I Want Clear Indicator Lenses, can i do it?
- Thread starter DannyH
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back and sides are straight replacements and easy
back about £300 from your dealer
sides about £20 from your dealer
prices from memory which isnt as good as it used to be
I can find the invoice for more accurate if you want/need?
fronts are alot more expensive if available... you car have xenons or not?
edit - turns out my memory aint that bad... Paid £319.65 for the clear rears and 2 sides
back about £300 from your dealer
sides about £20 from your dealer
prices from memory which isnt as good as it used to be
I can find the invoice for more accurate if you want/need?fronts are alot more expensive if available... you car have xenons or not?
edit - turns out my memory aint that bad... Paid £319.65 for the clear rears and 2 sides
Welshclown
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great minds think alike I was thinking about doing the same with mine!!
cheers gannet
cheers gannet
Now the fronts are the one's to do, but you need serious money for those...
Do you guys have halogen or Xenon?
Do you guys have halogen or Xenon?
Welshclown
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I got xenons on mine, why you ask?
I have one brand new clear indicator xenon and maybe matching it to form a pair soon 
I can't get over the price of the front and rear lamp units 
Side ones at £20 are fair enough, but £300 for the rears and christ knows how much for the fronts is just obscene IMO. Yes, we're driving premium cars, but chuffin hell. As much as I've like to convert mine, I could never justify the best past of £1k on lights
Side ones at £20 are fair enough, but £300 for the rears and christ knows how much for the fronts is just obscene IMO. Yes, we're driving premium cars, but chuffin hell. As much as I've like to convert mine, I could never justify the best past of £1k on lights
£1,000 - 
You'll be lucky
Front Xenons are around £750 plus VAT each from the dealers (I did find out and post exact figures some months back). If you upgrade and need to add in the OEM bulb, ballast and bulb connector you're into £2,000 plus for the pair of those alone.
You'll be lucky Front Xenons are around £750 plus VAT each from the dealers (I did find out and post exact figures some months back). If you upgrade and need to add in the OEM bulb, ballast and bulb connector you're into £2,000 plus for the pair of those alone.
Mr Whippy said:
Agree there. Would never pay a dealer price. Leave that to accident repairs and insurance claims.
Strangely since I converted my lights to clears the price of them on Ebay has rocketed. Co-incidence?? Not sure, but I got my clears as damaged for as little as £10 for one a year back
I was stung yesterday. I needed 5 exhaust bolts. The 4 x 50mm were 28p so no probs. The longer 75mm arrived 2 days later and was £5.66 !! Ordered, so I went with it else damage my dealer goodwill , but jeez £5 plus for a bolt
Just been looking on realoem though - can you even get clear indicator halogen with chrome inserts - looks discontinued to me :idunno:
realoem headlight
realoem headlight
gannet said:
I would have no doubt it's available. EU laws and all that, provided a clear silver insert halogen was available on the 2005 prefacelift. Dealer had no trouble pricing me one 6 months back
gannet said:Yes car back from the body shop
You take the badges from the old ones (careful taking them off and you will need some way of fixing them to the new ones - think I used some 3M double sided tape or similar.
£20 for the pair - though you buy them as singles
IIRC the standard BMW fixing is a donut ring of 3M double sided tape. I just used clear silicone though as it's cheap, waterproof and durable
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