335i LED Conversion (work in progress)

tboooe · 02-06-2015, 03:42 PM

Thank you! It appears that the Weisslichts are brighter than stock. I wish they would hurry up and make something for the 4 series.

963mw · 02-06-2015, 07:18 PM

Wait you got the brake light LED's from Bimminan? How come they don't have them listed for both the F30 & F32?

tboooe · 02-06-2015, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by nickhelou

Wait you got the brake light LED's from Bimminan? How come they don't have them listed for both the F30 & F32?

Sorry. I got brake lights from Horizon LED in England.

963mw · 02-06-2015, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nickhelou

Wait you got the brake light LED's from Bimminan? How come they don't have them listed for both the F30 & F32?

Nvm just found out F30's have the same bulbs for Turn signals and brakes... Why did BMW make the F32 Different!

963mw · 02-07-2015, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by tboooe

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Originally Posted by nickhelou

Wait you got the brake light LED's from Bimminan? How come they don't have them listed for both the F30 & F32?

Sorry. I got brake lights from Horizon LED in England.

How are they in your opinion? Brighter than stock and error free?

akirax · 02-11-2015, 02:26 AM

Hi, brake lights bulbs are red or white? the bulb I mean.

Thanks!

tboooe · 02-11-2015, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by nickhelou

How are they in your opinion? Brighter than stock and error free?

They are almost as bright as stock and error free. Check out my build thread for a video I took.

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Originally Posted by akirax

Hi, brake lights bulbs are red or white? the bulb I mean.

Thanks!

The stock bulb is white. The LED I used is red.

akirax · 02-11-2015, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by tboooe

They are almost as bright as stock and error free. Check out my build thread for a video I took.

The stock bulb is white. The LED I used is red.

Thanks!

tjlees · 02-25-2015, 02:21 PM

Many thanks for the brilliant advice on this thread.

bimmian.com WeissLicht LED rock!

For all you Brits, I ordered: WLF303YYY - Fogs, WTS302FAY - Front amber indicator, WTS302RAY - Rear amber indicator, WTS302RRY - Rear red outer brake and WTS302VWY - white reverse for my F30.

That translated into:

... and this nice little package arrived:

The bmw user manual can be used for fitting most of the bulbs as per above. For the fronts indicators, for me it was a made whole lot easier by jacking the car front up and allowing the wheel/tyre to drop and thus permitting better entry to the access panel and subsequent bulb removal/replacement.

For the fogs, (sorry if this is a repeat) turning the wheel inwards and removing some of the wheel arch panel screws permitted the fog bulb to be replaced - see http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=871554 for a good guide.

I got confused with the flickering, thinking it was just while the bulb was on - but no, every 5 or seconds a pulse is sent to each LED resulting in ... err a flicker. Normally OEM bulb would not register the pulse to the naked eye, but those damn good LEDs do. Coding is needed then.

tboooe · 02-25-2015, 02:32 PM

Bimmian lights are nice...wish they made something for the F32 brake and reverse lights.

Mike_L · 02-25-2015, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by tboooe

Bimmian lights are nice...wish they made something for the F32 brake and reverse lights.

Zain didn't get back to you? I heard from him and Joe. Ordered 50W backups (P21W) and front turns (PY21W). Zain's expecting the 50W brakes in the first part of March.

tboooe · 02-25-2015, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike_L

Zain didn't get back to you? I heard from him and Joe. Ordered 50W backups (P21W) and front turns (PY21W). Zain's expecting the 50W brakes in the first part of March.

No man! WTF. So he said he has the reverse lights? The ones on the 4 series is like the front turn signals, it requires the bulb base. I am not sure if he can get those. It was the same situation with the front turn signals. All they had was the bulb but not the base so I ended up buying the Bimmian front turn LEDs.

Mike_L · 02-25-2015, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by tboooe

No man! WTF. So he said he has the reverse lights? The ones on the 4 series is like the front turn signals, it requires the bulb base. I am not sure if he can get those. It was the same situation with the front turn signals. All they had was the bulb but not the base so I ended up buying the Bimmian front turn LEDs.

So your backups are PY24W? I had those on the E70. Those aren't what I have on the F34. He only has those in Amber.
http://www.horizonleds.co.uk/cree-le...y24w-cree-leds

Wait, just checked the ETK. Your front turns are PY24W. The rears are PW16W. They look similar, but he doesn't have those listed at all.

tboooe · 02-25-2015, 04:01 PM

Reverse is PW16W. According to the pic image on realoem.com it has the bulb base.

Mike_L · 02-25-2015, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tboooe

Reverse is PW16W. According to the pic image on realoem.com it has the bulb base.

The base is different. No idea what these jumbles mean, but they're the codes for the bases. Google just pulled up the Wiki page I got them from.

PW16W - WP3.3×14.5-8
PY24W - PGU20-4

tboooe · 02-25-2015, 04:25 PM

Yeah the base looks smaller for the PW16W. I mentioned this to Zain and I think I scared him away! LOL!

Steve33 · 02-27-2015, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by tjlees

Coding is needed then.

I've stated that on here numerous times

tjlees · 02-28-2015, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve33

I've stated that on here numerous times

Yep read that - For some reason I thought the flickering was when the light was on but that is the current variation which the resistors in WeissLicht LED minimises/stops.

david51 · 09-08-2015, 06:58 PM

good

coldfyre22 · 09-24-2015, 10:15 AM

Do any of you have the white front turn signal bulbs instead of the amber?

I would love to see pictures/video to see how close in hue/temperature they are to the halo's when using them at night with the headlights on and how big the brightness/intensity difference is between them and the halos and headlights, since theyre "8x" brighter than OEM.

Thanks!

BlackBetsy · 12-05-2020, 01:56 AM

Thanks for writing up this great forum. I have a 2015 328i , what bulbs would work for my front turn signals... Im going for the clear/white bulb look that does not appear colored (the standard yellow/amber) with daytime/running lights but when the turn signal is activated it will have amber lighting. Hopefully this exist and Im not wasting your tine 🤣.. my bulb is a Py21w. Thanks!

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tjlees Major 349 Rep 1,437 Posts Drives: F30 Chav Mobile Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: United Kingdom iTrader: (0)	Many thanks for the brilliant advice on this thread. bimmian.com WeissLicht LED rock! For all you Brits, I ordered: WLF303YYY - Fogs, WTS302FAY - Front amber indicator, WTS302RAY - Rear amber indicator, WTS302RRY - Rear red outer brake and WTS302VWY - white reverse for my F30. That translated into: ... and this nice little package arrived: The bmw user manual can be used for fitting most of the bulbs as per above. For the fronts indicators, for me it was a made whole lot easier by jacking the car front up and allowing the wheel/tyre to drop and thus permitting better entry to the access panel and subsequent bulb removal/replacement. For the fogs, (sorry if this is a repeat) turning the wheel inwards and removing some of the wheel arch panel screws permitted the fog bulb to be replaced - see http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=871554 for a good guide. I got confused with the flickering, thinking it was just while the bulb was on - but no, every 5 or seconds a pulse is sent to each LED resulting in ... err a flicker. Normally OEM bulb would not register the pulse to the naked eye, but those damn good LEDs do. Coding is needed then.
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tboooe Brigadier General 925 Rep 3,089 Posts Drives: F36 428i GC, E36 M3 - gone :( Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The OC! iTrader: (1)	Bimmian lights are nice...wish they made something for the F32 brake and reverse lights. __________________ My build thread 2015 428i GC - Alpine White - Coral Red - M Sport
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tboooe Brigadier General 925 Rep 3,089 Posts Drives: F36 428i GC, E36 M3 - gone :( Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The OC! iTrader: (1)	Reverse is PW16W. According to the pic image on realoem.com it has the bulb base. __________________ My build thread 2015 428i GC - Alpine White - Coral Red - M Sport
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tboooe Brigadier General 925 Rep 3,089 Posts Drives: F36 428i GC, E36 M3 - gone :( Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The OC! iTrader: (1)	Yeah the base looks smaller for the PW16W. I mentioned this to Zain and I think I scared him away! LOL! __________________ My build thread 2015 428i GC - Alpine White - Coral Red - M Sport
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coldfyre22 New Member 4 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2013 335i MSport EBII Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Pembroke Pines iTrader: (0)	Do any of you have the white front turn signal bulbs instead of the amber? I would love to see pictures/video to see how close in hue/temperature they are to the halo's when using them at night with the headlights on and how big the brightness/intensity difference is between them and the halos and headlights, since theyre "8x" brighter than OEM. Thanks!
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BlackBetsy New Member 2 Rep 7 Posts Drives: 2015 BMW 328i Xdrive Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Maryland iTrader: (0)	Thanks for writing up this great forum. I have a 2015 328i , what bulbs would work for my front turn signals... Im going for the clear/white bulb look that does not appear colored (the standard yellow/amber) with daytime/running lights but when the turn signal is activated it will have amber lighting. Hopefully this exist and Im not wasting your tine 🤣.. my bulb is a Py21w. Thanks!
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