Adaptive Bi-Xenon Lights Worth It?
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' date='Apr 19 2005, 05:34 PM
YA! Xenons are the way to go.
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All I can say is that I love them and I wish I had them on the family SUV!
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Originally Posted by jsal' date='Apr 19 2005, 07:42 PM
[quote name='EBMCS03' date='Apr 19 2005, 05:34 PM']YA! Xenons are the way to go.
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All I can say is that I love them and I wish I had them on the family SUV!
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[/quote]Actually, in the US, xenon adaptive headlights w/ dynamic auto-leveling are standard equipment on the 545i (at lease for MY '05).
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Love 'em. They came as standard on my 545 and I probably would not have ordered them as an option but now that I have used them I would not want to be without them. The adaptive feature is just awesome - seems like a gimmick until you try it then you wonder how you coped without it before. And the xenons are just tremendous. See if you can demo a car with the adaptive xenons and take a drive out on unlit roads and you will be a convert. 
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Originally Posted by honkie76' date='Apr 19 2005, 09:42 AM
thanks for the ideas guys - i think convincing the mrs is going to be the trickiest part - an extra 2.5% to the cost of the car when the standard headlights do a alright job of anyway... 
yeah - don't think i will be going out to the outback anytime soon, definitely not with the 5 - so no mad max'ing for me.?
yeah - don't think i will be going out to the outback anytime soon, definitely not with the 5 - so no mad max'ing for me.?
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Originally Posted by jsal' date='Apr 19 2005, 05:42 PM
[quote name='EBMCS03' date='Apr 19 2005, 05:34 PM']YA! Xenons are the way to go.
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All I can say is that I love them and I wish I had them on the family SUV!
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[/quote]afaik, they are standard on both my06 530 and my05 545
.they were on top of my option list when i ordered my 530 last year. they are still the best headlights on the market now. you won't regret
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