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F55/F56 LED replacement kit for stock halogen H4 headlight bulbs

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Old 10-16-2017, 08:47 AM
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LED replacement kit for stock halogen H4 headlight bulbs

I replaced my stock H4 headlight bulbs with the Phillips x-treme ( similar to the Sylvania Silverstars ) ......brighter though not a major improvement

I've a 2016 F55 with halogens

I just saw this LED replacement kit ........has anyone tried these? any coding issues? is the beam wider than stock? do they install simply as the base seems pretty big?


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Old 10-17-2017, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by umberto
I replaced my stock H4 headlight bulbs with the Phillips x-treme ( similar to the Sylvania Silverstars ) ......brighter though not a major improvement

I've a 2016 F55 with halogens

I just saw this LED replacement kit ........has anyone tried these? any coding issues? is the beam wider than stock? do they install simply as the base seems pretty big?


I did try several LED H4 kits on my F56 S, they are plug & play like using regular halogen bulbs and fits the headlight housing without issues. They provide a big improvement in terms of visibility at night.


Unfortunately, all the LED kits I tried do flicker a couple of times on start-up and they throw bulb-out message on the dash.


but what I really want is that LED halo DRL more that just having an LED replacement kit on my headlight so I bought a 3rd party headlight replacement from Aliexpress. It's also plug&play. Here's a thread where I showed the before and after pics of my car.


https://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/f56-hatch-talk-2014/307798-led-upgrades-not-headlamps.html#post4305824
 
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xentar - any chance you could post a pic of the incorrect mini logo on the headlights?
 
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xentar - any chance you could post a pic of the incorrect mini logo on the headlights?


I don't have a picture from my car but here's a link from of one those selling the headlights. Just check the pictures from their listing. the gray logo inside the headlights says NIMI..




https://www.aliexpress.com/item/For-...e-2a1f6fa7c97b
 
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that is funny!

Besides that how is the quality? have you had them through winter yet?
 
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that is funny!

Besides that how is the quality? have you had them through winter yet?

Quality seems decent, I compared the plastic material with the original headlights and can't tell the difference. I had them for one winter and so far so good.
 


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