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Why is it so hard to get BRIGHT angel eyes on E60

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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 07:11 AM
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I gave up trying to go brighter on my ae's pre lci. Orions in the future maybe but I am satisfied with my mtechs
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Old Mar 18, 2012 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by IQ21



Just upgraded the Angel Eye with LED bulb.

But as soon as the LED is 6000K white in color, so I place a amber filter in front of the bulb to make the light back to yellow.
i'm quite satisify on it.
Do you have any more information on this?
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by southgate
I gave up trying to go brighter on my ae's pre lci. Orions in the future maybe but I am satisfied with my mtechs
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 09:02 PM
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Why is it so hard to get BRIGHT angel eyes on E60-orions-01.png
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by v_therussian
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I dont really trust anyone in Hong Kong to crack open my headlights and do the job properly!!!
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by mark_hk
I dont really trust anyone in Hong Kong to crack open my headlights and do the job properly!!!
I wouldn't want anyone to crack my open either lol they use precision powertools these days though so it's all good
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 06:09 AM
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Incidently - How do you crack these bad boys open?

I did some on my S3 years ago successfully - involved placing them in the oven of all places!! to loosen the bonding... not too keen in chucking these in the oven though
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Klean
ok, so i'm a bit of a NOOB, but i have an LCI (08) 535 and my angels are bright, but they are the yellow color. Can I not get the newer OEM angels and install them? How hard would that be or would it throw an error code?

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The new F10s have two bulbs now for their AEs and the E60s have one, thus the F10s are brighter and can be seen during the day (white light). I have he 6W LEDs from Trinity Autosports and they don't show up at all in the sun, but look great at night. I am getting Simon to install my Orions.
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by v_therussian
I wouldn't want anyone to crack my open either lol they use precision powertools these days though so it's all good
Well, opening with power tool is just for it to be cleaner and easier to seal. Incidentally, using the insane method of soldering iron to open as per Umnitza's first PDF will work, just takes forever and smells like burning hell. Plus it looks nasty on the ridges.

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Incidently - How do you crack these bad boys open?

I did some on my S3 years ago successfully - involved placing them in the oven of all places!! to loosen the bonding... not too keen in chucking these in the oven though
Baking it does not work on these unless you want to damage other parts of the headlight.

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The new F10s have two bulbs now for their AEs and the E60s have one, thus the F10s are brighter and can be seen during the day (white light). I have he 6W LEDs from Trinity Autosports and they don't show up at all in the sun, but look great at night. I am getting Simon to install my Orions.
Alrighty, let me know
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by nomis_nehc
Well, opening with power tool is just for it to be cleaner and easier to seal. Incidentally, using the insane method of soldering iron to open as per Umnitza's first PDF will work, just takes forever and smells like burning hell. Plus it looks nasty on the ridges.



Baking it does not work on these unless you want to damage other parts of the headlight.



Alrighty, let me know
i had took to a shop in hong kong and ask them to bake it, they refuse, they said it no use to bake bmw.
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