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Xenon friendly aftermarket headlights?

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Xenon friendly aftermarket headlights?

Post by bmwaddict » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:11 pm

I'm after some aftermarket headlights with black inners, as I'm not confident on cutting mine open and I can't find anyone I trust enough to do it for me. Does anyone know of any that are xenon compatible? They all seem to be halogen only as far as I can find.
Any help much appreciated.
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Xenon friendly aftermarket headlights?

Post by jamie_z4 » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:14 pm

Think you'd just have to get xenons from a 2.0/2.5i from a facelift car - no aftermarket are D2S xenon compatible as the projector lens is slightly different in terms of its projection properties.
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Xenon friendly aftermarket headlights?

Post by bmwaddict » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:40 pm

Thanks for the info Jamie.
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Xenon friendly aftermarket headlights?

Post by philbo909 » Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:21 pm

I'm after black inner xenon for mine too op, sadly not too many for sale or silly money, as Jamie says, facelift 2l/2.5l only
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