12-27-2014, 03:03 PM | #1 |
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what do you guys think about front extra lights on the X5, have been thinking about it some time now, I’m frequently driving on dark roads and i have hade extra lights on previous cars and kind of miss it, maybe put some extra lights behind the front grills so not to destroy the esthetics? Or maybe be brave and put a grill guard whit some lights in the front, very difficult to decade because of the lack of reference pictures etc.
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The only thing I've ever come across is this, which I asked about a while ago, and it does seem sort of tacky/useless when compared to LED fogs we already have.
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IMHO... don't do it. Back when halogens were the norm, extra lights were needed for very dark/rural roads. With HIDs and full LEDs these days, there is more than enough output. High beams light up the night even more.
If you do go with extra lights, I'd mount them to each side of the lower grille, which has "cutouts" (mesh doesn't extend the entire width of the fascia on my M-Sport). Bush-bar would look totally out of place (again, IMHO).
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Agree, that kind of stuff only looks god at night, as soon you see the car in daylight its aftermarket all the way :-)
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maybe something like this
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12-27-2014, 04:42 PM | #8 |
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Nah, that's way too ugly/tacky. Get an LED bar and place it perfectly in the open space you have in your lower grille area since you have an M Sport, it's perfect.
https://www.pinterest.com/jamdesignf...ed-light-bars/ Just so you know, LED bars are SUPER powerful.
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LED bars still would look out of place. Raptor/FJ/Jeepasauraus, yes. F15, not so much.
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Agree it’s a bit...off-road, are you talking about this area on the M-front?
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12-27-2014, 07:07 PM | #11 |
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The lower/lowest grille if you go this route. I'd almost do two smaller bars vs one long one. Avoids the cyclops/Knight Rider look.
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thanks for the input, Kitt signing out ;-)
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Agreed, IF HE MUST, then this is the area to do it. It will be funny though in the end; it will make it look like the F15 will have pearly white teeth !
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Don't do it. As said above - current BMW lights, especially LED ones, are more than enough to see properly at night. I personally hate it when people convert their cars into Christmas trees and the beams go everywhere, blinding others.
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Security model hides lights here:
Original fogs are a bit too high to be effective fogs, a subject discussed in a German forum as well. I would leave it untouched, but if I had to do something, I would add a second set of the OEM LED fogs, mounted elsewhere, like this (photo edit): A) B) 5 Series places the fogs in a more appropriate area in my view:
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And if I were 16 it would look like this, with half of them in Selective Yellow :
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Matt's Option B would be the cleanest and easiest in terms of mounting since the mesh doesn't extend the entire width as previously mentioned.
One big headache regardless of what type of lights you add is wiring. Assume you'd tap directly into the battery, but you then have to find a clean solution regarding the switch. Old Skool driving lights included a little red illuminated toggle switch, not what you'd want for the interior of our nice F15s. Would there be a suitable blank space on the console somewhere that you could fit an unused factory button? ps LMAO regarding the "16-yo option", Matt! I still remember when PIAA 1000s were all the rage on Civics, Integras, etc.
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You guys all show your (young) age with your comments. PIAA? When I was 16, in the US, there were only hot rods. My lights on my 320i (4x rectangular fogs) were Hella! hahaha.....let's say it was early 80s...very early.
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