Hi guys im new to BMW in general a matter of fact this is my first BMW and I love it!

I've been reading some of the posts and I read pre LCI and I was wondering what that means?

Im sorry for such a newbie question.

Thanks

 

LCI=2008+ models
pre-lci=2007> models..

differences between can be seen here..

http://www.e60.net/information/2008_...ed_Changes.pdf

 

Thank you I appreciate it!

also I have a question for you GENEaTALS. Do you prefer the yellow rings for the angel eyes or the white?

 

I like how you can see the yellow rings from far away during the day.
Havent found a bright enough angel eye that I like. Like the LCI models have.

 

Really? I was thinking the yellowish rings were disappointingly not visible from a long distance.

 

I have seen members Tex_Phil angel eyes in person and they were pretty dim.

 

It's personal preference...I prefer the white AE's over the stock yellow-ish ones. White is not as bright, but IMO looks better

 

Oh, this changes my mind completely. I was expecting them to be brighter and that was 60% of my reason for wanting them, with the remaining 40% being because I like the look more. If they're not brighter then I'm out.

 

You guys might be confusing two different things here. The angel eyes on the pre-LCI cars are dim and people upgrade them to brighter and whiter bulbs like the ones from CustomAngelEyes.com called AngeliBrights or the Predator Ice ones from Umnitza. The angel eyes on the LCI cars are really bright and they're used as daytime running lights.

You can upgrade the AE bulbs on the pre-LCI cars to be brighter but there's nothing out there that makes them as bright as the ones on the LCI cars.

 

Thanks ECF. The customangeleyes.com site seems to be only selling for X5 at the moment. The Predator Ice ones from Umnitza look good. They say 6000K. Do you know the K rating for the standard yellowish pre-LCI AEs ?