CCFL Angel Eye E46 mod

Oxide™ · 29 May 2010 at 22:17

What are your thoughts on this mod? I think it looks pretty good with the fade in/out effect when hooked up to the courtesy lighting but I'm a bit scared about the wiring of it all

DM · 29 May 2010 at 22:19

Dont do it, it looks naff.

Muffin` · 29 May 2010 at 22:19

Id prefer them if they were the orangy amber of stock angel eyes - everyone seems obsessed with HID style clolour

mjt · 29 May 2010 at 22:23

Muffin` said:
Id prefer them if they were the orangy amber of stock angel eyes - everyone seems obsessed with HID style clolour

This, they're not subtle enough.

Oxide™ · 29 May 2010 at 22:28

mjt said:
This, they're not subtle enough.

I think you can get different colour temps like these

mjt · 29 May 2010 at 22:33

If they're done properly, they can look all right. The neon blue HIDs just look awful.

Duke · 29 May 2010 at 22:51

Had them on my E46. Think they were CCFL (name rings a bell). Hooked them up easy, just connect them in basically.

Clarkey · 29 May 2010 at 22:52

Muffin` said:
Id prefer them if they were the orangy amber of stock angel eyes - everyone seems obsessed with HID style clolour

+1

[TW]Fox · 29 May 2010 at 23:41

Leave them alone, if you want angel eyes buy a car with them as standard, retrofit ones look horrid.

markweatherill · 29 May 2010 at 23:55

I'm sure it's technically possible to create an 'angel eye' ring composed of multiple LEDs and program them like a ropelight.
So if some other driver does a silly thing, one could do a 'rolleyes' at them.

mrk · 30 May 2010 at 00:21

Too bright, too white, too obvious.

Even the new 5 series looks bad enough with the new white halos. e39/e60/e9x is where it's at.

Yes

Yes (left) / No (right)

sigma · 30 May 2010 at 01:16

lol at music on youtube vids regarding lights! Thought I'd seen it all.

Wicksta · 30 May 2010 at 09:09

Don't do it, they don't look right on an e46. They are basically headlight neons.

cmsbfent · 30 May 2010 at 10:35

I like that.. could be good if it was hooked to your alarm too. That would make them run off

.....or smash the lights

Fr0dders · 30 May 2010 at 10:46

i'm such a chav

i prefer them match your HIDs rather be a horrible standard headlight orange ...

Matt82 · 30 May 2010 at 10:54

not a big fan of such blatant aftermarket additions

Oxide™ · 30 May 2010 at 11:06

ok it seems it's not such a good idea judging by the responses here

Thing is, my lights on each side have the one xenon projector and then the normal halogen next to it (with a little parking bulb and the main h7 that only comes on with full brights {is this how it should work?})*

it looks odd to me as the xenon is nice white next to an orange halogen, I'm thinking of changing the parking bulb (need to research good ones still) and the h7 with osram nightbreakers. What do you guys think of this?

*soz bout ({}) usage lol

mrk · 30 May 2010 at 15:55

MrLOL said:
i'm such a chav
...

True.

The yellow toned eyes/sidelights look better with Xenon headlight units because the Xenons stand out more. Gives a nice contrast!

Wicksta · 30 May 2010 at 16:50

MrLOL said:
i'm such a chav

i prefer them match your HIDs rather be a horrible standard headlight orange ...

You can probably get blue bulbs and angel eyes for your Volvo if you like the mod.

alg1a · 6 Jun 2010 at 20:32

Oxide™ said:
ok it seems it's not such a good idea judging by the responses here

Thing is, my lights on each side have the one xenon projector and then the normal halogen next to it (with a little parking bulb and the main h7 that only comes on with full brights {is this how it should work?})*

it looks odd to me as the xenon is nice white next to an orange halogen, I'm thinking of changing the parking bulb (need to research good ones still) and the h7 with osram nightbreakers. What do you guys think of this?

*soz bout ({}) usage lol

These sidelights, 501 W5W Osram Halogen Cool Blue Sidelights should be a good match as are the nightbreakers.