Angel Eyes using Flexible LED Strips (Audi Style)

[pino9]

Does anyone know if the halo rings in the headlights are solid plastic or are they tube-like?

I was thinking that if they are tubes, we could simply feed a flexible LED light strip (see attached images) through them and have the "Audi" look with the full brightness of direct LED's.

This would be fairly simple and probably the ultimate solution.
The only other way would be to simply mount the LED strips with double sided tape on top of the halos inside the headlight housing.

What do you guys think?

[gthirtyfizle]

It can look really good as long as its done right. No ds tape bs. BTW someone has done this. Have u guys seen it?

[808E90]

Yeah its been done (not the same type of strip LEDs but LED rings)

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...hlight=x-noise
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...hlight=x-noize

[camaross305]

Still would have the same problem as led's now... they would be very dim and hardly visible in the day. Plus the light tubing is very skinny and you would have to cut it up to get this in. Also the inner rings are sealed and produced by projection of the light bulb and not by the tubing like the outer rings.

good idea though it would take some modification to look right but its possiable.

[camaross305]

Originally Posted by 808E90

Yeah its been done (not the same type of strip LEDs but LED rings)

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...hlight=x-noise
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...hlight=x-noize

Thats what i thought you would have to completely replace the rings and take apart the headlight. looks good though

[gthirtyfizle]

Yup thats the one i was talking about. Looks incredible. I might have someone local to me that does custom work try this. Along with painting my headlights.

[pino9]

Wow, that custom setup looks great, I definitely think this is the way to go.
We need to get a "plug'n'play" version of these.

I believe the LED's would be just as bright in the daytime as the Audi's.
LED's are actually very bright when you view them head-on.

The reason that the current LED setup for the halos is so dim is because LED's are simply not good at projecting light. This is a well know fact.

[808E90]

Originally Posted by gthirtyfizle

Yup thats the one i was talking about. Looks incredible. I might have someone local to me that does custom work try this. Along with painting my headlights.

Originally Posted by pino9

Wow, that custom setup looks great, I definitely think this is the way to go.
We need to get a "plug'n'play" version of these.

I believe the LED's would be just as bright in the daytime as the Audi's.
LED's are actually very bright when you view them head-on.

The reason that the current LED setup for the halos is so dim is because LED's are simply not good at projecting light. This is a well know fact.

Its a lot of work ... Nice but not worth it if you ask me!

[camaross305]

Originally Posted by 808E90

Its a lot of work ... Nice but not worth it if you ask me!

Yea def. nice but if you mess up the stock headlights taking them apart cutting etc.

Im sure they aren't cheap.

[Kev]

Originally Posted by camaross305

Yea def. nice but if you mess up the stock headlights taking them apart cutting etc.

Im sure they aren't cheap.

+1, these are not the original E46 headlights that are modular and can be taken apart easily. Baking open your 1K-a-side headlights in the oven is not the smartest thing to do in my books, even for some awesome looking angel eyes. Also, there's a chance of improper seal that can cause condensation, and dust getting caught inside your headlight affecting projection pattern of the light.

[Kev]

Originally Posted by pino9

Wow, that custom setup looks great, I definitely think this is the way to go.
We need to get a "plug'n'play" version of these.

I believe the LED's would be just as bright in the daytime as the Audi's.
LED's are actually very bright when you view them head-on.

The reason that the current LED setup for the halos is so dim is because LED's are simply not good at projecting light. This is a well know fact.

That's true and not true. BMW fucked up the design of the light tubes in the E92 headlights, plain and simple. If you look at the pre-LCI E90 headlights, the LED setup does wonders to it. It's bright, it's visible during the day, and it projects a nice white / blue color depends on what system you have. On the other hand, the E92 headlights are so poorly designed with short inner light tubes, and EXTRA long outer light tubes making them look unequal. Also with the voltage drop after the headlights are turned on, it is hard to find a constant current driver to power them both with the headlights on and headlights off.

[Big Windy]

Originally Posted by Kev

That's true and not true. BMW fucked up the design of the light tubes in the E92 headlights, plain and simple. If you look at the pre-LCI E90 headlights, the LED setup does wonders to it. It's bright, it's visible during the day, and it projects a nice white / blue color depends on what system you have. On the other hand, the E92 headlights are so poorly designed with short inner light tubes, and EXTRA long outer light tubes making them look unequal. Also with the voltage drop after the headlights are turned on, it is hard to find a constant current driver to power them both with the headlights on and headlights off.

+1. Well said.

[E92-Lighting]

a local member is selling it here but no one is really digging it so far....