For those without Xenons

[sailorbaz]

Is there anyone without Xenons out there? And if so, have you upgraded your bulbs to something better than OEM?

I've a mate with a 2005 318Ci and was wondering if there is any decent upgrade for the standard lights?

No one reply with 'Buy a CSL with Xenons' please! :whistle:

[SMD]

I have no Xenon's
Never bothers me! Lights are great! :-D

[_Nathan_]

I don't have Xenons, the non xenon e46 lights are awful (but lovely and light ;) ) I got some 100w bulbs in mine, much better but still nowhere near as good as my wifes e92 Xenons.

[bryce]

No options here, cos thats what this cars about :-D

I did look into all the options though.

My thoughts were

100w bulbs - brighter, but theres a chance it'll cause too much heat in the wiring.
HID conversion - cheapish, bright, but no bi xenon and its the sorta thing you see on corsa's. Though Im sure you can get an OEM looking bulb.
Bi xenons retrofit - v expensive, but the absolute best. Needs alot of work doing though, reflashing LCM etc

In the end Ive done nothing, because halogens arent actually that bad. Obviosuly not a patch of xenons though.

[NZ_M3]

No xenons here .. thought the OEM lights are fine as it is.

[sailorbaz]

I don't have Xenons, the non xenon e46 lights are awful (but lovely and light ;) ) I got some 100w bulbs in mine, much better but still nowhere near as good as my wifes e92 Xenons.

Nathan, where do you get the likes of 100W bulbs and do you have any issues with folks coming the other direction?

[_Nathan_]

Think it was CA, and not as far as I know.

[Mark CSL]

you can get them from halfords :thumbs:

[Roland]

I replaced mine with "Philips X-treme Power" +80%more.

[_Nathan_]

you can get them from halfords :thumbs:

Can you? They're not road legal so that is suprising.

[Mark CSL]

you can get them from halfords :thumbs:

Can you? They're not road legal so that is suprising.

Just for show :whistle:

[_Nathan_]

lol

[bryce]

I don't have Xenons, the non xenon e46 lights are awful (but lovely and light ;) ) I got some 100w bulbs in mine, much better but still nowhere near as good as my wifes e92 Xenons.

Nathan, where do you get the likes of 100W bulbs and do you have any issues with folks coming the other direction?

Id think he'll be using them in his high/full beam.. Nathan?

[Roland]

BMW is selling some:

H7Polar 12V55W Blue # 07 50 0 030 662

[_Nathan_]

I don't have Xenons, the non xenon e46 lights are awful (but lovely and light ;) ) I got some 100w bulbs in mine, much better but still nowhere near as good as my wifes e92 Xenons.

Nathan, where do you get the likes of 100W bulbs and do you have any issues with folks coming the other direction?

Id think he'll be using them in his high/full beam.. Nathan?

Using them in normal lights, not full beam.

[RichW]

You can now get a 55watt HID conversion which IMO would be the best way to go :)


Like the others i find the standard Halogens fine, but i'm not using my car everyday afterdark like some :)

[sailorbaz]

My mate went and bought the Super High Brilliance bulbs from Halfords yesterday and after a wee run last night, he is very impressed with them so far. But, they've still to be tested again the A9 to Inverness on Thursday.

Not a bad deal, £24 a BULB but at the moment they are doing BOGOF! They also had 130W ones which I think I might fit to my Full Beams! :hahaha:

[Rags]

I have a retro fit set of e46 projector headlamps and some HIDs to fit.
Will post up when I have fitted them!

[pkumarm3]

hey guys

this is my first post here but I am over on m3forum.net as I am located in the US


if you guys are interested in turning your non-xenon lights into xenon projector lights, you should check out www.lightwerkz.net

the owner is a close friend of mine and he would be more than happy to help out M3 owners. and better yet, CSL owners :)

http://www.lightwerkz.net/prod_bmw.htm

[Highmast]

Xenons OEM means 7kg more! :bigcry: not the philosophy of this car!

[Rags]

:-D