LED bulbs for rear turn signals?

[Draper]

Has anyone replaced their rear turn signal bulbs with an LED version?

WeissLicht seems to have a set for the front turn signals, but I'm having a hard time finding anything for the rear.

[vinster88]

Darn I was hoping that someone had found answer to the OPs question. I have the fronts and they are great, want to get the rears now.

[Draper]

Originally Posted by vinster88

Darn I was hoping that someone had found answer to the OPs question. I have the fronts and they are great, want to get the rears now.

I actually found a few options for the rear, and ended up pulling the trigger on these bulbs.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-s...063943732.html

They should be here in a few days, so I'll post an update once I get them installed.

[Draper]

So I had a chance to install the front and rear bulbs (turn, brake, reverse) and I can confirm they are 100% awesome!

They are noticeably brighter than stock, and fill out the entire bulb area nicely...no noticeable dark areas.

No codes, or warning messages either.

I'll try and post a vid if I get a chance tomorrow.

Now I just need to look at the license plate and side marker bulbs...

[vinster88]

Cool, can't wait to see the pics. Glad to hear that they created no errors

[nabizzy]

can someone link me to the front headlight replacements for a 2012 x5m? i kind of want the white light instead of the yellow...

[vinster88]

http://www.bimmian.com/WeissLicht-LE...for-BMW-E70-X5

[windtendo]

Originally Posted by vinster88

http://www.bimmian.com/WeissLicht-LE...for-BMW-E70-X5

Kinda sucks that they don't stock the amber illumination LEDs now

[Draper]

Originally Posted by windtendo

Kinda sucks that they don't stock the amber illumination LEDs now

They come and go, but I had no luck getting ahold of anyone there to find out when they might be in stock.

I just ended up ordering front/rear signal, brake, reverse and license plate bulbs from AliExpress and couldn't be happier.

Here's a video (taken at night in the snow) to give you an idea of what they look like.
http://cl.ly/Sno7

[nachilus]

JZBM3,

I received and installed the bulbs, excellent

no error and works great.

Wish I could get the rear and backup led lights.

[Draper]

Originally Posted by nachilus

JZBM3,

I received and installed the bulbs, excellent

no error and works great.

Wish I could get the rear and backup led lights.

Very cool!

If you want to do the rears, you will need 4 total pairs of bulbs: brake, turn, reverse, and license plate. (I just ordered the license plate bulbs today, so I can't comment on how they look just yet).

Brake and rear turn signal (you need 2 pairs total)
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-s...063943732.html

Reverse (one pair)
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-s...064251556.html

License plate (one pair)
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-s...064439371.html

Front turn signal (one pair)
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/7-5W-...793352994.html

These are the exact bulbs I have installed on my X5 right now, and I can confirm they are a plug and play install and don't throw any kind of error codes. However, the reverse, brake and license plate bulbs do flicker during the bulb check on startup. I am looking into having the bulb checks coded out.

A bit of background, the flickering is due to the CANBUS system sending a small amount of power to each bulb to see if it's operational, however since LED bulbs require a much smaller amount to turn on, a quick flicker occurs. From what I can tell, this is an issue that affects all LED bulbs.