My '97 540i has an annoying headlight issue; the low beams are too low. I have raised the lights as much as the adjusters will allow, but they seem only to light up enough roadway to comfortably travel at no more than 40 mph if the road is flat. I've heard the costs associated with the Angel Eyes stuff, and I can't justify that. What else is there? Thanks in advance.

What kind do you have now?

Sounds like your adjusters are broken....

It's time to either take your headlights apart and fix the adjusters or buy some new headlights...

p39s FTW

Sounds like your adjusters are broken....

It's time to either take your headlights apart and fix the adjusters or buy some new headlights...


I'm with this guy.

p39s FTW

:buttrock

I just bought xenon p39s today:)

Halogen P39's aren't the worst thing in the world, Mike :). My budget wouldn't allow me to buy the HELLA's that I wanted so I bought the next best thing. I bought my P39's from www.umnitza.com. I chose not to buy them with the xenon option, at first, because, again, my budget would not allow it. The good news was light output was equal to if not better than the factory pre 01 HELLA's, and the angel eyes look fantastic :buttrock. I saved some pennies and was able to purchase the HID's a little later. I couldn't be happier with my choice :)

^^ yep p39 all the way man you will be happy!!! Im so excited to get my weds!!!!:buttrock

Zip ties do a wonderful job at raising the lights.. my xenons still adjust when I start the car.. but now I can see at night!

What kind do you have now?

Stock. The adjusters are not broken, they just don't go high enough.

Stock. The adjusters are not broken, they just don't go high enough.

Don't go high enough would mean broken....wouldn't it????

I'd venture to say that you have a broken adjuster or two as well. Sometimes it will still "adjust" but the part is snapped in half, leaving the light refelctor to bounce around and fall right back towards the street.

I have had my hands on at least 5 pairs of the oem hella non xenon 97-2000 e39 lights with the amber turn signals. Every single assembly except for one passenger side light had at least one broken adjuster.

My adjusters went up and stayed up but didn't go high enough. Time to didassemble and "Americanize" it with some shims or some such thing.

You can just wire tie them w/o disassembly. If you are pulling the apart you might as well replace the adjusters.

p39s are great! They are $275 here:

http://www.ddmtuning.com/headlights.html

^^^ dang thats so cheap!!

Yeah, I was surprised myself. DDM HIDs (slim, lightweight, great output) with lifetime warranty for $150, and other DEPO lighting products for very low prices. It's great to see pricing coming down on all of these.

ha i just bought mine for 699

http://www.ddmtuning.com/headlights.html

WOW, I almost bought umnitza P39s myself :eek:. Ive built P39s on that website, including lifetime warranty on HIDs and chrome turn bulbs and the total came to $565 with shipping. Umnitza wants $775 shipped, HA :confused. I already do regret buying my DEPO taillights from them, not that they arent nice lookin or the service sucked, it's just I found much better deals after I stopped following everyones advice at buying from Umnitza. Like I said, they have great product, but they are WAY overpriced. So guess what, I'ma buy from these guys and from now on I'll be posting this link in every headlight tread. I think its time Umnitza reconsiders their prices, otherwise it aint gonna be long before they're gonna be out of bussiness.

http://www.ddmtuning.com/headlights.html

WOW, I almost bought umnitza P39s myself :eek:. Ive built P39s on that website, including lifetime warranty on HIDs and chrome turn bulbs and the total came to $565 with shipping. Umnitza wants $775 shipped, HA :confused. I already do regret buying my DEPO taillights from them, not that they arent nice lookin or the service sucked, it's just I found much better deals after I stopped following everyones advice at buying from Umnitza. Like I said, they have great product, but they are WAY overpriced. So guess what, I'ma buy from these guys and from now on I'll be posting this link in every headlight tread. I think its time Umnitza reconsiders their prices, otherwise it aint gonna be long before they're gonna be out of bussiness.

Darn it i just spent $699 and my product isnt even here yet. Maybe i can return it when it comes and buy the P39 from that link.

i just got a price of 553 shipped for

E39 DEPO
Projector39
Headlights
HID Option : DDM 5000K (+ 125.00)
Angel Eye Options : DDE CCFL Option (+ 99.00)
Turn Signal Bulbs : Chrome/Amber 1157 (+ 14.95)

Darn it i just spent $699 and my product isnt even here yet. Maybe i can return it when it comes and buy the P39 from that link.

d00d, I feel ur agrivation. I bought their taillights for total of $180, when they are $90 shipped on eBay. But, I sucked it up, should've known better. Now however, I'm glad I didn't buy their P39s, and here's why. Their P39 with halogens, looked like a good deal (before I've seen this site), since depos+ccfls cant be much cheaper. But Ive always hated their $250 HID upgrade option, it's 2007 damn it, ebay's full of $100 kits with 5 year warranty. I've bought like at least 6 sets from eBay within last 2 years, they all work fine. And that's where I like this dmmtuning website, not only their DEPOs are ridicilously cheap for the retail buyers, but their upgrades actually do make sense ($100 for CCFLs, $150 for HIDs with lifetime warranty). I dont mind paying much at all for the stuff that worth it, but I hate marked up stuff, especially when 2-3 retailers hold the monopoly, so price stays high. eFFF that!!!

d00d, I feel ur agrivation. I bought their taillights for total of $180, when they are $90 shipped on eBay. But, I sucked it up, should've known better. Now however, I'm glad I didn't buy their P39s, and here's why. Their P39 with halogens, looked like a good deal (before I've seen this site), since depos+ccfls cant be much cheaper. But Ive always hated their $250 HID upgrade option, it's 2007 damn it, ebay's full of $100 kits with 5 year warranty. I've bought like at least 6 sets from eBay within last 2 years, they all work fine. And that's where I like this dmmtuning website, not only their DEPOs are ridicilously cheap for the retail buyers, but their upgrades actually do make sense ($100 for CCFLs, $150 for HIDs with lifetime warranty). I dont hate paying much for the stuff that worth it, but I hate marked up stuff, especially when 2-3 retailers hold the monopoly, so price stays high. eFFF that!!!

so what should i do?

so what should i do?


Call Matt...

Already done lol We have no clue on the quality of these depos and there hid system and Umnitza has always covered our ass's when we need them to and they always stand by their product and the quality of i. lol matt did hook me up with some free stuff as well:)

We take care of our customers.
We always have.

We offer the best value we can for the customer. Many vendors pop up every day and we have offered free shipping, free bulbs, free wiring harness, and of course, our skills at building these lights.

I can't and won't drop my price to compete with anyone and everyone on the internet because I know that while I'm here every day for a long time, we've seen lots of vendors pop up, for glory, for fame, for whatever, and burn out and fizzle.

I can offer better prices on the phone to make you feel better about buying from the lighting leader, but I will not go into the mud with anyone and everyone that works out of their home, out of some third world country that doesn't pay taxes or hire good workers.

Already done lol We have no clue on the quality of these depos and there hid system and Umnitza has always covered our ass's when we need them to and they always stand by their product and the quality of i. lol matt did hook me up with some free stuff as well:)

I appreciate your call, and I appreciate you taking the time to listen.

your product was shipped 24 hours after purchase and will be there by tomorrow or WORTS case - if the USPS is a little slow - by Friday.

Call me if you have questions.:buttrock

Already done lol We have no clue on the quality of these depos and there hid system and Umnitza has always covered our ass's when we need them to and they always stand by their product and the quality of i. lol matt did hook me up with some free stuff as well:)

Thats true, and we'll never know if we dont try. So I will be the first to try :buttrock

We take care of our customers.
We always have.

We offer the best value we can for the customer. Many vendors pop up every day and we have offered free shipping, free bulbs, free wiring harness, and of course, our skills at building these lights.

I can't and won't drop my price to compete with anyone and everyone on the internet because I know that while I'm here every day for a long time, we've seen lots of vendors pop up, for glory, for fame, for whatever, and burn out and fizzle.

I can offer better prices on the phone to make you feel better about buying from the lighting leader, but I will not go into the mud with anyone and everyone that works out of their home, out of some third world country that doesn't pay taxes or hire good workers.

Thats absolutely true, but we will never kno untill we try. So wish me good luck I guess :)

Thats true, and we'll never know if we dont try. So I will be the first to try :buttrock

yaay be the first to test them so we know if there are other worthy vendors to supply us. The cost should be bout *540 for you IF it includes everything you need for simple plug and play such as bulbs, harness and wiring. I'd also like that company to put up some pics of the lighting of their HID lkit installed on the set and Angel Eyes like Umnitza has already done. :)

Matt, you're a cool guy :buttrock

yaay be the first to test them so we know if there are other worthy vendors to supply us. The cost should be bout *540 for you IF it includes everything you need for simple plug and play such as bulbs, harness and wiring. I'd also like that company to put up some pics of the lighting of their HID lkit installed on the set and Angel Eyes like Umnitza has already done. :)

I will call Umnitza at first, and if their price isn't gonna be reasonable they I might as well buy from those folks. After all, PayPal's got ur back on the funding side, so if they are fake, I can always get my dough from PayPal. With that said, I'll mention for the third time, I didnt mean to offend Umnitza and if I did im sorry :redspot

Matt, you're a cool guy :buttrock

:buttrock ya he is. he is always a blast to talk to on the phone. I Wished we could chat for hours cause he is very knowledgable and a very good conversationist but i know he has other callers and would get sick of me haha

I will call Umnitza at first, and if their price isn't gonna be reasonable they I might as well buy from those folks. After all, PayPal's got ur back on the funding side, so if they are fake, I can always get my dough from PayPal. With that said, I'll mention for the third time, I didnt mean to offend Umnitza and if I did im sorry :redspot

when you call the other company tell us bout their customer service and knowledge on their product and their confidence. as well as if they sound shady lol

I'm happy to give you pointers to ask about the headlights if you want:)

I'm happy to give you pointers to ask about the headlights if you want:)

When did you say the blinker bulbs are coming in?:)

Once we get the data from our supplier, it should be just 1 week, we HOPE :)

wat size are they so i can buy a couple a autozone when my set comes in this week

you won't need to, you can reuse your lights:)

you won't need to, you can reuse your lights:)

Dont have my old ones remember :D

It looks like DDM (the company selling these p39s on the website posted) is selling DEPO p39s, so they should be the same as all other p39s. In fact, I was browsing through the Group Buy forums and they are a sponsor of these forums as well. The sponsor is from the early days of these forums, and they are doing very well. They also have lots of customers (and vendors like understeer.com). Here are some of their GBs:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=786704
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=786727

Dont have my old ones remember :D

well, I'll get you the new ones, the meantime, it's an 1156 bulb that you'll need - but it might depend on how late/early your car's year is - look at the connector - if it's a slot, it's going to be a 7440/3157 - if it's a hole, look for how many contacts there are - 2 = 1157 1 = 1156

if you had the funds i'd say go ahead and get new hellas but if not then p39's are the next best option

well, I'll get you the new ones, the meantime, it's an 1156 bulb that you'll need - but it might depend on how late/early your car's year is - look at the connector - if it's a slot, it's going to be a 7440/3157 - if it's a hole, look for how many contacts there are - 2 = 1157 1 = 1156

Thanks!!! tell me asap when yall get them in:)