They are both LCI LOL

But



this lamp in the left is for adaptive headlights and the right one is for High/low so i want adaptive headlights in xenon but in BMW nobody can tell me how to choose this option because i am the first here that find this difference . i already choose Xenon pack but it refers only high/low lamp. And in the photos you can see that they have both high/low lamp but different adaptive headlights. one is xenon other is Halogen.

I'm seeing that will be difficult to find this option

 

Maybe this old post will shed some light on this...
Link to post about inner light housing on LCI
I have never seen that type of rippled glass on an LCI before though...

 

The inner lens with the ripples on it is the low speed cornering light on the LCI cars(UK ones anyway).

Thats pic of my car fitted with the visability pack(adaptive bi-xenons).

Maybe the inner smooth lens is for non xenon equiped cars were both lens have halogen lamps in them(just a guess though), being smooth clear lens it looks like its there to focus a beam rather than an area light.

 

DELETED because I was babbling.

 

im baffled.........

 

Nope, my car has xenons but the inner lens is clear (as it is shown on the very first pic in this thread).
I think it is just as you say, the rippled lights are the "cornering" lights. The clear-lens lights are just bogus..
One thing that's baffling me though is that the clear-lens lights on my car (I don't have the cornering opt) has bulbs in them!?!? waaay in there.
I can't get them to light up though, and as others have said, if you don't have the cornering lights option these are just fake corona ring holders...
(Going out for a ride on the BMW motorcycle now (R1100RT) ...)

 

Or maybe the inner lamp is for this:

High-Beam Assistant

High-Beam Assistant was developed after research showed that high beam headlights could, and arguably should, be used in approximately 75 per cent more occasions than they currently are. Further studies highlighted that drivers who do switch to high beam often fail to deactivate it in time and, consequently, dazzle other road users. The solution is High-Beam Assistant, a system that uses a light-seeking camera located in the rear view mirror housing to monitor the road for up to 1,000 metres ahead.

To activate High-Beam Assistant the driver need only turn the headlight switch to the automatic position and leave the high beam/low beam headlight stalk pushed forward to high. A check control light in the instrument binnacle tells the driver High-Beam Assistant is operational.


Note - Xenon main beam headlights first appeared on BMW cars in 1991, and for both low and high beam in 2001 (Bi-Xenon). This was followed by Adaptive Headlights, which swivel to illuminate the road when cornering, in 2003. High-Beam Assistant represents the next stage in lighting safety.