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Front idicator coming on instead of my sidelight (angeleye)

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Front idicator coming on instead of my sidelight (angeleye)

Post by j2d » Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:37 pm

Noticed yesterday that my front drivers side indicator comes on constantly instead of the side light (angel eye) when I turn just the sidelights on, the rear lights are as they should be.

Has anybody else had this problem before? Any ideas what the problem could be?

Its a 54 plate 3.0d

John

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Re: Front idicator coming on instead of my sidelight (angele

Post by Neil48is » Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:15 pm

Hi mate had this on mine,its just the bulb for the angel eye thats gone. You can just change the bulb if you tamper with it a little or its a BMW only part i'm told. I replaced just the bulb in mine for a fiver. Or could it be the time to upgrade to LED angel eye bulbs, £30 all over Ebay.

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Re: Front idicator coming on instead of my sidelight (angele

Post by j2d » Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:27 pm

I have already upgraded to the bluer led replacement bulbs, mood!! Be well pissed and supprised if it has blown, thought leds were ment to last forever?

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Re: Front idicator coming on instead of my sidelight (angele

Post by Sanj » Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:31 pm

In that case ignore my PM! LEDs do have a life span, usually many thousands of hours though...
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Re: Front idicator coming on instead of my sidelight (angele

Post by j2d » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:50 pm

Turns out 1 of the leds has stopped working!! looks like there is a slight crack one of the lenses, Mood!

These leds had a blue/white light, to match my upgraded xenons, but were not as bright as the very lastest BMW DRL angel eyes. Can I buy even bighter leds to match the latest BMWs?

John

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