E53 New Headlights c/w Angel eyes

jaynana · Post by **jaynana** » Fri May 11, 2012 11:12 am

xenon angle eyes? the 'angles' are probably LEDs not xenons (xenons are the low or high and low beams).

IF the angels are LEDs the 'blink' could be the bulb test carried out at start-up, which is a low voltage pulse. the low voltage pulse is not intended to light up the bulbus but when its connected to LEDs ,because LEDs light up at very low voltage it can cause the LED angels to blink.

not that htis has happened to me cos i've not don this, but 'could be'...

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bullet · Post by **bullet** » Sat May 12, 2012 10:42 am

Thanks Raj and jaynana! Not worried anymore =) And by the way I received reply from the seller. He also says it is firing and 100% normal blinks.

Raj · Post by **Raj** » Sat May 12, 2012 11:41 am

[quote=""bullet""]Thanks Raj and jaynana! Not worried anymore =) And by the way I received reply from the seller. He also says it is firing and 100% normal blinks.[/quote]

No problem. It does look a little strange at first.

dirtymonkey29 · Post by **dirtymonkey29** » Sat May 12, 2012 11:48 am

Problem with it blinking is it doesn't just do it on start up. The bulb check runs every few mins. I first noticed when I upgraded my angel eyes on my old E39. It would flash every couple of minutes which is annoying. I turned cold checks off with bmwscanner and all was fine again.

Raj · Post by **Raj** » Sun May 13, 2012 12:15 am

[quote=""dirtymonkey29""]Problem with it blinking is it doesn't just do it on start up. The bulb check runs every few mins. I first noticed when I upgraded my angel eyes on my old E39. It would flash every couple of minutes which is annoying. I turned cold checks off with bmwscanner and all was fine again.[/quote]

At what point as I have never noticed that?

pvw10 · Post by **pvw10** » Sun May 13, 2012 7:46 am

I have watched mine at dusk after first changing the bulbs and it only happend on start up, I watched for a good while as was concerned for when driving at night, just on start up?

Raj · Post by **Raj** » Sun May 13, 2012 9:54 am

I would be surprised if the system tests every few minutes. On start up it is to inform whether there is a bulb out straight away. But after that my thinking would be when the lights are switched on it will throw up at that point.

dirtymonkey29 · Post by **dirtymonkey29** » Sun May 13, 2012 10:41 am

I noticed it pulsing sat at traffic lights(reflection off the car in front)
I've also had a bulb out warning while driving so it must pulse at regular intervals to be able to detect a blown bulb.
This was on a 2000 plate e53 though

pvw10 · Post by **pvw10** » Sun May 13, 2012 11:02 am

Mines a 2003 e53 and deffo doesn't do that so perhaps your bulbs are failing the testing bit ?

dirtymonkey29 · Post by **dirtymonkey29** » Sun May 13, 2012 11:18 am

Sorry mis typed.... That was on a 2000 plate E39. Angel eye bulbs were the led type and brand new.
Got them in my 54 plate e53 but I disabled cold checks when I fitted the angel eye LEDs straight away so don't know if it does still flicker/pulse

Raj · Post by **Raj** » Sun May 13, 2012 5:16 pm

Ok sounds like a test this evening as I'm just quite interested to know now.

Raj · Post by **Raj** » Sun May 13, 2012 8:13 pm

Ok so I've just tried it and can confirm there is a very quick (one pulse) every 4-5 minutes. I've never noticed before but it's easy to miss as it was a very quick pulse on one side first them the other side. Blink and I would have missed it.

But there you go.

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Sun May 13, 2012 8:21 pm

I like that - wakes other drivers up!

dirtymonkey29 · Post by **dirtymonkey29** » Sun May 13, 2012 8:52 pm

I'll cancel my appointment at specsavers then lol

Raj · Post by **Raj** » Sun May 13, 2012 9:05 pm

[quote=""Sanj""]I like that - wakes other drivers up!

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I wish I could get it to do it more tbh as I could get away with scaring peeps out the way thinking I'm undercover police...lol

[quote=""dirtymonkey29""]I'll cancel my appointment at specsavers then lol[/quote]

Lol. Too true.

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