Angel Eye bulb replacement with 6W LED video

[737mechanic]

My wife's car had the drivers side angel eye bulb burn out and I ordered a pair of LED 6W replacement and made a video of how to replace the bulbs and a review of the LED bulbs I got. The bulbs where $17.00 for the pair. They are very bright and white compared to the factory OEM bulbs. I am very impressed so far.


https://youtu.be/L7iyEykqwSc

[MadJoe]

My wife's car had the drivers side angel eye bulb burn out and I ordered a pair of LED 6W replacement and made a video of how to replace the bulbs and a review of the LED bulbs I got. The bulbs where $17.00 for the pair. They are very bright and white compared to the factory OEM bulbs. I am very impressed so far.


https://youtu.be/L7iyEykqwSc

Do you have a link to the bulbs you bought?

Also, does anyone know if the angel eye bulbs are the same in the Xenon headlights as they are in the halogen LCI headlights?

[Codes2]

Thanks for documenting.
I didn't get too far into the 20~ minutes, but thanks.

I put in aftermarket LED into pre-LCI.
They did not come with external resistors.
I coded these front DRL/Blinkers for LED and Disabled the 5~ minute resistance check and 'startup check'.
No codes. It's been almost 2 years. I'm very pleased. I did the same for my brake lights.

I target about 40% brightness increase. I am highly pro-visibility, but equally against being annoying to other drivers.

If I Video Record the LED DRL/Blinkers, I can see that they are flashing off-on. (frame by frame shows 0-100-0 light output)

As a result, poor radio stations become much worse to tune in.
I'm OK with this as I'm 90% bluetooth sourced audio.

Note: There are many models of LED bulbs for many locations in our BMWs. The majority are crap. Some are quite nice. Mine had nice heat sinks, which I like. There is not much air flow in these areas. Installing with a resistor will mean you don't need to code your car. You may not notice it, but your lights might 'hyper flash', cause the 'check bulb' indicator until you blink left/right, or other until you do it right. (almost all manufacturers will bury the CANbus information at the end of the description... look close)