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05-25-2009, 01:05 AM

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I already saw many threads about angel eyes. Right now I am a little bit confused which ones I can use. I have an E61 525d from march 2005 with Halogen headlights. I've seen the article in which pinguhk (white bulbs) sells white bulbs. I also visited a German website and saw this article, is anyone familiar with this product "http://www.duw.de/shop/DetailView.aspx?CatalogProductId=345708"?

And for matching color of the headlights itself can I use these bulbs "http://www.jlevistreetwerks.com/p259/Bimmian-Xenesis-Tru-Match-Xenon-White-Bulb-Set/product_info.html" or are they only for the foglights? If so which bulb should I use to match the color?

Sorry if this is a typical newbie question but I really got confused by all the articles about angel eyes in this forum

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05-25-2009, 09:39 AM

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Take a look at YouTube first as there are tutorials on fitting the variouse Angel Lights and the differences between them.......

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type...l+E60&uni=1

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05-25-2009, 10:03 AM

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This one also shows the difference between the normal and white lights.

E-bay is proberbly the widest source of supply:
http://motors.shop.ebay.co.uk/items/_W0QQL...mp;_osacat=9800

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05-25-2009, 10:21 AM

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The AE for the Halogen headlights uses w5w (maybe also known as 194/T10 wedge style) for each of the reflector. I think the first link you got is for the Xenon headlights.

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05-25-2009, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Banstead' post='889541' date='May 25 2009, 07:39 PM

Hi,
Take a look at YouTube first as there are tutorials on fitting the variouse Angel Lights and the differences between them.......

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type...l+E60&uni=1

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I've read some comments from people on this forum stating how difficult it is to replace the angel eyes but this looks like my youngest child can even replace them

. But seriously, this is a very helpfull tutorial! Thanks

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05-25-2009, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Banstead' post='889567' date='May 25 2009, 08:03 PM

This one also shows the difference between the normal and white lights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lWSbkcuPHo

E-bay is proberbly the widest source of supply:
http://motors.shop.ebay.co.uk/items/_W0QQL...mp;_osacat=9800

I already noticed the difference between them. My problem is that most of them for sale on ebay are for models with factory fitted xenons only.

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05-25-2009, 01:27 PM

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Those are NOT for Halogen ... There are 4 bulbs AE for Halogen (2 on each side, 1 for each reflector) ... GL!

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05-25-2009, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BlaSTiWi' post='889582' date='May 25 2009, 08:21 PM

The AE for the Halogen headlights uses w5w (maybe also known as 194/T10 wedge style) for each of the reflector. I think the first link you got is for the Xenon headlights.

The first two links seems to state that they are for Halogen headlights, but can't be sure about that. You are right that I need one for each reflector (so 4 in total).

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05-25-2009, 01:44 PM

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Yes and the kind of bulb you'll need will be like by pinguhk as you've posted first.

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The first two links seems to state that they are for Halogen headlights, but can't be sure about that. You are right that I need one for each reflector (so 4 in total).

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Yes and the kind of bulb you'll need will be like by pinguhk as you've posted first.

Okay, thanks BlaSTiWi I think I'd better contact pinguhk, for now I think he has the best solution available for my situation. He probably can even tell me what kind of matching bulbs I need for the lowbeams.

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