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Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

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Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

Post by j2d » Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:35 pm

Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

Seen these on ebay but not sure what there like, for the angel eyes I really wanted them as bright as the latest BMWs have. 

Numberplate LEDs -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E46-E39-E ... 3cc2f542c5

Angel eye markers -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E53-X5-E6 ... 3cc241c10d


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Re: Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

Post by 535dboy » Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:43 am

I got mine from teddy at ssdd Motorsport.

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Re: Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

Post by Imy » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:28 pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251114781813? ... 1423.l2649

i found these brighter than my old ones as these have 6 smaller leds rather than the 3 bigger ones you normally get on the number plate leds.

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Re: Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

Post by Horizon » Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:00 pm

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/bmw-led-an ... -66-x5-07/
Facelift marker lights, White light, but you wont get bright ones for the E53


http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/55w-new-sm ... -kit-slim/
Dipped beam HIDS you will need H7 bulbs (metal or plastic base, depending on what your headlights are at the moment ) mine is a 55plate facelift with projector lights, with metal based bulbs, you may need to order metal retaining clips, I reused originals by cutting them with a pair of sidecutters, so to straddle the wiring in HIDS kit .

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/xtec-c5w-l ... -mercedes/
LED numberplate bulbs, facelift ( festoon bulbs )


These are the Angel eye, dipped beam conversion/upgrade, and numberplate bulbs that I have fitted to mine.
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Re: Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

Post by Raj » Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:06 pm

Number plate ones I bought and are very bright are:

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=260941639959

As for the AE's, you'll find the ones you linked are the standard LED replacements and won't be E70 bright as tbh there isn't much out there for the E53 to match the E70 brightness.
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Re: Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

Post by dark_stranger » Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:17 pm

The EBay Number plate LED's suggested are 2 big, they are 39mm, but the number plate ones need to be 36mm.  I currently have 36mm LED's fitted, but thought I would try those listed above, but being to big and trying to squeeze the unit into the holder, ended up breaking the bulb holder solder connection.

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Post by Imy » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:27 pm

I used a screw driver to bend the connection back to make space, put the led in position then just squeezed it back again... Job done

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Re: Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

Post by Raj » Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:34 pm

[quote="dark_stranger"]
The EBay Number plate LED's suggested are 2 big, they are 39mm, but the number plate ones need to be 36mm.  I currently have 36mm LED's fitted, but thought I would try those listed above, but being to big and trying to squeeze the unit into the holder, ended up breaking the bulb holder solder connection.
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Bugger and apologies. I linked the wrong bloody ones by mistake.

36mm ones
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Re: Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

Post by Jay-2505 » Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:05 am

I got mine off HIDS Direct. The number plate LEDS are bright and are white with a hint of blue like ice blue which is nice and not like most cheap ones.

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Re: Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

Post by Imy » Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:12 pm

[quote="Jay-2505"]
I got mine off HIDS Direct. The number plate LEDS are bright and are white with a hint of blue like ice blue which is nice and not like most cheap ones.
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LEDs are LEDs, its very basic and cheap technology. The cheap ones on Ebay were probably manufactured in the same plant as your premium priced ones, the difference is a HIDs Direct box, a guarantee and probably a 400% mark up.

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Re: Can anyone recommend LED replacements for Numberplate & Angel eye markers?

Post by shadrack » Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:33 pm

[quote="Imy"]
[quote="Jay-2505"]
I got mine off HIDS Direct. The number plate LEDS are bright and are white with a hint of blue like ice blue which is nice and not like most cheap ones.
[/quote]

LEDs are LEDs, its very basic and cheap technology. The cheap ones on Ebay were probably manufactured in the same plant as your premium priced ones, the difference is a HIDs Direct box, a guarantee and probably a 400% mark up.
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+1, it will all be chinese shit in different quality boxes!
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