[kyheang12]

the right side of my angel eye died this morning, anyone have the same problem? could it be because i changed my headlights bulbs?

How many miles does your car have? It seems a bit strange that one side of your angel eye is already burned out, since it now uses LED, which should last longer.

[raleedy]

Originally Posted by kyheang12

the right side of my angel eye died this morning, anyone have the same problem? could it be because i changed my headlights bulbs?

Both rings on that side? Do you get an error message in iDrive? Are you using DRL? Are you sure it's dead? Sometimes the reflections don't appear from an oblique viewing angle. Tell us more about your bulb changes. What bulbs did you change to?

[kyheang12]

Originally Posted by raleedy

Both rings on that side? Do you get an error message in iDrive? Are you using DRL? Are you sure it's dead? Sometimes the reflections don't appear from an oblique viewing angle. Tell us more about your bulb changes. What bulbs did you change to?

Yes, both of the ring died on the right side. And there's an error message in iDrive saying "Right-side parking lamp and daytime running lamp malfunction. Have the system checked by the nearest BMW center" I usually leave the DRL on Auto. I just changed my headlight and fog light to 8000K bulbs. I'm not sure what brand is the 8000K bulbs because I took it to a shop to get it done. And now the iDrive just tell me to reset my time and date.....

[kyheang12]

does malfunction mean that it's dead?

[kyheang12]

Originally Posted by beemer3

How many miles does your car have? It seems a bit strange that one side of your angel eye is already burned out, since it now uses LED, which should last longer.

I have about 5500 miles on my car.... Yes, it think there's a problem with the car...

[78mao]

it shouldnt affect the angel eyes since its running on different wires.
but to be safe i would switch it back to the oem bulbs and go back to the dealership coz who knows what they would blame it for.

or u can take it to southbay bmw and make an appointment with Alex who will get you to Qais and he is usually prety good with modded cars.

Or Crevier, is pretty cool about modded cars too.
Just do not ever go to Shelly or Irvine BMW I heard they are the most anal about modded cars.

[kyheang12]

What about McKenna? That's where I got my car from. I think I'm just going to change it back to the OEM bulbs before taking it to the dealer. Do you know what K is the OEM headlights? 4300k?

[78mao]

oem is 4300k
do u still have ur stock bulbs? u should be able to just pop them back in.

did u get any error codes from the HID fogs?

[krugerjq]

Originally Posted by kyheang12

the right side of my angel eye died this morning, anyone have the same problem? could it be because i changed my headlights bulbs?

And? Any news?

[ghueser]

Originally Posted by krugerjq

And? Any news?

Yeah, the news is on another thread below.....

The Dealer won't fix the issue under warranty since it was modified from the factory. Personal opinion, I don't blame them.

[lindros2]

Doesn't the plastic cover in front of the engine bay have a headlight icon with a slash through it indicating "don't touch this" ?

[kyheang12]

Originally Posted by krugerjq

And? Any news?

I switched my OEM fog lights to HID light which costed my module to burned out....So now I have to replace the module....I'm wondering if anyone have the same problem after they switched their headlight and fog light.

[bobblehead]

I had similar problem on my E60 when I changed the fog ONLY from halogen to hid (35w kit with canbus). Not soon after, the hid fog was working fine but it caused the adaptive headlight to malfunction as the dealer explained there was a voltage surge everytime the hid kit started up and the light control module (LCM) detected/recorded the voltage variance over a period of time and eventually resulting the LCM to shut down the adaptive module. The repair bill came to $1500 as it was not under warranty. The shop foreman also explained the lighting wirings & LCM & main computer on the latest BMW are all in some way inter-connected and monitored. Even though you may ask how is this possible ....

I know there are lots of people who had done the hid kit conversion without any problems but in my case, the vendor sold me the hid kit was totally stumped as to why it happened at all, even though he agreed to buy back the hid kit but claimed no responsiblility of my repair bill.


That's why I will NEVER get another hid kit again. Especially on my new f10

[grimlock]

Ouch, that sucks guys ..

Have you tried measuring the Amp draw of the HID kits with a multimeter? This could tell you how much power the HID is drawing, at startup and at steady.. If varying current draw is the reason for the HID kit to mess up the other components, you can get an idea how much more power it draws than the stock halogen fog.

Im replacing my stock fogs with 60w halogens (those ones stated as 100w+) .. it draws 3.7A compared to the 2.2A of stock 35W ones.. so Im wondering too if this would mess up other things. But its not HID, so doesn't have the higher peaking current draw at startup..

How much current can you draw (+startup peak) before it messes everything up..?

[bobblehead]

In my situation, this happened last year ... e60 was sold ... In my view, lesson learned and not interested in finding out the exact power draw compared to stock ... Actually, took the shop foreman over 2 days to run all the necessary prescribed tests ... called BMW head office back/forth for additonal tech support

Originally Posted by grimlock

Ouch, that sucks guys ..

Have you tried measuring the Amp draw of the HID kits with a multimeter? This could tell you how much power the HID is drawing, at startup and at steady.. If varying current draw is the reason for the HID kit to mess up the other components, you can get an idea how much more power it draws than the stock halogen fog.

Im replacing my stock fogs with 60w halogens (those ones stated as 100w+) .. it draws 3.7A compared to the 2.2A of stock 35W ones.. so Im wondering too if this would mess up other things. But its not HID, so doesn't have the higher peaking current draw at startup..

How much current can you draw (+startup peak) before it messes everything up..?

[grimlock]

Originally Posted by bobblehead

In my situation, this happened last year ... e60 was sold ... In my view, lesson learned and not interested in finding out the exact power draw compared to stock ... Actually, took the shop foreman over 2 days to run all the necessary prescribed tests ... called BMW head office back/forth for additonal tech support

Thanks for the lesson
I was always a bit scared of HID kits, but mainly because of the high voltage warning signs, at 12V I figured i can't kill myself .. at least in any known way

[bobblehead]

Sometimes, it's really draw of the luck ! I guess in most cases, hid kits seem to be okay for the majority of the crowd. In my case, my car's computer decided to monitor all the lighting power draw much more intensely.

Originally Posted by grimlock

Thanks for the lesson
I was always a bit scared of HID kits, but mainly because of the high voltage warning signs, at 12V I figured i can't kill myself .. at least in any known way