E34 Angel Eyes

The HID's have got a bit cheaper over the last few months. Looking back the Bohmen 6K H1 was $460 15 months ago (Yikes) 

and the Depo kit was £200, plus post and VAT.

The Hella Angel eye kits were around £100 and comprise 4 plastic rings with a socket arrangement on the ends. A plastic block then plugs into this which has a fibre optic cable. There are 4 fibre optic plugs for the rings, the other end has a polished face with a metal surround. This was designed to plug into the back of the lamp assy on the BMW headlamps and was then illuminated by a filament bulb (one per side of the car)

Obviously you could illuminate these rings either directly at the ends, or remotely using the fibre, using bright white LEDs instead of a bulb.

The only big problem with LEDs is that they are dimmer than bulbs,  even the brightest, and have a very narrow viewing angle (around 20-30 degrees) You need many of these all together to illuminate the fibre adequately. Blue ones tend to be brighter, but would be illegal in UK.

Cheers.

Andy   West Midlands

Flash you are probably better off waiting until Miles has received his kit and can confirm to us that all is present and correct before sending more people off to make the same mistake if its the wrong kit or doesn't fit.

I am not trying to use Miles as a guinea pig or anything but the best way for everyone to be happy is to hang 5 and see if the things others are buying are the right items.

Like with the Angel eyes we know whats needed in purchasing and fitting them and that for the best results they need a little work (thanks to Andy for this).

Russ

oh by the way i have spoken to quality-bmw and asked them to look into getting replacement lenses for the angel eyes on ebay he mailed me back asking for which side so i replied RHD. As soon as he replies i will let you all know prices.

Russ

Just to put your minds at rest over things blue.

The regulations state that only an emergency vehicle can have a blue light to the rear.

Only an emergency vehicle can have a FLASHING blue light to the front.

So static blue at the front is ok, which is how all the max power cretins get away with all those washer jets etc.

Miles, I presume you were able to feed the ring through the back of the reflector aperture to get it to the periphery of the lamp insert.

I don't think this would be possible with the genuine Hella rings which are much stiffer plastic. (Wouldn't want to break on of those !!)

Cheers.

Andy     West Midlands

I replaced the lenses on my car at the beginning of the year and had to use a heat gun on the lense to melt the glue/adhesive and then glue (glue gun) the new ones on. however stone chips on 2 of my lights already are making me lean towards replacing the whole light unit for the angels.

Russ

I bought the glass lense from a place in the states (ebay is your friend) i saw no point replacing more than what was chipped :)

they do them for the fogs as well which i didn't need but at least its good to know they are available.

Russ