MORI3L

I was actually joking...I have a 35W kit... there's not much you can do to get the brightness of the rings even. In all honesty I don't really notice it that much. It could be the bulbs that i'm using...but I don't think that the bulbs will have that big of an effect on light distribution. Your best bet is to just re-install the kit and get some nice bright bulbs.

P.S. don't install 55W ballasts...you'll melt everything!


Good luck!!

G.Sauce

LOL for a minute there I thought you were serious! Thanks for the response. I think I'm done trying to make them match up..!

gregmart

Hello, Just wanted to inform you about the reliability of the xenon bulbs in this kit.
I installed the kit John (8000K) in October 2011, three weeks ago one of the bulbs to burn out and the other last Thursday, so a year of life with not much 25000KMs in the year (Note that my xenon bulbs original still work after five years ...). Not wanting to recommend bulbs poor at John for a price too high for low-end Chinese products , I ordered this kit (it's just the bulbs with sockets) cheap, about $ 13 :eBay | XENON HID 2 BULBS Ampoule H7 H1 H3 H4 H11 H13 9005 HB3 HB4 6000K 4300K 8000K H8
I received it yesterday (almost identical John kit) and installed in 30 minutes. it works perfectly.
I thank John to offer this kit is that everything works fine except that the bulbs do a year ...

Here is a small picture of my car (sorry but it is not washed) made today. As you can see (only angel eyes) the bulbs are 6000k and not 8000k like the original kit because I also buy Xenon D1S along the kit hid but they burned after two months so I redeem 6000k to marry well with 6000k D1S original. I precise that the eye is a little less bright than the camera.
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John@Motorcepts

bubls may be similar but the whole kit is entirely different

jmk

Can anyone comment on how HID AEs look at night? I've some on E46s and they look great in daylight but they turn into blobs at night (no longer a crisp ring).

horse86

i just installed a kit but the car is put away so I haven't really seen how it looks at night.

But IMO I got them for how they look during the day. The car stands out more and compared to LED which you can barely tell are even on. At night I could care less since the HID lowbeams are on and really take all the attention.

jmk

^ That is a valid point. Still, having the AEs and the low beam "blend" together just looks off putting to me. Even though LED AEs are dimmer, at least you still a defined ring around the low beams at night.

RoberMC

I have a self made HID setup on my angel eyes. i used micro 35w motorbike ballasts (they fit inside the headlight), and solved the check control errors through coding.

Seriously i don't recommend anyone to fit HID angel eyes, they are so bright that at night drivers coming from the front flash at me because my AE's are blinding them.

I think some kind of 20w setup would be better.

horse86

Where did you get your motorcycle kit from?

Personally I don't care about other flashing. The newer angel eyes on the X5 are super bright during the day and sometimes I'm squinting at those. Plus The new 2014 LCI angel eye/LED headlights are so freaking blindingly bright. So I feel fine running my Hid angel eyes. People will get used to it. I remember back when hid+projector combo came out I had one of the first makes that had them and would get flashed all the time even though it was OEM. Now it's so common people have gotten used to it. You never get flashed with Hid projectors today.

Plus all the people running HID kits in their reflector housings put of WAY more glare then the angel eyes.

horse86

On a second note.....STAY FAR AWAY FROM APLINE MSS HID ANGEL EYES KITS!!!

I've had nothing but issues with them running way to hot. Issues I had to fix myself bc Alex the owner wouldn't do anything to fix his faulty product. Telling me it was my fault which is pretty humorous as the car has been in winter storage and only has 1 hour max on the kit from unlocking, opening door, etc while its been stored.

Not to mention it took a month to get the kit and only got a shipping confirmation after telling him I am going to have to file a CC claimI was told originally they would ship in 3-5 days.

TEERIBLE COMPANY!