WANTED passenger side Xenon headlight

mr wilks · Post by **mr wilks** » Mon May 07, 2018 7:57 pm

A Z friend is looking for one of these for his Z4M , i appreciate they can be a rarity but anyone who can help drop me a PM
Thanks

MACK · Post by **MACK** » Tue May 08, 2018 11:30 am

mr wilks wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 7:57 pm A Z friend is looking for one of these for his Z4M , i appreciate they can be a rarity but anyone who can help drop me a PM
Thanks

I'm sure I read on here once that you swap out all the grubbing overfrom a halogen and xenon etc as the casing/indicators housing are the same except for the ballast bit that needs drilling/cutting out. Not sure if I dreamt it but might be an option if it's true as we all know facelift halogens are certainly easier to find

Monkeydonkeyratmagic · Post by **Monkeydonkeyratmagic** » Wed May 09, 2018 6:24 pm

I have one. It's black inserts with orange indicator. Needs a 3m kit to bring it back to life. Not sure on price. Think £200 seems about right. It's fully functional inc ballast.

mr wilks · Post by **mr wilks** » Wed May 09, 2018 6:28 pm

Monkeydonkeyratmagic wrote: ↑Wed May 09, 2018 6:24 pm I have one. It's black inserts with orange indicator. Needs a 3m kit to bring it back to life. Not sure on price. Think £200 seems about right. It's fully functional inc ballast.

Im pretty sure his will be silver inner & non orange , i'm a total headlight numpty & so no idea about swapping bits over

MACK · Post by **MACK** » Wed May 09, 2018 10:01 pm

mr wilks wrote: ↑Wed May 09, 2018 6:28 pm
Monkeydonkeyratmagic wrote: ↑Wed May 09, 2018 6:24 pm I have one. It's black inserts with orange indicator. Needs a 3m kit to bring it back to life. Not sure on price. Think £200 seems about right. It's fully functional inc ballast.
Im pretty sure his will be silver inner & non orange , i'm a total headlight numpty & so no idea about swapping bits over

If it's an M it will have the same silver inner/clear indicator ones a post facelift 3.0si uses. Hopefully someone will confirm one way or another if you can use a halogen post facelift casing and swap xenon bits over. I could just be talking crap!

ben g · Post by **ben g** » Wed May 09, 2018 10:56 pm

The facelift inners are different to pre facelift, so that's a no go.

Johnr32 · Post by **Johnr32** » Thu May 10, 2018 12:37 am

Just out of curiosity what components differ?

ben g wrote: ↑Wed May 09, 2018 10:56 pm The facelift inners are different to pre facelift, so that's a no go.

MACK · Post by **MACK** » Thu May 10, 2018 8:15 am

Johnr32 wrote: ↑Thu May 10, 2018 12:37 am Just out of curiosity what components differ?

ben g wrote: ↑Wed May 09, 2018 10:56 pm The facelift inners are different to pre facelift, so that's a no go.

Apart from the obvious orange indicator on the pre stuff the inner colour is different, the posts have a silver finish where as the pre has a more chrome one.
Theres a little bulb to do flash to pass on pre's that's missing on the post ones as the xenon bulb itself does it.
Theres an angle eye for sidelights on the post that isnt there on the pre, that uses just an ordinary bulb.

Johnr32 · Post by **Johnr32** » Thu May 10, 2018 2:36 pm

Was just curious as I was thinking of ditching the crappy pre-facelift xenons for some retrofits as done by zmaster on here on his facelift. Any idea if they are the same projector setup for the lowbeam?

MACK wrote: ↑Thu May 10, 2018 8:15 am
Johnr32 wrote: ↑Thu May 10, 2018 12:37 am Just out of curiosity what components differ?

ben g wrote: ↑Wed May 09, 2018 10:56 pm The facelift inners are different to pre facelift, so that's a no go.

Apart from the obvious orange indicator on the pre stuff the inner colour is different, the posts have a silver finish where as the pre has a more chrome one.
Theres a little bulb to do flash to pass on pre's that's missing on the post ones as the xenon bulb itself does it.
Theres an angle eye for sidelights on the post that isnt there on the pre, that uses just an ordinary bulb.

MACK · Post by **MACK** » Thu May 10, 2018 2:46 pm

Johnr32 wrote: ↑Thu May 10, 2018 2:36 pm Was just curious as I was thinking of ditching the crappy pre-facelift xenons for some retrofits as done by zmaster on here on his facelift. Any idea if they are the same projector setup for the lowbeam?

MACK wrote: ↑Thu May 10, 2018 8:15 am
Johnr32 wrote: ↑Thu May 10, 2018 12:37 am Just out of curiosity what components differ?

Apart from the obvious orange indicator on the pre stuff the inner colour is different, the posts have a silver finish where as the pre has a more chrome one.
Theres a little bulb to do flash to pass on pre's that's missing on the post ones as the xenon bulb itself does it.
Theres an angle eye for sidelights on the post that isnt there on the pre, that uses just an ordinary bulb.

My understanding is the low/high beam xenon setup on the pre and post is the same, so a retrofit kit that works for one should work for the other. Im 95% sure on this but hopefully one of our headlight gurus can confirm this is 100% accurate before you go out and spend any money.

paddy wright · Post by **paddy wright** » Sat May 12, 2018 5:49 pm

If his light just has broken brackets they are cheap and easy to replace.

mr wilks · Post by **mr wilks** » Sat May 12, 2018 7:00 pm

paddy wright wrote: ↑Sat May 12, 2018 5:49 pm If his light just has broken brackets they are cheap and easy to replace.

He said the clips + glue to the lens has failed

does that make sense ?

paddy wright · Post by **paddy wright** » Sat May 12, 2018 7:03 pm

mr wilks wrote: ↑Sat May 12, 2018 7:00 pm
paddy wright wrote: ↑Sat May 12, 2018 5:49 pm If his light just has broken brackets they are cheap and easy to replace.
He said the clips + glue to the lens has failed does that make sense ?

Andy sounds to me he may need the barackets (£15) and a new rear seal to prevent condemnation (£20). If that’s the case it’s a lot cheaper than swapping the light.

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WANTED WANTED passenger side Xenon headlight