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      05-26-2014, 11:03 AM   #1
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Xenon or Halogen

Are my lights Xenon or Halogen. I want to replace the angel eye bulbs with LEDS but no sure exactly what to purchase or if my lights are Xenon or Halogen.

Thanks for the help guys, if i posted this in the wrong section, forgive me.


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      05-26-2014, 11:13 AM   #2
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This is pretty easy to tell. If you have a E90 328 sedan then 99% of the time the headlights will be halogen. If it is a coupe then you have xenons. If it is a LCI sedan (like yours) then you probably have halogens with halos (angle eyes). Take a pic of the front and we can tell you exactly what you have.

Ok you got a pic up.

You have LCI Xenon headlights.
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      05-26-2014, 11:32 AM   #3
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i was curious because on mine it appears the inside lights are halogen and the outside are xenon. Am i correct?
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The reverse my friend. Your angles are halogen and the headlamps inside them on the outside are bi-xenon HID bulbs.
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i was curious because on mine it appears the inside lights are halogen and the outside are xenon. Am i correct?
I always thought that they were bi-xenon but its possible.

You angel eye bulbs are H8 I believe
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      05-27-2014, 07:40 AM   #6
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could anyone tell me if mine is before or after facelift?

here is a full pic

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could anyone tell me if mine is before or after facelift?

here is a full pic

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LCI Xenon headlights.
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      05-29-2014, 04:44 PM   #9
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Are my lights Xenon or Halogen. I want to replace the angel eye bulbs with LEDS but no sure exactly what to purchase or if my lights are Xenon or Halogen.

Thanks for the help guys, if i posted this in the wrong section, forgive me.

xenons, Xenon adaptive headlights will swivel, move up, down, right and left, halogen headlights will not swivel at all, it just stays stationary.

for E90 LCI 328i, xenon adaptive headlights are optional, and not standard from factory.
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