Sachink1981 wrote

I am having the same issue, one of the angel lights has turned yellow. BMW suggesting a $1600 module replacement. Thought to check before here before I go ahead and do that. what did you finally do?

Iangiulu wrote

Unfortunatelly no spare parts exist for facelift. Probably we need to change the whole headlight... BMW need more and more money time by time. I am so disappointed.

BMWfan73 wrote

2015 w/LED adaptive headlights. On mine, the driver side inboard ring, only half is yellow - the rest is fine. Took it to my local indy shop and they said it's not repairable that it's have to be replaced in its entirety - $2300. I'll ignore it for now, but it sucks.

dtox9 wrote

Has anybody gone through the replacement process on these - or is everybody just driving around with partial yellow rings ?

dtox9 wrote

Has anybody gone through the replacement process on these - or is everybody just driving around with partial yellow rings ?

Burnaby wrote

dtox9 wrote

Has anybody gone through the replacement process on these - or is everybody just driving around with partial yellow rings ?

You've read the previous post where the cost went over $5300 to replace, so what do you think: Do we drive with yellow ring or we fix the annoyance for the price of a decent 7 years old Civic or Corolla.



I would try to buy one from salvage car. The module is integrated thus the reason to replace the whole unit.

6MT_Addict wrote

$500 deductible. Have an argument with a conveniently placed 2x4 😅

dtox9 wrote

What I still am not clear on...........

You can get just a 'housing' on ebay for around $500
And they all state they are housings only, with no modules or bulbs.

You can find an entire housing with the modules and bulbs for a little over $1k.

So my question remains...
Is the failed part included in just the housing by itself?
Or
Is the failed part included in the module or other components typically sold OE with the housings as a 'set'?

Dealer = $3-5K
Ebay = either $1K or $500 pending what actually needs to be replaced.

rubethenoob wrote

Same issue on passenger side outboard angle eye ring on a 2012 x3 f25 with xenon headlights.
Replacement LED modules are available from BMW for about $400 per pair.
Amazon, ebay etc have the led modules for about $25 each.
Getting to the modules is a bit of a pain. Need to remove the plastic wheel well after jacking up the car and removing the wheel.
The LED modules are on the bottom of tge lead light assembly. Held in by 3 T20 screws.
On the car I’m working on the led module itself did not look burned.
What was burned is the bottom of the angle eye tube where tge light from the LED enters it. Heat from tge LED bulb burned the plastic.
I scraped off tge brown burned stuff, but then the surface where the light enters tge tube was rough.
I superglued a small circle of 1000 grit sand paper to a pencil eraser then chucked the pencil in a drill. Then did it with 2000 grit paper.
It is not perfect. With the new LED module and tge sanded angle eye interface the angle eye ring is less yellow, but still not as bright as tge other 3 rings.
It looks bad.
My opinion is that it is a stupid design with a limited life span which is very expensive to replace.
The xenon headlights sure are bright though.
I’m afraid it will throw a code if I unplug both tge left and right outboard angle eyes.
They seem to be unnecessarily complicated daytime marker lights.
Well I guess if you buy a bmw you sign up for the multi thousand dollar headlight replacement cost it would take to fix this right.
Me, I’ll leave the one dimmer than the others, unplug both outside angle eyes, or hopefully find some reasonably priced solution.
Oh, and the inner fender is held in by a combination of 10 mm nuts, 8 mm screws and plastic pop rivets. The rivets take a special tool, and we’re not in the assortment set I already had. And one 8mm screw was frozen and stripped on disassembly.
rube

rubethenoob wrote

I’m not very familiar with BMW models and did not understand the LCI vs non-LCI. I did not realize I was posting in the wrong thread.
I appreciate the info about being able to turn off the AE lights. It is not my car but I’ll let my wife know that is an option.

Iangiulu wrote

Dear guys , one ring of the "angel eyes" is losing intensity day by day and moreover is changing color from white to yellow (look attached photo to understand what I am speaking about). Consulting bmw electronic parts catalogue I noticed that, unlike previous versions of x3 and other bmw cars, there is no replacement for the drl's LEDs.
Does anyone know if the lighting is integrated into the lighthouse or if there is a method to change it?
Thank you for your help.

My car is a x3 f25 facelift.

S4NoMore wrote

There is a method to change it. Someone on the FB group was bold enough to attempt, I followed suit.

The part number is 1308310415-C1, it's not a BMW part number and I don't know if it can be bought new somewhere but there are dismantlers selling them on eBay. I rolled the dice on a seller in Lithuania, paid US$79 shipped and took 2 weeks to arrive. I looked for signs of wear at the LED chips, which are visible - in my photo, the replacement is on the bottom on the bag.

The module is above the headlight bulb housing, remove the bulb for ease of access. But access still isn't easy, I drilled holes in the housing to reach in with a T20 screwdriver and remove the module.

Sadly there's another failure mode to look at - wear to the faces of the plastic DRL "tubes" which you can imagine are functionally fiber optic. The hot LED can cause discoloration. This would warrant entire housing replacement.

I carefully cleaned the faces with IPA and a cotton swab and I think the result is better. The worst part of the job is pulling the bumper cover.

Pictures are not in order but you can clearly see the difference in color of the LED output.

X4guy wrote

Interesting, so total cost of $79? I gave up after various research I need to buy the whole unit, it's not that serious to drop the $$$. Kindly confirm total costs all in.