E34 Angel Eyes

Here at last are the pics. Many thanks to Miles for his help.

Light units mounted on plate:

Nearside with the grilles back on:

Offside with grilles back on:

Side lights on !!! :

Now the dips.........

  

Then the full monty......

Finished !! 

I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Cheers.

Andy      West Midlands

Edited by Badger 540

Badger, are these the kits from eBay ? I've had my eye's on them..... Looks cool !

(If not where did you get them ?)

Cheers

I have to agree 'The mutts nutts' finishes the car off realy well.

jon

Hi folks, would have replied earlier,  but hedge and lawn cutting took priority this morning !!

In answer to silverbmw528, the kit was bought off ebay and is made by Depo. As I mentioned in the other topic's postings (new angel eyes)

(http://www.bmwcarclubgb.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8768&PN=1) , the kits need a bit of fiddling to get the best out of the parts.

Paul, the HID kit was purchased from Proxenon in USA and is a Bohmen 6K H1 kit. The ball mountings (Ooh Matron.....) are in the ETK on diagram 63-0042 and are part 11, 63 12 1 378 369 and are 56p plus VAT each.

I think the improvement in overall visibility in the half light is worth the outlay. The little crescents in the top of the original smileys were a bit on the small side.

Downsides are likely to be the expense of having to get another set if any of the lenses got cracked. I would have preferred the fresnel look of the original main beams to the clear front of the kit, but you can't have everything I suppose. Also, the kit uses a feed off the original side light plug to actuate a relay. The main power is fed to the relay from a cable with an inline fuse holder. (Wasn't a problem on mine as I have a fuse/relay holder with a juicy feed from the big engine bay terminal.

If you take the power off the nearside plug, then the parking light facility which would ordinarily turn on the offside lights (if you park legally facing the correct way) wouldn't operate. Something else to bear in mind is the power requirement. There are 14 bulbs at around 3W, that's 3.5A for the sidelights alone. Not a problem on the move,  but a battery killer if they are left on for a few hours.

I hope that answers a few questions.

All the best

Andy      West Midlands

Edited by Badger 540

Thanks guys, you both answered my questions there, just found them on the ETK thanks to your help Andy, BMW's description of "Black rubber bushing" isn't really helpful when you're not sure which bit it's supposed to be in the first place 

I really need to change both sets of headlights, one side has corroded reflectors and water ingression and the other side are badly fitted, slightly chipped, replacements with the chrome rings missing (previous owner!).  Now I have to decide whether to go angel eyes or not, hmmmm decisions decisions!

Paul

they look lovely, but are they any better for seeing in the dark with??

Russ, it might be cheaper just to buy some aftermarket angel eyes and put them in your original lights if you want to keep the factory look ?


Miles

My 8000K Hella conversion kit is on its way from Germany as we speak


Miles

Arghhhhhhh I like them.

God dammit, I'll have to buy some now, and I'd convinced myself they were naff so I wouldnt have to bother.

I just did a search on ebay.de for E34 HID and it came up with the auction for the Hella Kit . I have also ordered a Angel Eye kit from Surelight, they are made using Electro Luminescent wire so should be much whiter and brighter than the normal kits. I am also going to replace all the headlight lenses at the same time.


Miles