12-03-2021, 04:03 AM | #67 |
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Hi guys I did my depo installation myself yesterday and all went well - took about 3hrs start to finish. I used the Novsight N52 in both the low and high beam - I've used novsights in the past and they seem good quality, give good light output and from my experience the correct beam pattern. I had a pair of the N52 H7's in my stock halogens that worked well and had just recently passed the MOT so beam pattern must be ok! It is annoying that the low and high beams use different fitting methods - the high beams wasn't a problem, but needed to buy some retainer adapters off amazon for the low beams.
Everything is working ok except for the vertical levelling - it starts off fine, when you start the car you can see the headlight beam raise up and level into its correct position. Then when you rotate the manual adjustment wheel it works, you can see the beam moving up or down albeit more jerky than the stock BMW headlights I previously had. But if you fiddle with the wheel too much, i.e. like an MOT tester the adjustment stops and I get a yellow warning triangle on the dash saying the vertical headlight adjustment has a failure. This clears when you turn off the ignition btw. Have any of you guys had the same problem? Has anybody managed to figure out what it is? I'm wondering if it's something inside the headlight obstructing the movement as the movement does seem a bit jerky. The other theory i had was should I have installed the headlights with the manual wheel inside the car set at 0? Not sure if i did. Just worried that when i take it for an MOT it will fail for not having the manual vertical adjustment working correctly. |
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12-08-2021, 01:11 PM | #69 | |
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You could try bending the adapters just slightly so that there is a bit more friction between the edges that go behind the screw but honestly, flimsy is as good as it gets. |
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12-31-2021, 05:47 PM | #70 | |
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I have the same problem. I did installed mine 2 weeks earlier and I saw the same issue with vertical adjuster. I am worried with the MOT too. I asked the seller (Ultimate Styling) and seems like they are just a "Drop Shipper", no help at all for the product. I am also having issue with the LED bulb (using Novo Sight 80W) but not having enough output through the lens, worse than my halogen. Really frastating situation here mate. |
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03-15-2022, 02:30 PM | #72 |
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Thanks to all who have posted here I was able to do this install last week. Everything went smoothly, got the Light Moses H7's and the adapters from Amazon. I was hoping to use the angel eyes as DRL's but I noticed that mine only turn on with the lights. I have messed with the coding in Bimmercode and turned DRL on or off in i-drive but no luck. Has anyone with this headlight conversion enabled the angel eyes as DRL's?
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08-08-2022, 12:54 PM | #74 |
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For those who are still having troubles finding and installing an LED bulb into those aftermarket DEPO bulbs, Philips released these adapter rings for their LED series in the European market ( https://www.amazon.fr/Philips-automo.../dp/B09L54RWH8 ), allowing for much much more easier installs as shown in the figure below. You basically just place the adapter on the bulb itself, insert it into the headlight and twist to lock it in place like the regular halogen bulb without fiddling around with the adapter ring inside the lockplace.
Be aware those are not street legal, but still provide a much securer install and with the Philips I feel a much more focused and refined beam pattern over anything else that's been yet presented here. |
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