BMW Forums : BimmerForums banner

Parking light confusion...🤔 | 5 Series 520d Tourer 2010

1.3K views 7 replies 2 participants last post by  Jnapier  
#1 ·
Well I say confusion, I've got to the bottom of some of the details however I wanted your input before I bought anything!

Car is saying parking light left side is out. So that's the Halo rings however Halfrauds didn't stock them so came home and had a look about. Called BMW to confirm its an LCI model which is helpful to know but here comes to question...

If I want to change both halos to white to update the cars looks a bit do I need bulbs or a conversion kit I've seen knocking about the internet? (Any links would be much appreciated )

Also is Angel Eye a BMW term as they call them Halos in the service team?

Originally all I wanted to know what the bulb was but then remembered looking at a conversion kit ages ago on my old 3 series pre LCI and thought hmmm maybe I can finally do it on this car instead.

Thanks for taking the time.
 
#2 ·
I got replacement LEDs from HIDS4U when upgrading from yellow angel eyes (on a E65) to white, which then matched the xenons better, for me was an easy job one bulb per side, top, loosen headlight, shifty forward an inch and take what really doesn't look like a bulb at all out, others straight in, checked working before re-assemble - LEDS work one polarity, not the other.
As for how to, google is your friend, what's the E?? or F?? number of yours?
And might be worth a look on realoem.com with your VIN to see if there's any expanded views of that area, might be, might not be, worth a punt..
So, google;
"E?? Angel Eye upgrade" and you'll find plenty of youtube vids, watch 2 or 3 and get the general idea.
It might even be worth extracting the bad one, just to see what it looks like and give you a reference when looking at LEDs, call it practice :cool:
I wouldn't expect anything from Halfrauds, as far as Halos/Angel Eyes, more or less interchangeable, I think Angle Eyes makes quite clear what you are talking about though..
Oh and 5 series wikipedia as what yours is called :)
Good Luck :)
 
#4 ·
Thanks so much for taking the time mate. Much appreciated.

Is this the correct sort of thing?



Looks overkill, didn’t expect the extra cabling or have I looked at the wrong thing :LOL:
 
#5 ·
Well.... When I did mine I just got a different (but LED) bulb, plugged it in and it was canbus compliant and... worked :)
It was a while ago, and was on a 7 series, only cost £36, two and half, maybe 3 years later one side died, and ordered the same thing again, there have been people having problems blowing the central light control module with high wattage LED kits - couldn't see what those were on this one, also couldn't see how much they were, some are silly money for an Angel Eye upgrade...

The H7 HID conversion kit is for your headlight dip, if you have xenon not needed, it's mainly saying it's better than an earlier kit they did, did see it's HIDS4U though :) (also noted not suitable for use in a reflector headlight)
If you don't have xenons but poor headlights - halogens, several on here have used H7 LED replacement bulbs, advantage there is the halogen light source point is very closely matched by the H7 LEDs.
HIDS4U look like they've got out of the BMW Angel Eye upgrade market.

One of the highest value things you can do, it take the dead one out, then at least when looking at a LED replacement you stand a chance of getting the right replacement, the ledperf one may well be good for you, you could always talk to someone at ledperf, or email them, on the face of it, it does seem slight overkill, mine were ballasted, canbus compliant, all built into the bulb, and this was ages ago, could do it then, no reason why not now!