[belarus27]

hi
posting this for my friend , since hes so confused about this.
hes got 2011 528i , and he dont have HID or bi xenon headlights from the factory (now he does after installin a HID kit)
but he is confused about angel eyes , they dont light up when you turn on headlights , they only work when you switch the knob once.
so my question is , can they be programmed to be on while driving , or since its not bixenon(regular halogen) lights its not gonna work anyways?
thanks in advance

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by belarus27

hi
posting this for my friend , since hes so confused about this.
hes got 2011 528i , and he dont have HID or bi xenon headlights from the factory (now he does after installin a HID kit)
but he is confused about angel eyes , they dont light up when you turn on headlights , they only work when you switch the knob once.
so my question is , can they be programmed to be on while driving , or since its not bixenon(regular halogen) lights its not gonna work anyways?
thanks in advance

Isn't there an option in the iDrive for daytime running lights under settings>lighting>daytime running lights?

[SchillerM]

Did he have the car coded fully for the lights?

[belarus27]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

Isn't there an option in the iDrive for daytime running lights under settings>lighting>daytime running lights?

as far i as i know he did check for that option , but he said he dont even have it.
could it be because hes lights came halogen from factory ? and i would think that only the ones with xenon would have those angel lights on when driving
but ill double check myself , when i get to his car and maybe snap a pic.

[belarus27]

Originally Posted by SchillerM

Did he have the car coded fully for the lights?

he never done any coding to it , it was bought like a year ago.
maybe previous owner did something?

[SchillerM]

Originally Posted by belarus27

he never done any coding to it , it was bought like a year ago.
maybe previous owner did something?

I think he will need to have the car coded for the retrofit of lights for everything to work properly. I would look in the coding section or google BMW coding forum and find someone local. There are quite a few people willing to code for free.
Matt

[BMW FOREVER]

If the car originally came with halogens then the angel eyes are very dim compared to the angel eyes of the xenons. It's a hardware difference so coding won't solve it. Even if u replace the main headlights with HID, the angel eyes will remain the dim angel eyes. Only xenons have the blindingly white angels. Hope this answers your question.

[BMW FOREVER]

To add further, my car has the xenon headlight from factory so I'll explain when they are on. In idrive light settings..if you tick the daytime running lights option. Then ur angel eyes will be on when the knob is in the middle position(meaning 12 o clock position) or automatic position (10 o clock position.) if the headlights are on then the angel eyes dim a bit, but with coding you can bring them to full brightness. Again, all this only applies to cars with xenons from factory.

[belarus27]

Originally Posted by SchillerM

I think he will need to have the car coded for the retrofit of lights for everything to work properly. I would look in the coding section or google BMW coding forum and find someone local. There are quite a few people willing to code for free.
Matt

Originally Posted by BMW FOREVER

To add further, my car has the xenon headlight from factory so I'll explain when they are on. In idrive light settings..if you tick the daytime running lights option. Then ur angel eyes will be on when the knob is in the middle position(meaning 12 o clock position) or automatic position (10 o clock position.) if the headlights are on then the angel eyes dim a bit, but with coding you can bring them to full brightness. Again, all this only applies to cars with xenons from factory.

yes thats what i was thinking , its gotta be xenons in case to be bright and be on while driving. because they do work but very dim and only when you turn them on by themselves without low beams.
so i dont think coding will help him , but i will let him know.

and
unfotunately he doesnt have any option for it angel lights in idrive.

looks like its because he doesnt have HID/Xenon headlights from factory but halogen. thats what i was telling him (i kinda know about this cuz i had e39 and e60 bimmers)
so there is no really a way to have them coded to be on with his current hid kit he installed. it all comes down to headlights themselves.
thank you guys.

[SchillerM]

Sorry, I misunderstood, I assumed he installed factory HID/Xenon lights, not an aftermarket HID kit inside his basic headlights.

[belarus27]

Originally Posted by SchillerM

Sorry, I misunderstood, I assumed he installed factory HID/Xenon lights, not an aftermarket HID kit inside his basic headlights.

no problem.
i think im the one that is no good at explaining anyways lol
thanks