Question...Ive got lamin-x'ed heads, so I guess theoretically the eyelid output is even more "cool" than a plain headlight. While I can't notice any difference between the lowbeam and eyelid color with the OEM yellows, would it be smart to order 5000k for my eyelids and 8000k for my headlights to get the best match? I'm aiming for the high end white with the tiny bit of blue, like OEM BMW lowbeams and halos.

I hate how yellow the eyelids are so I have them turned off as DRL's, but I don't want them to be green/blue compared to the lowbeams at night.

Any help would be much appreciated!

(P.S. It'd be great if when people post pictures they could put the temp. they ordered...alot don't lol)

 

Clear or tinted lamin-x? Should shade the headlights and brows uniformly though right? If you're going for 8000K headlights, go with 8000K eyelids as well imo.

 

I was basing my question off of what you said. Between the stock eyelid shade and the laminx i wasn't sure how severe it would be.

 

That's cause stock eyebrow has a natural bluish hue to it, but it's not really that bad honestly. You notice it more depending on how the LEDs are staged with the side LEDs facing left/right (better) vs up/down (notice blue on edges more).

 

Ohh okay gotcha thanks. So can we adjust how it is staged? I thought they would only plug in one way

 

They pressure clip in, but spin freely.

 

Ordered full kit today! Excited to put them in!

 

Hey Mike, Ricky from Malaysia again.
Need 3 pairs (6 pcs) of 5000k urgently.
Please furnish details on price & Paypal details.

Thanks bro!
Cheers!

 

PM sent!

 

Bro, payment sent via Paypal, kindly verify.

Cheers!
Ricky Liew

 

got it. Will be shipped out tomorrow

 

Received LEDs in good order just now.
Thanx again Mike!

 

Hello AZN. New to the forum, but I gotta say, great write up and research on the eyelid LED's. I'd like to place an order for 2 sets of 5000K LEDs ($35). Please PM me with details on paypal/shipping/total cost/etc. Thanks!

 

payment sent! can't wait to install them!

 

bought hid and led from mike. great shipping and products.

thanks

 

thanks AZN for the LED. Here are some pictures of this weekend's photoshoot.

Daytime


Nighttime

 

received warranty/replacement pair! thanks for awesome service!
now I gotta get front signal leds.

 

just ordered!!

 

that was fast.

 

I just received the LEDs yesterday. Thanks Mike

I will also post pictures once I install them this weekend.

 

Got mine in a while ago and installed. Thanks!

oh, btw... I installed ebay LEDs in the license plate lights, but just got the Light Warning message yesterday...

would installing yours not cause the warning msg for the rear license plate lights?

 

I got a serious problem with the turn signals... the driver side completely melted away the harness on the back... and it's started from the purple turn signal wires... in fact i burned off the push knob on the harness on the back side completely.. you cant tell me theres a messed up way of putting these on it's pretty straight forward push and turn.. if there is a special way then it wasnt said in the packaging.. very PO'd about this.. this is probably going to cost me $400 to 600 in repairs for a bulb thats a little different then stock.. if i wouldve known this wouldve done that then i wouldve never bought these to begin with.. and consistent troubles with the wedge bulbs 3 replacements so far.. if it wasnt for the extras he sent then it wouldve been more.. i'm pretty upset about these problems.. and this will probably void my factory warranty when they look at it.. the whole back looks fried... i just noticed this tonite cause my indicators for the whole driver side rear came on.. like that whole side was about to catch fire.. caution when buying these... i'll post pics tomorrow when it's light outside so you can see the damage... my question is mike are you going to pay for these repairs i have to do to my car now due to these overheating led bulbs?? very upset about this.. i got a completely burnt out rear driver side on the rear... cant drive period now due to a single bulb i wanted to convert to led.. not worth it in my book.. super pissed off.. i'll retract my statement later if resolved but this is seriously bs... i've had these for about 5 months now.. you cant tell me stock bulbs do this to a wiring harness... and when stock no issues.. the passenger however i havent check but tomorrow i'm going to cause i dont want to pay for 2 harness and have to repair that whole harness... the inconsistency in these bulbs is pretty messed up.. one is good one is messed up.. the wedge at first i admit was my fault due to pushing in too much but after that i've had dim car off bulbs that wont ever go off after a day of locking the car and continuous problems.. given micheal you sent replacements without a problem but what if your product burns out my whole wiring harness.... a replacement bulb is the last thing i want.. i wanted a fail safe product not a product that would burn out my harnesses.. i need this matter resolved asap cause now i have a car with the whole drivers rear light assembly out.. and tomorrow i'll see if the passenger side has the same issues..

 

Oh dang. Sorry to hear man. Hopefully he'll chime on on this sometime soon.

But dude...I'm in no way affiliated with AZN_Optics but asking Mike to pay for your repairs is kinda . I can feel your pain. I've had my fair share of buyer's remorse. But in the mod game, there's a saying called "You gotta pay to play." You can't lower your car on H&R coils and then have H&R pay for your repairs because you scrape the front bumper and side skirts of your car after driving over a bump. Another good example would be an obese man asking McDonald's to pay for his liposuction because his diet consisted primarily of Mickey D's. Going with any aftermarket company is a gamble and there's always a risk of voiding warranty and damage and whatnot. And of course stock bulbs wouldn't do that. Silly goose they were designed by MB to work without issue :P

But ignoring my rather nonchalant post I genuinely apologize, and can both sympathize and empathize with you. Paying $400-500 for a mod that only cost you about $30-40 does suck. But I guess this is partially another reason why I/most others keep my/their car(s) mostly stock.

But hey! On the bright side, maybe you can retrofit the new 2012 LED tail lights :P

 

Ok, you're the first person who's ever had an issue with the turn signal LEDs, but they're just LED bulbs no different than halogen bulbs with power draw. Especially for turn signals where there isn't continuous power to there, it never heats up to the degree where anything melts. You can touch the LED as they flash with your bare hands. The way it works is power comes in through the wires, hits the LEDs, then voltage drop is recorded on the feedback to indicate if you have a bulb out or not with expected voltage drop. No extra power is generated somehow by the LED as that's physically impossible. If the LED was generating heat that caused melting, it would be the front of the bracket that would be melting as that's where the resistors that heat up are located. If you suffered from a huge voltage surge that fried something, that's something defective with your vehicle electronics and would have happened regardless of what bulbs were in there. If the errors popped up while the turn signal wasn't even being used, there shouldn't even be any power being fed to that wire which means you should be looking further upstream as your root cause.

Bottom line is the LEDs are a power consumption item and not a power generating item that would fry the harness in the rear that's not even that close the LED turn signal. They do bleed off some of the power through the resistors which do heat up as normal, but as that part is up and away on the opposite side of the bracket, the heat generated wouldn't melt something that far away and you'd see burn and scorch marks on the front of the bracket if that was the case.

 

I understand the point your giving but still why buy a product that might have a chance of ruining the whole harness? and your can buy any aftermarket halogen bulb within spec and no problems.. I shouldve went with the halogen white bulbs if that was the case... which tomorrow i'm yanking all these out and replacing with halogen.. the led turnsignals arent in my opinion that much different then the regular halogen and if someone in previous past wouldve had this problem then theres no way in hell i would buy em.. i'm not wanting to pay $400 to 600 just because of a simple bulb.. thats crazy.. the heat that was distributed off the led bulb was so great it that it burnt almost 1/4 to 1/2 of the harness behind it.. i cant even pull out the harness anymore it's melted onto the bulb plate.. the main thing i'm trying to point out is these bulbs arent worth the future headache.. unless he makes these consistent.. and proper r&d.. i bet the ohms for these bulbs arent even tested and all in spec... in fact I bet these arent even cree bulbs... i do alot of aquarium lighting and i build led lighting for aquariums and all i use is cree leds.. and they look nothing like these.. these look like chinese imitation cree replicas that are sold as "crees" and the problem with those are like i stated above inconsistency and the resistance on them vary drastically.. hence the some people are happy with em and some are having serious problems with em..


I really dont think micheal is going to pay for the harness but i'm pointing out to all the people out there about to buy these that your playing with fire.. if you already have turnsignal leds... you better check your harnesses before it's too late.. dont get me wrong i love the look but weighing out looks vs a $400-600 bill i think i rather just have stock or the halogen super white..



this whole deal reminds me of when i bought a ipod cable to charge and sync my ipod to the computer and when i got it it does neither... i bad product... although this works but in the end.. a bad purchase.. just wait it wont be too long before everyone is complaining.. I was probably one of the first ones that purchased these from him when he made turnsignal bulbs.. so if he's corrected something then i wouldve appreciated it if he wouldve tested these for a extensive time before releasing it to public..