E92 335i - Angel Eye problem :(

big4000 · 29 Dec 2011 at 09:14

Hi Guys,

Was just reading the thread regarding the remap of the 335i which i must say has tempted me!

It got me thinking about the problem i'm having with my lights atm - and i was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the problem i'm having!

When i bought the car, it had blue lights both on the main beam and the angel eyes (2 rings).

About 2 months ago the angel eyes went on one side. I took out the faulty one which i realised was an aftermarket set (the ultra bright ones that you can buy on ebay for £40-50) - so i bought a set of identical ones which i fitted and they didn't work. I took the car to a local place where they fit these all day (at a cost of £170 for what is essentially the same thing!) and they didn't work either - the guy suggested it was either a fuse or a wiring problem.

I had the turbos changed at BMW, and i mentioned the problem to them - but the guy even said i would be spending a lot of money for them to investigate the problem and fix it, it wasn't covered on warranty, and that i was fine to just use the normal headlights without the rings :rolleyes:

So i'm not sure where to go from here - the fuses seem ok, but i don't wanna be spending a lot of money on this.

Any help would be much appreciated - i think i have explained the problem well enough!

Thanks in advance guys

[TW]Fox · 29 Dec 2011 at 09:37

Sounds like somebody has broken the headlights with dodgy aftermarket mods, blue Angel eyes

Depending on the damage you may need new light units.

Gaygle · 29 Dec 2011 at 09:49

Are the angel eye lights hard to fit? You paid £170 to someone to fit some lightbulbs??

Gaygle · 29 Dec 2011 at 09:56

Just from a quick read around, it appears the fitting dodgy LED angel eye bulbs can burn out the wiring. Mi?ght be something to check.

Locky · 29 Dec 2011 at 10:05

Its sounds like the control unit is blown, same thing happened on my friend 1 series (not sure if they are the same) he had to have a new control ECU fitted and it was about 250 quid.

big4000 · 29 Dec 2011 at 10:34

Gaygle said:
Are the angel eye lights hard to fit? You paid £170 to someone to fit some lightbulbs??

Noooo never! He just fitted a set to test if they worked or not - i would never pay that much for what is essentially the same thing you can buy and fit yourself for £40!!

Gaygle said:
Just from a quick read around, it appears the fitting dodgy LED angel eye bulbs can burn out the wiring. Mi?ght be something to check.

Yea i read about this - thing is though i've been driving with the lights before one of them was faulty for around 9 months and then suddenly one just went.

Locky said:
Its sounds like the control unit is blown, same thing happened on my friend 1 series (not sure if they are the same) he had to have a new control ECU fitted and it was about 250 quid.

Did he try the angel eye led kits and then have the same problem?

Thanks for your help guys - is there a way though i can know for sure whether it is a wiring issue or a light unit issue?

big4000 · 29 Dec 2011 at 10:35

[TW]Fox;20901311 said:
Sounds like somebody has broken the headlights with dodgy aftermarket mods, blue Angel eyes

Depending on the damage you may need new light units.

EDIT - as i say, they were fine for at least 9 months (since i've driven the car) and maybe more from when the previous owner was using the car.

Well i say blue, but there basically the colour of the newer OEM lights that are white/blue kind of colour.

The thing i'm worried about is the cost of finding out whether or not it is the wiring/control unit/ light unit etc - is there an easier way to tell?

ScoobyDoo69 · 29 Dec 2011 at 10:38

Get an autoelectrician to have a look?

big4000 · 29 Dec 2011 at 11:12

ScoobyDoo69 said:
Get an autoelectrician to have a look?

Luckily for me there is an auto electrics specialist right round the corner but they are closed until the 5th of January!

Django x2 · 29 Dec 2011 at 11:28

Someone bought a car with angel eyes, then changed them, for angel eyes.

I am confused.

nas · 29 Dec 2011 at 11:36

Lucero said:
Someone bought a car with angel eyes, then changed them, for angel eyes.

I am confused.

changed them for these (blue) ones at a guess, see pic.

big4000 · 29 Dec 2011 at 11:43

Lucero said:
Someone bought a car with angel eyes, then changed them, for angel eyes.

I am confused.

The previous owner had changed the OEM gold colour rings to the ones above in the picture nas has put up.

I replaced them like for like and the new ones have never worked - leaving me with main lights only!

Whats confusing?!

[TW]Fox · 29 Dec 2011 at 12:15

What's confusing is why you would buy a badly modified car in the first place

I was hoping we had a few years yet till e92s started popping up with blue lights.

When you get it fixed go for stock

MikeHiow · 29 Dec 2011 at 12:19

To be fair, the picture above looks more like white rather than blue and is a massive improvement aesthetically.

Finglonga · 29 Dec 2011 at 12:24

Depends on the ones you get if they are designed for the e92 then they will work fine with no error codes. I am not keen on the yellow look angel eyes, my LEDs work fine and no error codes. Just putting any H8 LED bulb in can end up with the cost of a new light module. It is a 5minute job to change the bulbs as long as you have small hands . . . . took me longer though.

Conscript · 29 Dec 2011 at 12:28

I drove past an E30 in town the other day with blue Angel Eyes. And I dont mean blue as in, pale-blue-almost-white like the ones above. I mean a deep blue colour similar to this forum background.

I shed a single tear.

[TW]Fox · 29 Dec 2011 at 12:57

MikeHiow said:
To be fair, the picture above looks more like white rather than blue and is a massive improvement aesthetically.

That's someone other than the op guessing at what they are like. I would say they are white - you can get bright blue ones and that's what I took the op as having given he said blue

MikeHiow · 29 Dec 2011 at 13:04

Except where he said

The previous owner had changed the OEM gold colour rings to the ones above in the picture nas has put up.

daveydave · 29 Dec 2011 at 13:24

[TW]Fox;20902105 said:
I was hoping we had a few years yet till e92s started popping up with blue lights.

When you get it fixed go for stock

Agreed, the offset of yellow/warm angel eyes when twinned with xenon headlights was so distinctly BMW. Real shame they've gone LED with them now.

big4000 · 29 Dec 2011 at 14:23

[TW]Fox;20902412 said:
That's someone other than the op guessing at what they are like. I would say they are white - you can get bright blue ones and that's what I took the op as having given he said blue

[TW]Fox;20902105 said:
What's confusing is why you would buy a badly modified car in the first place

I was hoping we had a few years yet till e92s started popping up with blue lights.

When you get it fixed go for stock

It wasn't badly modified! Blue was a bad description i must admit - they are like the lights in both of the photos other members have posted on this thread! It looks like i may have put dodgy bulbs in which has damaged the wiring/lighting units

I had stock gold rings in for a while and i really didn't like them and would prefer a more 'white' light - are you more in favour of the gold colour light?