[Bimmer325]

i was thinking if the headlight cant be replaced, i would use a dremel tool to cut away the melted piece by 3-4mm, what you think?

[climkt]

hi bimmer325i, do u need to use fogs with your brex rings? are brex only cosmetic?

[nyyankee]

I thought that the "rings" were made of glass and not palsstic????

And using a dremmel to cut away a few mm on the tips is the last thing I would do. I will make them 75x more dimmer. You would also be throwing away your chances of going to the dealer and telling them that it was a manufacture deffect.

[KL2DC]

bimmer325: I was thinking about that from the first time you posted, but I wonder if dremeling it off would leave a finished end that would affect the function of the angel eyes...

[climkt]

boy, it sure feels nice to be ignored when u ask questions.

[Bimmer325]

Originally Posted by climkt

hi bimmer325i, do u need to use fogs with your brex rings? are brex only cosmetic?

nope, i can just switch on the halo rings

[mds82]

Bimmer, do you have other pictures of the tips of the rings? If so post them because i want to take a look at those. It honestly doesnt look burned to me

[Bimmer325]

Originally Posted by KL2DC

bimmer325: I was thinking about that from the first time you posted, but I wonder if dremeling it off would leave a finished end that would affect the function of the angel eyes...

to leave a nice surface, i need a precision dremel tool with carbide cutter and use fine grit sander to polish them. since i have brex kit, cutting 2-3mm wont affect too much as long as the tips are not too further in like 1-2cm

[Bimmer325]

Originally Posted by nyyankee

I thought that the "rings" were made of glass and not palsstic????

And using a dremmel to cut away a few mm on the tips is the last thing I would do. I will make them 75x more dimmer. You would also be throwing away your chances of going to the dealer and telling them that it was a manufacture deffect.

and if the dealer wont replace them, i will have to DIY using dremel tool.
if all cant work, i will buy another set of headlight eventually...bad luck

[18LLC]

Originally Posted by Bimmer325

yeap plsss....18LLC, thanks. gimee a copy of that just in case the Mechanic say: "Uhh..that's normal"

Now that the thing is both outer rings suffered the burn severely at their tips and not the inner ones though.

Called up the Head of mechanic, and i asked why both outer rings seems dimmer than those inner ones and he said might be caused by the voltage. but he said bring the car back to let him check it...

as requested, here is the copy of my service statement. the date for service is Dec 20, 2005. pmb start selling is 3/29/2006. which means I did not have pmb on my car yet. please check out the red circle place.

[Bimmer325]

Originally Posted by climkt

hi bimmer 325i, your brex white rings are interesting. have seen several forum guys installing it recently. correct me, is it purely cosmetic ie- the headlamp light only looks good at night and u still need to use your fogs at night?
we have a few singaporeans with e36 and e46 with angel eyes too. they all use their fogs with their angel eyes at night because the angel eyes are too dim. some fellas even switch on their angel eyes during the day for cosmetic reasons, obviously.

yea, its cosmetic upgrade actually, it serves nothing but show white in color.
but if you have brex, the angel eyes is brighter in white not OEM yellow (which is more apparent during evening time)

[Bimmer325]

Originally Posted by 18LLC

as requested, here is the copy of my service statement. the date for service is Dec 20, 2005. pmb start selling is 3/29/2006. which means I did not have pmb on my car yet. please check out the red circle place.

where is it dude? cant see anything...

[18LLC]

Originally Posted by Bimmer325

where is it dude? cant see anything...

sorry, file was too big, check again now

[18LLC]

Originally Posted by longtran

ok, its definitely not pmb's fault. i took the damn thing apart..i drove my car to san francisco too. thats about 10 hours of drive time. 5 hours one way and 5 hours back....this was 5 hours straight. if anything, mine would have look like yours. i did both side. here you go..


i suggest you put everything back to oem and take your car back to the dealer.

dude, good thing that you have ur new camera now

[shragon]

Originally Posted by longtran

ok, its definitely not pmb's fault. i took the damn thing apart..i drove my car to san francisco too. thats about 10 hours of drive time. 5 hours one way and 5 hours back....this was 5 hours straight. if anything, mine would have look like yours. i did both side. here you go..


i suggest you put everything back to oem and take your car back to the dealer.

thanks for the pics long! i was wondering what normal ones look liked as i never bothered to look in there while installing my pmb's.

[Bimmer325]

thanks.

is your right headlight halos totally out or they appeared dimmer one than another?

[18LLC]

Originally Posted by Bimmer325

thanks.

is your right headlight halos totally out or they appeared dimmer one than another?

first is dimmer, then it totally went out... and i only have that car for 19 days. can you believe that? 19 days old!!!but the good thing is they are not just change the light bulb or just the little part, they change the whole unit, as u can see, so i am again. light bulb went out is totally normal for bmw, if the light bulb never went out, then that's un normal for bmw, or that's not bmw. hahaa. I hope my service statement can explain the issue to you. don't worry, dealer will take care it without charge u a penny. remember to put all stock parts on b4 u bring it to dealer.

[Bimmer325]

both my headlight had been replaced on Monday. dealer was slow to process my claim and they even cant notice the difference not until i told them to dismantle the halo. that dealer is suck big time and didnt even want to bother me each time i called up a week after another.

i got fed up and wrote to BMW HQ and screwed them nicely, and they sent my new headlights immediately the 2nd day.

[KL2DC]

So the dealer didn't ask you if you had touched the halo units or anything like that...??

[Kamando]

If you have PMB's you can check your halos in the day time really quick without having to remove everything to get inside the halo housing. If you turn the halos on you wont see the halos themselves light up very well in high sunlight. However if you look at the bottom of the innermost halo up close from the outside of the car; you can see the halo stems before they disappear into the housing and they will appear whatever color PMBs you have. Obviously if the crap that is discussed here is at the tips of the halo stems then the stems themselves would be really dim or not lit up at all. Just a quick way to check your halos that I discovered and thought I'd share.

[Bimmer325]

Originally Posted by KL2DC

So the dealer didn't ask you if you had touched the halo units or anything like that...??

i didnt touch my halos...who said i did???

[Bimmer325]

Originally Posted by Kamando

If you have PMB's you can check your halos in the day time really quick without having to remove everything to get inside the halo housing. If you turn the halos on you wont see the halos themselves light up very well in high sunlight. However if you look at the bottom of the innermost halo up close from the outside of the car; you can see the halo stems before they disappear into the housing and they will appear whatever color PMBs you have. Obviously if the crap that is discussed here is at the tips of the halo stems then the stems themselves would be really dim or not lit up at all. Just a quick way to check your halos that I discovered and thought I'd share.

i think i am a dumber coz i dont understand what you trying to say..