Angel Eye Install - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

2ND2N01 · 13th March 2002, 08:30

anyone have any good info. on how to install angel headlights? Looked at BMWtips.com, but couldn't find anything really helpful. Do you actually need to remove the bumber to get the headlights? Any quick tips will be helpful, my lights should be here anytime now

Blue Angel · 13th March 2002, 08:44

No, you don't have to remove your bumper. Where did you buy the Angel eye units from? Did you buy the kit? or did you buy the OEM from the dealer? If you bought the kit from Bekkers or Evosport you don't need to look at BMW tips, just plug & play. If you bought the OEM from the dealer there will be slight electrical wiring needed. I know, I bought the OEM and had my dealer do it for $200. Heres a pic of the OEM Angel eye on my 97 540

Blue Angel · 13th March 2002, 08:47

By the way, your any BMW local center also offer clear Angel eye units also, just ask, if you have anymore questions feel free to email me, goodluck
Nik

atomic80 · 13th March 2002, 08:53

1. Make sure you have an 8mm socket with extension and torx socket to remove the ballast from its holder.

2. Turn on your old lights and mark the beam pattern on a white wall with black tape or something so that you will be able to aim the lights at the end of the swap.

3. Take your new headlights out and remove the mounting bracket (#1) that is installed at on the bottom of the assembly (#2). Keep the mounting brackets with the new headlights.

4. With an 8mm socket head driver remove the four screws from the light assembly (#2) that are visible looking down from above the headlights installed in your car. You will need an extension or a long 8mm driver to get the ones at the bottom. Take care not to drop the screws down into the car as you will need them later.

5. Using a torx bit you will need to unscrew the holder for the xenon transformer. It is easier if you get the light assembly partly out before you attempt this as there will be more clearence. Take the transformer out and just let it sit there.

6. Unhook the wiring harnesses from the light assembly, but do not unhook the xenon transformer, simply unhook the connection at the light assembly.

7. Pull the old light assembly (#2) completely out.

8. Remove the body colored trim piece from the bottom of the light assembly (#2) and install it on the bottom of the new assembly.

9. Remove the harness (#1) that the two bottom screws were screwed into in your old light assembly. This is accomplished by unscrewing two 8mm screws that are facing the same direction as the headlights point. The harness interface to the light assembly is different from 2000 to 2001 so you will need to use the new harnesses (#1) that came with your lights (the ones you removed in step 1).

10. Install the new harness (#1) that you removed by screwing
the two 8mm screws back into the same place that the old ones were.

11. Slide the new assembly into place putting in the turn signal end in first, and making sure that you get it in all the way.

12. Insert the ballast into its holder. You may have to bend the top cover flange a bit to get it to fit.

13. Hook up all the wires and test.

14. Screw the two bottom screws in while holding the turn signal end flush with the body of the car. Do the same for the top two screws.

15. Adjust the headlight using the two adjustment screws on top of the assembly. I found that it is easiest to use a cordless drill or something for this as it takes a lot of screwing to get a little adjustment.

16. You are done.

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It took me a LONG time to type all this out! Copy/pasting didn't work for some reason!

atomic80 · 13th March 2002, 08:55

You're lucky I had saved this information on my hard drive. I tried doing a search. It was brparker that originally made the post so I should thank him for those instructions...for some reason those original instructions disappeared!

Russ · 13th March 2002, 14:42

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Originally posted by atomic80
...took me a LONG time to type all this out!...

Step 6 & 7 appear to be repeated.

A typo?

Russ

atomic80 · 13th March 2002, 16:01

Russ: Thanks for the heads up, I've corrected it.

On a side note, this should go in the "Tips and Tricks" section too! I looked there and I didn't see this there!

KrazyKidd · 18th June 2002, 05:58

I have Xenons angel eyes headlamps with the amber corner. I like the Euro corners better. From my understanding, 2001 and newer models have a different corner lense from the 97-00 Headlamps. So i Want to change from Amber to White corners on my 2k2 530i so I think I have to replace the whole headlamp. Is there a way i Can do this without replacing the whole headlamp??

young-nyc · 24th June 2002, 21:59

Quote:

Originally posted by 2ND2N01
anyone have any good info. on how to install angel headlights? Looked at BMWtips.com, but couldn't find anything really helpful. Do you actually need to remove the bumber to get the headlights? Any quick tips will be helpful, my lights should be here anytime now

I thought you already had angel eyes in your car and wanted to toy with the idea of changing the ring colors??

KrazyKidd · 25th June 2002, 02:47

I want detailed instructions on how to change the ring color as well!!

warhaven · 15th September 2003, 05:04

Great instructions listed above. I too bought the OEM (Hella) Angel Eyes setup for my '98 5 series. Had a devil of a time tring to figure out how to connect them into the wiring harness after it was all over. Found the simplest method was to ignore the daytime running light function and simply slit off the electrical signal from the turn signal to the "halo" power in pinout.

The only other problem I encountered was on the right side headlight, the new lights protruded slightly deeper into the engine compartment and interfered with the A/C charging connection. A simple (gentle) bending of the connection about 30 degrees allowed ample clearance for the new lights.

Please seed info on changing the Angel Eyes ring color as well
thanks.