How to change the bulb on the DRL to be white bright like a xenon light, what are you folks using? any instructions for this?


How do you program your DRL to be on?

 

I'm curious too. Short of using resistors or relays, I have not been able to find an h8 bulb that is fully compatible with the oem bulb. I get a light out error every time.

 

For LCI AE's DRL's...there is an HID option fully compatible, if you don't like the H8 bulbs....


http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=61866&hl=

 

rj, do you have LCI or pre-LCI...

if LCI, refer to the post above..

if pre-lci...AFAIK it's a bulb change...try pm'ing nerweezy r1racer....GL

Gene

 

If your car is pre-LCI you can try out the Xenesis bulbs (H7). They will not be an exact match because they're not xenon bulbs but since they're white, they will match better than the stock yellow color.

 

thank gene i have been talking to nerweezy already getting some licen plates lights from him maybe ill get both.

My car is a pre LCI but even if i change the bulbs how do i activate them, meaning turn them on and off, is there something on the idrive that allows me to do so?

 

Thanks guys. I have an 08 550 so it's LCI. I was hoping for a direct bulb replacement of the H8 -- but nothing out there is exactly compatible it seems. I've tried 4 sets up different H8 bulbs and all of them through an error.

 

Just so you know I have the super white bulbs in my DRL's but because the DRL's don't run at full strength the color will never be super white. I have 6000k look bulbs in and they are still yellow the only time they are white is when I flash the high beams. so if you are trying to get super white DRL's save your money nothing really works because of the lower voltage output of the DRL.

 

Gene im not looking for the angel eyes i already have aibrights im looking for the actual bulb on the daylight running lights , i just dont know if there is a way of turning them on or off

thanks for your help

 

Oh well there goes that idea!

not even the Xenis huh?