LED DRL

kfares · 11-10-2010, 08:07 AM

I was checking BMW site and i found DRL in LED as an option to be installed it looks like Mercedes
i havent seen it in person anybody installed before or any real life pic's for it?

Transport3r · 11-10-2010, 08:50 AM

Haha, I was just wondering yesterday if i could replace my fogs with the mercedes or porsche LED strips. Would be a nice touch, but I would think you need xenon's and white Angel Eyes to pull it off right...

BimmerRob · 11-10-2010, 12:45 PM

thumbs down..

meric88 · 11-10-2010, 01:05 PM

is there any pic in real life??

yooooooo · 11-10-2010, 02:45 PM

could be a ricer

acerboo · 11-10-2010, 03:11 PM

i bought a set from philips who apparently make them for all the oem cars. problem i am having is that as soon as you open the door the lights come on as they are activated by a movement sensor, also there is a wire to connect to the sidelight to switch the drl off when the sidelights are on but with this connected the drl dont come on with the engine but when the sidelights are switched on and im wondering if has something to do with the drl halos. any ideas would be welcome or the fitting instructions for the bmw ones in this thread.

Dark_Knight_335 · 11-10-2010, 03:37 PM

Dislike. If I wanted to look like one of those Benz or Audi cars I would have bought one. Silly things look like a Mag-light LED flashlight is attacking you on four wheels

DieselDiner · 11-10-2010, 05:48 PM

Dislike x2. They don't give the appearance of being factory, look too appended on to me. The Mercedes factory LED's are appalling, hard to believe that Mercedes would add the hockey sticks to the E's and call it good.

bobblehead · 11-10-2010, 08:27 PM

Look like some cheap add on, given that this is from BMW stock.

As compared to the MB, the led light bar fills up the entire space.

MusclezMarinara · 11-10-2010, 09:57 PM

strange i saw those yesterday haha to benz like

Denis · 11-10-2010, 11:59 PM

Dislike x3. Like cheap items.

acerboo · 11-11-2010, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Denis

Dislike x3. Like cheap items.

not cheap i suspect!!

Spydeputy · 11-11-2010, 05:46 AM

i have been waiting for this to happen. just a matter of time. i don't see it as someone wanting to look like MB or Audi. It is just the quest for a brighter DRL. that is why there are so many of them out there. BMW realized this and now gives us brighter AE's. that is why those of us w/ pre LCI's go w/ Lux, OSS and such. so i understand going brighter, but the straight line LED's are not the signature of our cars. i.e. i will be keeping my car a BMW.

remmib · 11-11-2010, 11:42 AM

What the heck.

phistyle · 11-11-2010, 02:48 PM

deal with it...it's only a matter of time when these becomes standard on all BMW's...

acerboo · 11-11-2010, 04:43 PM

spoke to the dealer today these are actually the same as the philips lights available in the uk from eurocarparts for £80 they do look good in the metal

diehard · 11-29-2010, 06:19 PM

...not a fun......!!!

BwoodBMW · 11-29-2010, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yooooooo

could be a ricer

Flame Suit on.... I think it looks pretty good, probably wouldn't ever do it to my own car but I like it. Not sure where the unanimous hate is coming from, definitely doesn't look terrible.

Especially if you could match the color of the strips to the color of the angel eyes...

jrUTlaw · 11-29-2010, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bobblehead

Look like some cheap add on, given that this is from BMW stock.

As compared to the MB, the led light bar fills up the entire space.

+1. I love the ones on Audi and don't like the ones on MB. There is a Corolla that I see driving around sometimes and it has something similar to this. I don't know if it is factory or if the guy modified it because I've only seen one like it. It grabs my attention, but it doesn't look good. I really hope BMW doesn't make this standard.

BimmerRob · 12-02-2010, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jrUTlaw

+1. I love the ones on Audi and don't like the ones on MB. There is a Corolla that I see driving around sometimes and it has something similar to this. I don't know if it is factory or if the guy modified it because I've only seen one like it. It grabs my attention, but it doesn't look good. I really hope BMW doesn't make this standard.

Yes, I think its an eyesore that so many non-audi drivers are trying to mimic those audi DRLs. The other day I saw a chevy malibu with its headlights ridiculously outfitted with what looked like a string of LED rope looped around its edges. I really hope this trend dies out soon... Audi got it right, but no one else has.

bpsu07 · 12-02-2010, 12:24 PM

BMW - AE, no LED.

Mercedes/Audi - No AE, LED.

This is like..Mercedes/Audi copying BMW's AE technology.

Period.

Shazmonkee · 12-02-2010, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bpsu07

BMW - AE, no LED.

Mercedes/Audi - No AE, LED.

This is like..Mercedes/Audi copying BMW's AE technology.

Period.

"Copying" technologies from other automakers is common. Have you seen other brands outside of BMWs, MBZ, and Audis? Volvo and Cadillacs use the same lighting technologies that BMW does, but that doesn't make them unoriginal.

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acerboo Brigadier General 194 Rep 3,923 Posts Drives: e92 335d lci Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: kent iTrader: (2)	i bought a set from philips who apparently make them for all the oem cars. problem i am having is that as soon as you open the door the lights come on as they are activated by a movement sensor, also there is a wire to connect to the sidelight to switch the drl off when the sidelights are on but with this connected the drl dont come on with the engine but when the sidelights are switched on and im wondering if has something to do with the drl halos. any ideas would be welcome or the fitting instructions for the bmw ones in this thread.
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DieselDiner Lieutenant Colonel 505 Rep 1,614 Posts Drives: 335d Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Home iTrader: (2)	Dislike x2. They don't give the appearance of being factory, look too appended on to me. The Mercedes factory LED's are appalling, hard to believe that Mercedes would add the hockey sticks to the E's and call it good.
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bobblehead Brigadier General 256 Rep 4,721 Posts Drives: warp speed Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Toronto, On iTrader: (0)	Look like some cheap add on, given that this is from BMW stock. As compared to the MB, the led light bar fills up the entire space.
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Denis New Member 1 Rep 9 Posts Drives: BMW e90 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: H.K. iTrader: (0)	Dislike x3. Like cheap items.
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