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Old 04-29-2005, 09:51 AM
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If you have factory xenons, are the side light aldo xenons?

Im thinking that it might look weird if you have white xenon headlamps and a yellow angel light around it.

Has anyone got pics of the xenon headlamps?
Old 04-29-2005, 10:34 AM
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Here is a picture of the xenon frontlights, and the parkinglights...

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Thanks, the headlight is not on in the picture.
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check out this picture from Memotronic's gallery...

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?act=module...&cmd=si&img=354
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Wow, looks nice. I thought the angel light would have been yellow.

Does anyone if you get the xenons, is the angel light the same or not?
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I've got the Xenons and my angel lights are yellowish.
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Originally Posted by kscarrol' date='Apr 29 2005, 12:46 PM
check out this picture from Memotronic's gallery...

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I have xenons and the angel eyes are yellowish by comparison. That pic looks processed, probably B&W.
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Originally Posted by E60525d' date='Apr 29 2005, 12:51 PM
If you have factory xenons, are the side light aldo xenons?

Im thinking that it might look weird if you have white xenon headlamps and a yellow angel light around it.

Has anyone got pics of the xenon headlamps?
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The angel eye rings are the same on both halogen and xenon headlights. The rings are formed by a special plastic light conductor and as far as I understand are neither halogen nor xenon types.
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Thanks Merv
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The only light that is xenon is the outer headlight on bi-xenon equipped cars. The inner light only comes on if you flash your headlights and uses a normal halogen bulb. The "angel eye" rings are a light conductor a Merv says. A single bulb is used to filter light around the ring. This is easier to see on the new 3 series as the light rings sit forward of the rest of the headlamp assembly in this model.


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