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Oh good points! This is interesting! You don't have the leveling motor... And here's a US manual - it doesn't include the levelling wheel - just the dash brightness one. Please accept my apologies - I had no idea this was a thing...

Taking this eBay one for example... https://ebay.us/m/oa41qs (although the part number in the photos doesn't match the listing, so probably worth checking they are selling the object in the photos...) It's prefacelift, and has rain sensor and fog lights (I assume you're in Europe with both...

I don't think you need to get toooo hung up on the exact part number. I know you can fit later switches (to get extra software features, for example like triple-flash for lane changes), so you should be ok to upgrade. The thing I don't know if is you need one for a prefacelift, or if the...

The bottom two 'load sensors' will be because xenon headlights adjust their vertical aim automatically, based on the readings from the suspension position. Those sensors (front/rear load sensors) are not present on halogen equipped cars (the adjustment on those is done manually from the light...

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1800496-Dummies-Guide-to-Basic-coding-with-NCS-Expert I've found that to be the best guide to coding. I still refer back to it as I keep forgetting the German translation for read and write! You also don't need a powerful laptop - this is...

It's hard to answer exactly what lights come on when, as you can change it with coding to an extent, but a standard factory UK/EU model car: - off: no lights - side lights: rear lights, interior lights, small sidelight bulb at the front - main beam: as side lights + halogen projectors (outer) -...

They look like factory halogen headlights. My first thoughts are that your LCM (light control module) has been changed, and that's why you only have the one dial (which should be for interior illumination brightness), and whoever changed it put in a xenon unit instead. You don't have headlight...

Yes. they're LHD, and I am in a RHD country :) At the time I bought them, they didn't do ECE in RHD

https://retrofitlab.com/collections/bmw-z4-e85/products/bmw-z4-e85-2002-2008-bi-xenon-xenon-headlights Hi all, I've seen some posts about these projectors before, and recently bough a set to fit to my own headlights, and thought I'd share my experiences... Firstly - import tax... They charged...

Is the fault for both headlights, or just one? Another question which might narrow down your problem... When you turn on the ignition, both headlights should move up/down and then back to where they started. If only one moves, it could be the motor failed, or that the motor has popped it's...

Hi all, I suspected the low horn on my E86 wasn't working, and I was just working on my R53 (which is parked next to my E86), and suddenly saw the horns, and thought 'i wonder if they fit?', and... They do! A Mini R50/R53 horn is a direct replacement for an E85/E86 horn. You need to change the...

You can code this easily enough without having to replace anything, I think. Do you get the correct lights turning on in the correct switch positions? i.e., main beam in the xenons, full bean the halogens, and side lights/indicators are just correct? You just have a bulb out light on the dash...

I just fired up NCSDummy (the program that translates the options from German for you), and found these two - which I think should do what you want. There's some other options around accessories too, but they are more ambiguous at a glance. I think changing SPERRE_KLRAUS_SST to activ/enabled...

If it helps, it doesn't look genuine. Here's mine for comparison Edit to add - both sides taper in like that, it's not shrunken (or if it has shrunk, it's done it evenly!)

I have a set of Focal 165AS3s waiting to go in (just waiting on a 3d printer to arrive, so I can print some adapters - cos it's obviously cheaper to buy a new printer than pay someone for them! :? ). But other than removing the door cards/kick panels to fit those, that's pretty much it! All...