[bigbeemer]

Hi Guys,
I have a e90 2012 model and replaced the the Angel Eyes to bright LED from Juiced Tuning and look great on my white car, but want to replace now which i think is the headlight bulb to White LED if there is one out there? the lights that come on when the running lights are on? anybody replaced them to bright white?
any help would be much appreciated and thank in advance.

[makkan00]

I have used about 6 different brands.
Top of my list (both illegal)
GP thunders 100W (blue tint same as xenon)
Philips diamond vision (purplish bluish)

There are many others which are bright but colour is not same as of your LEDS.

[bigbeemer]

Are they LED bulbs again? are they easy to replace as well or a big job?

Originally Posted by makkan00

I have used about 6 different brands.
Top of my list (both illegal)
GP thunders 100W (blue tint same as xenon)
Philips diamond vision (purplish bluish)

There are many others which are bright but colour is not same as of your LEDS.

[makkan00]

What you after?
LEDs
or H7 bulbs for headlights?

[bigbeemer]

To be honest, not sure, which is the best for brightness and easy fitting?

Originally Posted by makkan00

What you after?
LEDs
or H7 bulbs for headlights?

[IanS100]

"the lights that come on when the running lights are on" are the dipped beams, standard H7 bulbs for the halogen lights

If you're interested in light output from standard wattage bulbs you won't go far wrong with Philips Extreme Vision which are much better than standard bulbs, but don't expect them to match the LED AE, they may be fairly white on their own but next to my 10w LED AE there's no comparison - I'm more interested in performance than look so I'm not too fussed about it.

As for fitting, it's a pig of a job, but if you replaced the AE yourself you were half way there, just allow plenty of time & expect to lose some skin. The worst bit on my 2010 e90 was removing the connectors from the H7 bulbs, I don't know whether they were just a very tight batch but they were very very tight & wrecked my hands.

[bigbeemer]

Thanks, i have heard good reports of the Philips Extreme vision, i think i will go for them, has anybody done a DIY fix guide for replacing the H7 Bulbs?

Originally Posted by IanS100

"the lights that come on when the running lights are on" are the dipped beams, standard H7 bulbs for the halogen lights

If you're interested in light output from standard wattage bulbs you won't go far wrong with Philips Extreme Vision which are much better than standard bulbs, but don't expect them to match the LED AE, they may be fairly white on their own but next to my 10w LED AE there's no comparison - I'm more interested in performance than look so I'm not too fussed about it.

As for fitting, it's a pig of a job, but if you replaced the AE yourself you were half way there, just allow plenty of time & expect to lose some skin. The worst bit on my 2010 e90 was removing the connectors from the H7 bulbs, I don't know whether they were just a very tight batch but they were very very tight & wrecked my hands.

[golfmck1980]

Yeah I changed mine a couple of months ago I had to take the wheels off to get proper access to the headlight panel that needs to be removed. Once that's done it's just a simple case of removing the h7 bulb and fitting a new 1.

[IanS100]

Originally Posted by golfmck1980

Yeah I changed mine a couple of months ago I had to take the wheels off to get proper access to the headlight panel that needs to be removed. Once that's done it's just a simple case of removing the h7 bulb and fitting a new 1.

With the LCI the whole job can be done from under the bonnet, provided you don't have hands like ham shanks - I did remove the covers from under the wheel arches, but only to give more clearance for removing the headlight rear covers

[golfmck1980]

Funny I've an lci and I could not get the clearance at all , was a piece of from from the wheel arch though

[-TARBY-]

When you have done this can you post some pics?