of this forum, he'll hook you up with some
bright ass angel eyes, trust me, i know
does your car have iDrive? because there's an option to turn the angel eyes on and off.
regarding angel eyes... you should talk to brabusw209amg aka john .. he's the light guru of this forum, he'll hook you up with some
bright ass angel eyes, trust me, i know
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From: texas
Welcome henry ! When you turn the switch to the left it turns the lights on automaticlly when it gets dark, not to be confused with dtrl. 2nd your hi beams should not come on , you have the high beam switch on push it back to shut it off. Anyway henry you have a great car ENJOY !!
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From: Los Angeles/Santa Barbara
My Ride: Space Gray 545i
Thanks guys!
Nice, raven. Yes, I have iDrive, the angel eye settings are in there? That's freaking awesome!! Can I turn off then high beams for daytime driving in the iDrive as well?
As long as the angel eyes are super bright and visible during the day, I'm game. The led ones I had on my 3 were super bright.
Bezzle: You should, the v8 is addicting!! lol
myfive: Isn't college grand? haha
leadfoot: I'll double check again after I pick up the car. But I'm pretty sure the inner bulbs did turn on.
Nice, raven. Yes, I have iDrive, the angel eye settings are in there? That's freaking awesome!! Can I turn off then high beams for daytime driving in the iDrive as well?
As long as the angel eyes are super bright and visible during the day, I'm game. The led ones I had on my 3 were super bright.
Bezzle: You should, the v8 is addicting!! lol
myfive: Isn't college grand? haha
leadfoot: I'll double check again after I pick up the car. But I'm pretty sure the inner bulbs did turn on.
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Greetings everyone,
I'm Henry Chau and I want to officially introduce myself to the forum.
I will be finishing my senior year at UCSB, majoring in Economics and Accounting and contemplating if I want to request a 5th year to try and double major in Financial Mathematics. Kind of screwed around for a bit before deciding to take school seriously, so I'm a little older than the average college student.
Anyhoo...Just signed the papers to a 2004 Space Gray 545i, SMG, and 33k miles on the clock. Price was 21k out the door. Will be picking it up at the end of the week. Previous car was an automatic 2000 323i. The smg is such a joy to drive, and shifts smoothly as well! Let the modding begin?
I got a question about the headlights. When I turn the knob to the left, that is daytime driving lights, correct? The highbeams turn on.
When I turn it to the first notch to the right, the factory angel eyes turn on, as well as the highbeams? Then when I turn it to the second notch on the right, the headlights turn on(obviously) and both angel eyes are now on.
Kind of a funky setup to me, I plan on upgrading to the ibright angel eyes and would like them to be on all the time, and have the high beam turned off.
So, I was wondering, the light settings can be changed, right? But can this only be done at the dealership?
I'm Henry Chau and I want to officially introduce myself to the forum.
I will be finishing my senior year at UCSB, majoring in Economics and Accounting and contemplating if I want to request a 5th year to try and double major in Financial Mathematics. Kind of screwed around for a bit before deciding to take school seriously, so I'm a little older than the average college student.
Anyhoo...Just signed the papers to a 2004 Space Gray 545i, SMG, and 33k miles on the clock. Price was 21k out the door. Will be picking it up at the end of the week.
Previous car was an automatic 2000 323i. The smg is such a joy to drive, and shifts smoothly as well! Let the modding begin? I got a question about the headlights. When I turn the knob to the left, that is daytime driving lights, correct? The highbeams turn on.
When I turn it to the first notch to the right, the factory angel eyes turn on, as well as the highbeams? Then when I turn it to the second notch on the right, the headlights turn on(obviously) and both angel eyes are now on.
Kind of a funky setup to me, I plan on upgrading to the ibright angel eyes and would like them to be on all the time, and have the high beam turned off.
So, I was wondering, the light settings can be changed, right? But can this only be done at the dealership?
As for the angel eyes, I recommend MTEC V2.1 which is brighter than AiB V3. I also recommend the HID fogs, LED interiors, and License plate lamps to finish it off.
Thanks raven!
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My Ride: 2004 530i | Sapphire Black | Sport | Premium | NAV | Logic 7 | DPE R07 Variant S Gloss Black with Polished Lip 20x8.5 front 20x10 rear | Falken FK452 tires 245/30/20 front 275/30/20 rear | H&R Coilovers | Smoked Tail Lights | M5 trunk spoiler | AC Schnitzer style roof spoiler | HID 8000K headlights & foglights | 35% tint all around | Sprint Booster | Speed Innovation ECU tuning | M5 trunk finisher | M-Tech body kit | Remus Quad Exhaust | AC Schnitzer style pedals | Euro Stickers | RPi Ram Air Induction | Smoked LED Side Lenses | AC Schnitzer style e-brake handle | AC Schnitzer style shifter | AC Schnitzer style iDrive knob | AC Schnitzer style carbon fiber diffuser | carbon fiber hood/trunk/steering emblems | carbon fiber grilles | carbon fiber door pillars | MTEC v2 Angel Eyes | Hamann style carbon fiber splitter
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