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Thanks! Front is H&R Sports, rear I programmed through the computer to be 1.5-inches lower. I hate the springs though, it's way too bouncy. I don't mind stiff, I used to daily a caged M3, but there is too much spring for the shock to handle.
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It's funny you mention that. My friend with an E90 335i has the same complaint about his H&R springs - I find it odd as they're usually pretty good about matching spring rates to the shock rebound.
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Ya, I'm not a fan at all. I'm trying to avoid doing coil overs...but it seems like that might be my only option right now.
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My Ride: 2010 535 xi - M Sport Pkg & other goodies
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I'm about to do that on my new X3, and was hoping it works out well...
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My Ride: E61 535xiT Deep Sea Blue
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Finally dropped, with H&R sport springs. Ride is crappy. And rubs a lot from right rear.
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my fav 'mod' IND Plate frame paint matched!
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dusk shot
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added some brighter blubs, Philips 85415XV C1 Xtreme Vision (4800K)
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my fav 'mod' IND Plate frame paint matched!
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dusk shot
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added some brighter blubs, Philips 85415XV C1 Xtreme Vision (4800K)
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My Ride: 2010 535 xi - M Sport Pkg & other goodies
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I've been looking into getting new bulbs, as I figured the existing ones have started to lose their strength.
Just curious, how come you went with the Philips X-treme (+50% more light claim) vs. Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited bulbs (+70% more light)?
There's a part of me that thinks that since the Osram bulbs are newer, maybe their +70% claim could be valid (bulbs keep improving), plus they're 4350K (vs. 4800K for the X-tremes), so naturally, you'd expect more light because of that from what I understand...
PS Your angel eyes look terrible!
Replace them with $100 LED's fast! The light distribution on our cars is actually even better than on the E9x platform, so the two rings will look even more consistent. I did mine, search for my posts on it.
Just curious, how come you went with the Philips X-treme (+50% more light claim) vs. Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited bulbs (+70% more light)?
There's a part of me that thinks that since the Osram bulbs are newer, maybe their +70% claim could be valid (bulbs keep improving), plus they're 4350K (vs. 4800K for the X-tremes), so naturally, you'd expect more light because of that from what I understand...
PS Your angel eyes look terrible!
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Just curious, how come you went with the Philips X-treme (+50% more light claim) vs. Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited bulbs (+70% more light)?
There's a part of me that thinks that since the Osram bulbs are newer, maybe their +70% claim could be valid (bulbs keep improving), plus they're 4350K (vs. 4800K for the X-tremes), so naturally, you'd expect more light because of that from what I understand...
PS Your angel eyes look terrible!
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Lotus I did some research on HIDplanet and decided I wanted to stay away from the CBI things, I don't like ricey looking (high temp) headlights, way too many cars like that in my hood. Plus I wanted to match them to the fogs, which I just bought a kit with a M5 bumper. I think the kit came with 6000k and I will not like them. I would prefer all the lights matching, but we'll see.
I got the nightbreakers for the 7, haven't put them in yet. they are 4200K should be close to white.
The Retrofit source where I bought all the stuff only had the Philips in D1S so that was my default pick. They have a little selector tool that picks bulbs for your temp preference.
Yeah I agree they look really yellow now.
What should I be looking at for the angel eyes? And where to shop?
I never even realized that our inner lights are dummies, they are just for the angel eyes.
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