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Post by leonfr » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:17 pm

Anyone else notice the inside colour of headlights is different ? On my 2004 2.5se the inside is black , yet on one I have just purchased it is silver , yet it's off the same year car , must be a model thing is it ?
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Post by Tcochrane92 » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:20 pm

Headlights with black liners are halogen
Headlights with silver liners are xenon
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Post by philbo909 » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:23 pm

leonfr wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:17 pmAnyone else notice the inside colour of headlights is different ? On my 2004 2.5se the inside is black , yet on one I have just purchased it is silver , yet it's off the same year car , must be a model thing is it ?
I thought that 3.0si and M have silver inners, smaller engines/pre facelift black inners, might be wrong
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Post by piotrZ4 » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:31 pm

All 3.0 and z4m had silver inners, 2.0/2.2/2.5 comes with black.
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Post by Roundozo » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:43 pm

Tcochrane92 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:20 pmHeadlights with black liners are halogen
Headlights with silver liners are xenon
Not correct unfortunately. My coupe has silver liners and are halogen. Might be right for roadsters but can't confirm.
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Post by Tcochrane92 » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:46 pm

Roundozo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:43 pm
Tcochrane92 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:20 pmHeadlights with black liners are halogen
Headlights with silver liners are xenon
Not correct unfortunately. My coupe has silver liners and are halogen. Might be right for roadsters but can't confirm.
Having thought about it.. I remember my '05 3.0i E85 had silver liners and halogen
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Post by leonfr » Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:20 pm

The one I have just bought is bloody silver and halogen , but it will have to do 😳
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Post by leonfr » Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:24 pm

leonfr wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:20 pmThe one I have just bought is bloody silver and halogen , but it will have to do 🤔
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Post by Ducklakeview » Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:25 pm

3.0 cars have silver inners, all the others have black. This applies regardless of whether they are halogen or xenon.

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Post by jamie_z4 » Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:35 pm

Ducklakeview wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:25 pm3.0 cars have silver inners, all the others have black. This applies regardless of whether they are halogen or xenon.

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Post by bowler » Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:53 pm

No point in changing the grill and de badging my 2.5 then the anoraks know its not a 3 ltr!
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Post by Tcochrane92 » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:10 pm

bowler wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:53 pmNo point in changing the grill and de badging my 2.5 then the anoraks know its not a 3 ltr!
Just please don't put ///M badges on it :rofl: :poke:
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Post by Ducklakeview » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:26 pm

jamie_z4 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:35 pm
Ducklakeview wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:25 pm3.0 cars have silver inners, all the others have black. This applies regardless of whether they are halogen or xenon.

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ah balls I wanted to be the one to straighten that out - pipped to the post :lol:

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Post by MACK » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:52 pm

The Ms also have the same silver inners as the 3.0 and came with xenons only. However unlike the 3.0 that came with the titanium front grill slats, the M has the black ones that featured on the 2.0, 2.2 and 2.5 models. Just to confuse things! 😀
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Post by bowler » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:57 pm

MACK wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:52 pmThe Ms also have the same silver inners as the 3.0 and came with xenons only. However unlike the 3.0 that came with the titanium front grill slats, the M has the black ones that featured on the 2.0, 2.2 and 2.5 models. Just to confuse things! 😀
That means i have a set of M grills for sale?
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