CCFL Angel Eye Question

Post Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:41 pm

I have ordered a ccfl kit from ebay, and was wondering if it will change the bulbs aswell?

Because Im not sure if the standard yellowish tint will look that cool with the angel eyes. If the angel eyes dont come with bulbs is it worth getting some white or blue bulbs to go with them?

Post Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:47 pm

im not sure what ccfl stands for but when i bought my angel eye direct replacement units also from ebay they didnt come with bulbs so i bought a set of 'ice white' bulbs from halfords.

Post Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:49 pm

Right, so is the actual ring just a ring around the bulb?

Post Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:57 pm

whatever lights up the ring was already there. 4 brighter points at 12 ,3,6 and 9 oclock around each ring with the rest of the ring being slightly dimmer but it is more of a white light than yellow.if you have bought them for the european market they will need adjusted for our driving on the right side of the roadotherwise you will dazzle oncoming traffic and fail your mot. they are easily adjusted though.

Post Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:00 pm

Right, so if I buy some Phillips blue H1 bulbs will they be ok with the angel eyes?

Post Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:11 pm

If I buy phillips h1 blue bulbs will they fit with the ccfl angel rings?

Post Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:17 pm

Rkive wrote:If I buy phillips h1 blue bulbs will they fit with the ccfl angel rings?

im not really familiar with those specific bulbs but arent blue bulbs illegal for road use?

Post Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:21 pm

These are the bulbs I mean, blue vision sorry

http://www.potn.co.uk/p2226002.htm.

But can I fit them with the angel rings?

Post Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:44 pm

ok, can some please answer my question for the 5th time? lol

Is the ccfl angel eye ring just the ring around the light? If so can I change the standard bmw bulbs with blue vision ones and use the angel eyes?

Post Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:02 am

Post Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:36 am

If your getting the ones I think you are, then your just getting the light rings, not replacement units.
This makes it a DIY job to fit them but you will be able fit any bulbs that you could fit normally.

Do you have a link to the type you have bought?

Post Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:12 pm

Yup,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=012

Post Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:54 pm

Then to the best of my knowledge, you will just get the 4 rings and you will have to remove the lenses from your lights to fit them and them replace (glue) the lenses in place. Be careful not to crack them when you do it though.

Post Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:42 pm

i got in pro angel headlights,the full head light replacement ones. The angels are too yellow for my liking, can i change the bulbs in them? there are 4 in each ring..

was also considering CCFL ones as they are thinner ring, looks much better than mine.. can some one post pics with them on an e30?

Post Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:56 pm

Here is a picture with just the inner lights done,

Post Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:43 am

did you have to seperate the headlight to fit them?

Post Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:31 am

Looking good, how difficult were they to fit? The outer ones should be easier.

Post Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:33 pm

theyre not a full circle

Post Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:09 pm

I bought some angel eyes just like those on ebay for my e34,

they were a real pain to fit, but they look great when running with just the sidelights on.

I found that the standard (yellowish) bulbs in the sidelights don't look very nice with the blueish tone of the angel eyes, so I removed sidelight bulbs and wired up Angel eyes to work as sidelights instead.

That way you can have 3 options: just Angel eyes, dipped headlights and angel eyes, or full beam.

I want to get a set for my e30, but getting the glass lense out of the headlight units was a nightmare - does anyone know of an easy way to do it?

Post Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:14 pm

Are they glass or plastic rings? Im just thinking that if they are plastic you might be able to twist them to get them in without removing the lense?

Post Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:17 pm

m535man wrote: I found that the standard (yellowish) bulbs in the sidelights don't look very nice with the blueish tone of the angel eyes, so I removed sidelight bulbs and wired up Angel eyes to work as sidelights instead.

That way you can have 3 options: just Angel eyes, dipped headlights and angel eyes, or full beam.

I want to get a set for my e30, but getting the glass lense out of the headlight units was a nightmare - does anyone know of an easy way to do it?

just buy the complete replacement units with the angel eyes built in and all 4 rings work as your sidelights. remove old fit new jod done.