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Old 08-12-2008, 10:48 PM   #1
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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!
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Old 08-12-2008, 11:19 PM   #2
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I have no Xenon's
Never bothers me! Lights are great!
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Old 08-12-2008, 11:28 PM   #3
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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.
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Old 08-12-2008, 11:47 PM   #4
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No options here, cos thats what this cars about

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.
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No xenons here .. thought the OEM lights are fine as it is.
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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?
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Old 09-12-2008, 07:42 PM   #7
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Think it was CA, and not as far as I know.
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you can get them from halfords
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Old 09-12-2008, 08:04 PM   #9
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I replaced mine with "Philips X-treme Power" +80%more.
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you can get them from halfords
Can you? They're not road legal so that is suprising.
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