2006 e85 3.0si headlights

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PAC_Z4_F31_110Puma

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 Suffolk - BSE
Having decided to give my headlights - halogen 3.0si chrome-backed headlights a good polish, i thought best to remove them to do a proper job, this is where the trouble started.

Previous owner must have had a little bump at some stage and in doing so broke off and lost half the clips for keeping the headlights in position, and helpfully replaced with a bent over bit of what looks like heatshield drilled in with wood screws.. This explains the poor aiming of the headlights & alignment with the bumper, plus why so much condensation has been forming - worse than normal!

The damage is repeated on both sides, so really after a pair of non-xenon halogens with the chrome backing, reluctant to go for the more widely available back-backed ones but struggling to find both sides for sale.

Thanks in advance for any advice (seen some repair kits on Ebay but not sure if any good) / items,

Peter
 
The repair kits for the broken brackets are very good, but they won’t help with your condensation issue.
 
The original BMW repair kits are what you want. Sure ebay has them too, but normally be cheaper from the dealer.

You'll be able to repair the brackets and patch up the screw holes with some sort of sealant. Otherwise clear with silver will be hard to find (and cost you bucks). Should be a pretty straight forward task, or you can go custom and installing angel eyes. If your lights are as battered as they sound....... you don't have much to loose!

Link for custom lights https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=100058
 
Thanks all,

I’ll give a repair a go and see how that goes, rather not spend a huge amount on just lights, but they are quite battered.
Wiring all could do with replacing anyway as the coating is going brittle, so might give the angel eyes a go if I can get the mounting and alignment satisfactory.
 
Thanks all for the advice, wiring all replaced and headlights repaired, the kits are surprisingly good! Now onto the original job of polishing them up.
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