Fog Lights FTW!
01-17-2010 | 09:59 AM
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My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Covers� from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).
We have had temperatures in the high 40s F the last couple of days and a little fog, so I was rolling with my fog lights in all their 6000K glory last night. Wow-they really work well. I really felt safe since I could see so well, and others could see me. We don't get much fog here, so getting to use the little accessories for their intended purpose is a treat. I definitely could tell a difference over the stock lights from the last experience. If you live with fog conditions, I highly recommend this mod.
01-17-2010 | 10:19 AM
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My Ride: 07 525i. titanium grey, cold, premium, 6k headlights, V2 angle eyes, full LED interiors, LED licence plate lights, LED smoke side markers, LCI euro tail lights.
Ok so here come the inevitable questions, are you running 6k headlights? Did you do the foglight install yourself? And I think about $180.00 for this mod from brabus right?
01-17-2010 | 10:31 AM
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My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Covers� from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).
Originally Posted by medflt' post='1092427' date='Jan 17 2010, 01:19 PM
Ok so here come the inevitable questions, are you running 6k headlights? Did you do the foglight install yourself? And I think about $180.00 for this mod from brabus right?
01-17-2010 | 11:02 AM
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I adore the look of my 6000K HID fogs coupled with my 6000K HID headlights which I bought from John. I will admit to using them more often then Andre' would approve of. 
01-17-2010 | 03:26 PM
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My Ride: 07 525i. titanium grey, cold, premium, 6k headlights, V2 angle eyes, full LED interiors, LED licence plate lights, LED smoke side markers, LCI euro tail lights.
Originally Posted by CWS530' post='1092435' date='Jan 17 2010, 02:31 PM
Headlights are stock Xenons. There is a DIY for the install - https://5series.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5912 - it's a very easy job. I bought my interior LEDs, angel eyes, and fogs from john (brabus) as a package, but that price sounds about right. Seriously, this will take 1/2 hour or so to do for both sides.
Excellent, thanks for the link!
01-17-2010 | 06:16 PM
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do yourself a favor and perform the low beam and HID fog upgrade. It is exactly as CWS530 states.....one of the best upgrades I've done. 6000k is more blue then I thought! I love it...
01-19-2010 | 06:30 AM
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My Ride: 07 525i. titanium grey, cold, premium, 6k headlights, V2 angle eyes, full LED interiors, LED licence plate lights, LED smoke side markers, LCI euro tail lights.
Originally Posted by -Mike-' post='1092629' date='Jan 17 2010, 10:16 PM
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do yourself a favor and perform the low beam and HID fog upgrade. It is exactly as CWS530 states.....one of the best upgrades I've done. 6000k is more blue then I thought! I love it...
Mike, have the 6k low beam, MTECH V2 AE's sitting in a box just waiting to be installed. Need to do a little more research on the 6k fogs, I'm sure it's fine but just worried about radiant/conductive heat warping the housing. Thanks to CWS530 and you for the motivation!
01-19-2010 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by medflt' post='1093394' date='Jan 19 2010, 10:30 AM
Mike, have the 6k low beam, MTECH V2 AE's sitting in a box just waiting to be installed. Need to do a little more research on the 6k fogs, I'm sure it's fine but just worried about radiant/conductive heat warping the housing. Thanks to CWS530 and you for the motivation!
my shop guy has moved them twice and still went my fogs are on it trips the pdc