594ups

Hello,
New e60 owner here with a few questions.

Anyone replace the bulbs on the fog lights?
What about the rear back up?
Are any of the lights special types that I cannot do myself?

Id like to switch to either a yellow or super white fog light. The back ups I would just do super white.

I have xenon headlights, but the flashing light next to the xenons are standard bulbs that are not super white. Any issue with switching them out?
I looked in my manual, but I cannot find any information about the flasher headlights, figs or rear back ups. What type of bulb are they?

code37

Bump on this Thinking about the same as well, wanted to replace the rear back up lights with super white LED's with out errors

nigxdoof

Mostly everyone has changed out their FOGs to HID's, the bulb type is 9006 with 6000k Temp.

The turn signals for the headlight can vary, some have 7157 and some have 7440/7443 bulb type. You have to take out the signal to verify.

The rear back up lights are 921 bulbs.

I have LED's for all of my bulbs on my car (Except my brake light because of the LCI and its read already so no need for it).

And I've put resistors in my turn signals and reverse lights so that no error message pops up.

Please check out these threads.

LED Reverse
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=76204&hl=

LED Front Turn Signal
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=46668


Good luck and enjoy. And definitely use the search button on the upper right corner. You'll find a lot of useful information.

594ups

Im not too clear on the error message issue in regards to the car.
Why do certain lights create an error message?
Is it not possible to use "standard" super white bulbs as opposed to making my own LED's?

Anyone try a yellow light for the fog lights instead of super white?

Is there a vendor that sells a complete interior or exterior super white light kit?

nigxdoof

Hi there,

Only reason why there would be error messages is because the use of LED's. The LED's have lower power consumption compared to standard bulbs. BMW thinks the bulb is out so in turn would give an error message.

You can use standard super white bulbs, but i'll tell you now, they are dimmer than amber and the LED white bulbs. Like they are ridiculously dim to the point where its unusable.

And yes, a lot of people have 3000k standard and HID bulbs for the fog lights.

As for a vendor, there are plenty of vendors, but i dont know if any of them offer a whole package deal. Shop and search around. Good luck!

theXman

+1 on what nigxdoof said.

For yellow fog lights, you can search for posts from member 'advans'. I believe he has pictures of his yellow fogs.

Edit: here is a link to 1 of them: http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=68903

John@Motorcepts

where r u located BTW? PM me so I can give u my cell number and it's easier to explain over the phone.

Ali@Jlevi SW

We carry both interior and exterior LED kits.

Standard super white bulbs will work just fine. They aren't nearly as bright as the LED's, but they are bright enough for other drivers to notice your turn signals or hazard lights.

I have 3000k HID fogs and love them. As far as visibility in dense fog, switching to 3000k's really made little to no difference. The standard 55w 4500k low beams provide more than enough illumination. Also, a quick read on yellow foglights and their effectiveness:
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1999-...44187.Ph.r.html

einstein57

Did you ever get the SMD bulbs for your reverse lamps?

nigxdoof

still Waiting in the mail from them. Will post comparison pics once i get it. =)