Anyone seen such LCI headlights?
12-25-2009, 03:48 PM
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I saw this car today in Oxford in the UK - a black LCI E60 with sport package, looked completely standard, no mods, BUT:
In its headlights, the surroundings of the two round lamps were matt silver/grey instead of the typical chrome I've seen everywhere else. It looked pretty cool, much better IMHO than the chrome. Sorry I did not take any pics, as I thought I would go online and instantly find info on these lights, but nothing came up!
I just did an online search but I can't seem to find this type of lights anywhere - all LCI cars out there have chrome in their lights.. Could it be just a UK thing, to do with the UK regulations? Has anyone out there seen such LCI lights anywhere else?
In its headlights, the surroundings of the two round lamps were matt silver/grey instead of the typical chrome I've seen everywhere else. It looked pretty cool, much better IMHO than the chrome. Sorry I did not take any pics, as I thought I would go online and instantly find info on these lights, but nothing came up!
I just did an online search but I can't seem to find this type of lights anywhere - all LCI cars out there have chrome in their lights.. Could it be just a UK thing, to do with the UK regulations? Has anyone out there seen such LCI lights anywhere else?
12-25-2009, 07:09 PM
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My Ride: 2006 525XI, Jet black on Dakota beige. Premium and winter packages. I consider myself a purist and intend to keep my car absolutely stock and shiny.
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It was probably a custom job, butpictures would have been nice. 
12-25-2009, 07:40 PM
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My Ride: MY07 525xi Silver Gray
Model Year: 2007
Somethin' like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E60-HALO-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHT-GENUINE-PART_W0QQitemZ320458989758QQihZ011QQcategoryZ10374QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ?
If yes it's the standard halogen non-Xenon based version of the LCI which uses projector lens rather than just reflector found on the pre-LCI for the main beam.
If yes it's the standard halogen non-Xenon based version of the LCI which uses projector lens rather than just reflector found on the pre-LCI for the main beam.
12-25-2009, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BlaSTiWi' post='1079869' date='Dec 26 2009, 04:40 AM
Somethin' like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E60-HALO-PROJECT...1QQcmdZViewItem ?
If yes it's the standard halogen non-Xenon based version of the LCI which uses projector lens rather than just reflector found on the pre-LCI for the main beam.
If yes it's the standard halogen non-Xenon based version of the LCI which uses projector lens rather than just reflector found on the pre-LCI for the main beam.
Did everyone get it yet?? 
But it makes no sense for me upgrading to these - I will lose my adaptive xenon function. What I could do though is open up my headlights and paint the black housing inside matt silver. Sounds like a butchery job to me... I bet I would get all sorts of problems afterwards, like moisture etc.
But I found something else on Ebay that might be of interest to everyone, see next post.
12-25-2009, 11:30 PM
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These are Eagle Eyes aftermarket headlights from Malaysia.
They are projector halogen lights with CCFL angel eyes that imitate the LCI look and fit on pre-LCI cars. They cost GBP 580 plus shipping, for a pair. I guess an interesting option for anyone who wants to upgrade his pre-LCI halogen lights without selling his kidney (not to confuse with the kidney grille).
I saw a topic here on these lights from the beginning of 2009 but the OP had just posted some low-quality pics and could not remember where he found them on the net. At the end someone posted a link to the Eagle Eyes website but there still were no good quality pics, and the price was something like $1500 per light, so the interest faded rather quickly.
So in case anyone was interested - now you have a much better pic (the product also looks good quality!), and a much better price.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/E60-E61-CCFL-Halo-Projector-HEADLIGHT-Black-for-BMW_W0QQitemZ120453932203QQcategoryZ23009QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BIEW%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D11%26ps%3D63
They are projector halogen lights with CCFL angel eyes that imitate the LCI look and fit on pre-LCI cars. They cost GBP 580 plus shipping, for a pair. I guess an interesting option for anyone who wants to upgrade his pre-LCI halogen lights without selling his kidney (not to confuse with the kidney grille).
I saw a topic here on these lights from the beginning of 2009 but the OP had just posted some low-quality pics and could not remember where he found them on the net. At the end someone posted a link to the Eagle Eyes website but there still were no good quality pics, and the price was something like $1500 per light, so the interest faded rather quickly.
So in case anyone was interested - now you have a much better pic (the product also looks good quality!), and a much better price.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/E60-E61-CCFL-Halo-Projector-HEADLIGHT-Black-for-BMW_W0QQitemZ120453932203QQcategoryZ23009QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BIEW%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D11%26ps%3D63
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