Xenons Retro Fitted

NickP · 07-11-2010, 06:09 AM

Bought from a forum member on here - had them fitted by M Style yesterday

Now sorted :biggrin:

nik_nak · 07-11-2010, 06:17 AM

Nice! how much did they charge you to retrofit them?

Mud · 07-11-2010, 07:25 AM

Much better!

marmac · 07-11-2010, 10:12 AM

Looks much better.Definitely a mod i would like to do

neilv · 07-11-2010, 10:37 AM

Looks fantastic

How much did it cost?

RiCh · 07-11-2010, 12:19 PM

A big improvement, the car certainly looks much better with the xenons fitted.

It took me a while but i'm glad that i waited for an E90 that had factory fitted xenons as its not an easy/cheap mod to do. I dont know why BMW didnt fit them as standard like on the E92. The 6 cylinder E90s come with the headlamp washers fitted as standard but i think they should have put xenons on them too as they make a huge difference.

ElegantSpoon · 07-11-2010, 02:40 PM

Give us some details then

I looked into this last year but gave up in the end.

Dr Dave · 07-11-2010, 02:49 PM

Same here! Please tell!

M330Touring · 07-11-2010, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr Dave

Same here! Please tell!

+1

NickP · 07-11-2010, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElegantSpoon

Give us some details then

I looked into this last year but gave up in the end.

As mentioned bought the Headlights from a member on here - £300, was charged £100 to fit and £40 for a wiring loom, which evidently is not needed on all cars, as the spec of the lighting control unit can vary - so on some cars may just be £100

So for me £440 in total for the conversion

toxicnerve · 07-11-2010, 05:48 PM

Quite expensive for what is essentially a cosmetic mod (though the light that xenons put out is better for sure) but it looks great.

Whereabouts in Essex are you? Local to M-Style?

NickP · 07-11-2010, 05:50 PM

I'm in Colchester, so M Style are around 55-60 miles from me....

Em135eye · 07-12-2010, 04:58 AM

Nick - much difference in light output?

Not worried about the looks (they do look good though) but if the light output is significantly better then I might be interested too.

No xenons on a £38k car - that is BMW being very very tight IMO.

toxicnerve · 07-12-2010, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by NickP

I'm in Colchester, so M Style are around 55-60 miles from me....

Ah I see. I know there's a few of us who are local (not that I've met anyone other than Tony, flyfs6 and Anneka)...

Quote:

Originally Posted by 335diesel

Nick - much difference in light output?

I prefer the colour of light that Xenons put out as opposed to the quanity. The colour temp is much closer to daylight compared to the orange/yellow tint of halogen/standard bulbs I think.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 335diesel

No xenons on a £38k car - that is BMW being very very tight IMO.

Totally agree.

NickP · 07-12-2010, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 335diesel

Nick - much difference in light output?

Not worried about the looks (they do look good though) but if the light output is significantly better then I might be interested too.

No xenons on a £38k car - that is BMW being very very tight IMO.

To be honest I haven't actually driven at night yet! , will update the thread when I've given them a test -

Nick

BanziBarn · 07-12-2010, 08:33 AM

£100 to fit? Can't have taken long!

I fancy doing this mod....

ElegantSpoon · 07-12-2010, 01:09 PM

Ok so to get this right then you got a set of standard xenons that had no modifications and mstyle did all the required work for £100 with a £40 part?

Sounds spot on to me if thats the case

NickP · 07-12-2010, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElegantSpoon

Ok so to get this right then you got a set of standard xenons that had no modifications and mstyle did all the required work for £100 with a £40 part?

Sounds spot on to me if thats the case

Correct

nik_nak · 07-12-2010, 03:38 PM

Shame there is no where near Manchester that does this conversion, looks spot on.

ElegantSpoon · 07-13-2010, 02:28 PM

That sounds pretty impressive. Do you know what they did?

hmi1750 · 07-13-2010, 06:43 PM

Xenons are far better than the normal lights especially on dark unlit fast roads!

For example with high beam on the M50!

However, they are not as good as the Mazda6 MPS I had in terms of reach and defined boundary, and I had to manually adjust the light units as they seemed to only light a short distance in front initially and had a too much drop off on the driver's side (so at speed I was reaching the limits of view too quickly).

The VW Bora I had before was almost as good, but didn't have the bi-xenon aspect. However the Mazda6 MPS was in a different league and didn't blind people either.

SiKkBaSs · 07-13-2010, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by RiCh

The 6 cylinder E90s come with the headlamp washers fitted as standard

Not true, case in point here.

Also why is there a need for washers on halogen lamps? You NEED to have washers on Xenons because without them you'd fail M.O.T...

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toxicnerve Colonel 97 Rep 2,834 Posts Drives: E92 335d M-Sport Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK iTrader: (2)	Quite expensive for what is essentially a cosmetic mod (though the light that xenons put out is better for sure) but it looks great. Whereabouts in Essex are you? Local to M-Style?
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hmi1750 Major 25 Rep 1,130 Posts Drives: M135i Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London, UK iTrader: (0)	Xenons are far better than the normal lights especially on dark unlit fast roads! For example with high beam on the M50! However, they are not as good as the Mazda6 MPS I had in terms of reach and defined boundary, and I had to manually adjust the light units as they seemed to only light a short distance in front initially and had a too much drop off on the driver's side (so at speed I was reaching the limits of view too quickly). The VW Bora I had before was almost as good, but didn't have the bi-xenon aspect. However the Mazda6 MPS was in a different league and didn't blind people either.
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