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Which angel eye bulbs are best?

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Re: Which angel eye bulbs are best?

Post by Horizon » Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:13 pm

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Re: Which angel eye bulbs are best?

Post by NehalX5 » Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:42 pm

So the bulbs in the link below are the ones I bought and fitted to our E70 X5 with Xenon's. It's rated at 35W and is a H8 bulb. Overall I am very impressed with the result, certainly beats some much more expensive options I have seen on other BMW's.

https://www.hids-direct.co.uk/mtec-h8-1 ... ade-bulbs/

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Re: Which angel eye bulbs are best?

Post by Sit » Sat Sep 30, 2017 8:46 pm

Interested in this too, please post up some pics head on so you can see rings on their own?? :camera:

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Re: Which angel eye bulbs are best?

Post by Horizon » Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:49 pm

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Interested in this too, please post up some pics head on so you can see rings on their own?? :camera:

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Re: Which angel eye bulbs are best?

Post by Sit » Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:06 pm

Sadly we have established it isn't  :( so will be looking to brighten these bad boys!

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Re: Which angel eye bulbs are best?

Post by Sit » Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:04 pm

How do the bulbs you fitted for £15.00 differ from these other than the massively increased price??

https://www.hids-direct.co.uk/mtec-h8-1 ... 92-3-x5-6/
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Re: Which angel eye bulbs are best?

Post by X5Sport » Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:54 pm

The MTEC ones I used are conventional filament lamps rather than LEDs, with just a blue filter to bring the colour temperature up.  High power LEDs are pricy, need cooling, and circuit mounting.
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Re: Which angel eye bulbs are best?

Post by Sit » Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:25 pm

Ah I see, to be fair the ones you fitted look very good - do you have a pic of just the rings on at night?

Did you fit the same ones that Nehalx5 linked?

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