[EdmJunky]

I found a handful of threads about converting from pre lci to lci but nothing on doing the opposite. Is this possible? I personally like the pre lci front end better and would like to do it to my car, I'd imagine its possible by replacing the hood, bumper headlights, and maybe the fenders too, hoping someone can confirm this is doable.

[JesseJames]

Ofcourse it is lol..

[ammar23]

Ewww lol but if thats what you like, I'm sure its possible

[kisho]

Got the parts if you're interested

[mashimarho]

I laughed. Have fun.

[udm328i]

I never liked the LCI hood, with that big V down the middle, and the lci side view mirrors, Wats up with that

[00e46sedan]

It's doable just probably have to switch the fog light setup,

[EdmJunky]

Originally Posted by kisho

Got the parts if you're interested

What parts do you have? Frankly I'm not 100% sure yet of which parts I will or will not need.

Originally Posted by mashimarho

I laughed. Have fun.

....ok? I will, thanks for your pointless input.

Originally Posted by udm328i

I never liked the LCI hood, with that big V down the middle, and the lci side view mirrors, Wats up with that

Exactly, I don't like that either. Although the mirrors I don't mind. To each their own, some like the lci look, I don't.

Originally Posted by 00e46sedan

It's doable just probably have to switch the fog light setup,

Yeah I figured, do you mean just get new fog lights or will I need to mess with the wiring/plugs for them.

[udm328i]

Yea the mirrors are Ok, probably have better vision of the road. I wouldn't mind a set of LCI taillights. So will the headlights be plug and play? I got to imagine there is someone who wants the LCI upgrade, it would be the perfect trade off opportunity.

[EdmJunky]

Originally Posted by udm328i

Yea the mirrors are Ok, probably have better vision of the road. I wouldn't mind a set of LCI taillights. So will the headlights be plug and play? I got to imagine there is someone who wants the LCI upgrade, it would be the perfect trade off opportunity.

I'm hoping they are, I'm hoping everything is just a simple swap over, plug in, and ready to go. Hopefully someone here can confirm and offer some clarity on whether I can do this or not. Doesn't seem like anyone else has had this same desire to go from lci to pre lci in mind thus far.

[tturbolife]

on the sedan you can use the same headlights for lci/pre-lci so you just need a new hood/bumper

[BmerMeUp]

hood + bumper + grilles.

I just did it pre to post.

Headlights are the same externally but not the same internally; you cannot swap the xenon internals and most headlights come as shells expecting you to swap the guts. So you can leave the headlights as-is unless you really want pre-LCI headlights (I'm sure you can find a raft of donors to swap you), then you will need pre-LCI headlights WITH all their internals intact.

[d1saster]

Originally Posted by udm328i

I never liked the LCI hood, with that big V down the middle, and the lci side view mirrors, Wats up with that

Why don't you just swap the mirrors (euro ones are cool) and may be upgrade the lci hood. IMO the lci headlights look better even the haligens. It may involve money though. If you really wanna do a swap I'm sure many will want to trade with you.

[datbimmer]

I think these headlights look much better

than these


Which is the reason I bought a pre-lci car. Oh and N54.

[kisho]

Originally Posted by datbimmer

I think these headlights look much better

than these


Which is the reason I bought a pre-lci car. Oh and N54.

OP has an e90 though.

[_shim]

Hood, grilles, and bumper. Everything else can stay.

If you have a white e90.. lmk.

[EdmJunky]

My e90 is black sorry :-/. I may just end up keeping the headlights then, I'm not sure if I have xenons or halogens though. The outer headlight is a nice white but the angel eyes and the inner lights are yellow, the inner lights also come on and off depending on what direction I'm turning, is this what they call the dimmers? The main reason I want to go pre lci is because the lci hood is hideous IMO with that big ass V coming down the middle. That pic of the white e92 datbimmer posted looks like an lci but the hood is flat, can anyone shed some light on this please. Also what bumper and fog lights is that? I actually love the way that front end looks. Another thing with the lci headlights is that I don't like how the turn signal part is clear when not on, I'd prefer that portion to be colored amber even when the lights aren't on but I'm not sure if there is an lci headlight upgrade that would accomplish that for me.

[bmw325i]

Originally Posted by samfb24

My e90 is black sorry :-/. I may just end up keeping the headlights then, I'm not sure if I have xenons or halogens though. The outer headlight is a nice white but the angel eyes and the inner lights are yellow, the inner lights also come on and off depending on what direction I'm turning, is this what they call the dimmers? The main reason I want to go pre lci is because the lci hood is hideous IMO with that big ass V coming down the middle. That pic of the white e92 datbimmer posted looks like an lci but the hood is flat, can anyone shed some light on this please. Also what bumper and fog lights is that? I actually love the way that front end looks. Another thing with the lci headlights is that I don't like how the turn signal part is clear when not on, I'd prefer that portion to be colored amber even when the lights aren't on but I'm not sure if there is an lci headlight upgrade that would accomplish that for me.

You have adaptive xenons. IMO you should keep them LCI they look much better. I have a prelci and I retrofitted lci xenons.

[EdmJunky]

Originally Posted by bmw325i

You have adaptive xenons. IMO you should keep them LCI they look much better. I have a prelci and I retrofitted lci xenons.

What exactly are adaptive xenons? I just don't like the lci headlight housing, if that makes sense. Do I have any other options for the headlight housing or shell per say, without having to go to pre lci headlights?

[kisho]

Originally Posted by samfb24

What exactly are adaptive xenons? I just don't like the lci headlight housing, if that makes sense. Do I have any other options for the headlight housing or shell per say, without having to go to pre lci headlights?

Adaptive headlights turn the lights in the same direction as your steering wheel. There really isn't any option other than going to pre-lci xenons. I mean, you could go with halogens but those aren't as bright.

[EdmJunky]

Originally Posted by kisho

Adaptive headlights turn the lights in the same direction as your steering wheel. There really isn't any option other than going to pre-lci xenons. I mean, you could go with halogens but those aren't as bright.

Did some research on this and yeah, looks like that is what I have. I know I can swap the angel eye rings but in order to get the inner headlights white instead of yellow do I need to upgrade them to xenons or do I need to get hid's, or either way works?

At this point I've pretty much decided I'll only be doing the hood and bumper, I guess the only concern I have left is will the pre lci fog lights be plug and play?

[udm328i]

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