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Installed orion V4's

Just finished installing the v4's and i absolutely love them. it gives the car such a fresh clean look.
Let me know what you guys think

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Looks great man! I have the same AE's and they are very bright. I get compliments all the time. Did you hook up
the night controller? I didn't at first and I was getting flashed at night constantly.
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Looks great! Thing with these is they look so much better in person. They look too bright and overdone
in pics but in person they just look perfect imo.

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Definitely on my list further down the road. Looks good!

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V4's were the way to go. Good choice and looks great.
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Lights look great...i have the v4 as well. But after installing them i notices them blinking. Not like a
turn signal but sorta in a way that they arnt getting constant power. Or like a ceiling light would flicker
without turning off and on. Could that be from the car sitting and being on a trickle charger? If the car
gets a good enough charge should this stop? They arnt old at all, and didnt do this when i first installed
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Skillzo1 a sounds like a shaky ground. Check your wiring.

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Skillzo1 a sounds like a shaky ground. Check your wiring.

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Will do...

I suggest the same, if not they might need resistors. Same happen to me with eagle tail lights, they
would flicker.
Let us know. Always a good source to learn from others.

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flickering sounds like a bad ground.

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Are these the opaque version or the regular??

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I suggest the same, if not they might need resistors. Same happen to me with eagle tail lights,
they would flicker.
Let us know. Always a good source to learn from others.
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flickering sounds like a bad ground.
Ill check them out when i get the car back from paint and then update this thread. Thanks fellas.
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Originally Posted by Pinscher

Are these the opaque version or the regular??
Also curious to know, as Umnitza's website isn't really clear on the visual difference between the two.

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Also curious to know, as Umnitza's website isn't really clear on the visual difference between
the two.
these are the opaque v4's
the difference between opaque and standard is with the standard u can see the individual LED's
because the plastic covering them is clear but with the opaque the plastic covering them is obviously
opaque which blends the LED's lights together making for a cleaner more natural look

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On a scale of 1-10 (one being easiest and ten most difficult), how easy would it be to install these if
one had very limited electrical knowledge?
Are the instructions easy enough where an average Joe can knock this out in an hour?
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Lights look great...i have the v4 as well. But after installing them i notices them blinking. Not
like a turn signal but sorta in a way that they arnt getting constant power. Or like a ceiling light
would flicker without turning off and on. Could that be from the car sitting and being on a
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I had the same problem when I first installed mine. I had the trigger wires reversed and the ground wasn't
good enough.
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On a scale of 1-10 (one being easiest and ten most difficult), how easy would it be to install
these if one had very limited electrical knowledge?
Are the instructions easy enough where an average Joe can knock this out in an hour?
I would say a 3 or 4. I did angel eyes on my old ZHP and had to bake the headlights to get them apart. That was
a real PITA! These are super easy to do, I have enough pic's and link to walk you thru the install.
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Extremely happy with mine as well. Get compliments all the time. Non BMW members even ask me
where I got them from.
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On a scale of 1-10 (one being easiest and ten most difficult), how easy would it be to install
these if one had very limited electrical knowledge?
Are the instructions easy enough where an average Joe can knock this out in an hour?
i would rate it at a 6-7 took me 3 hours to figure everything out especially if u want to run them to just
the drivers light because the fuse for that doesn't feed enough power to the relay i ended up using an
external switch and wired it in through the chassis to the cup holder and drilled a little hole for the
switch so i can turn them on and off whenever i want

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Look amazing, can't tell you how much I wish they came installed on the e46 m3.
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