Can Anyone Identify If These Headlights Are Genuine BMW Or Aftermarket?

[redefine.m3]

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[BMWCCA1]

From what we can see from the pic, they look legit. You might check the original build to see if it came with xenons. What's he replacing them with?

Good luck getting them out! Does he know the entire bumper has to come off, and then the headlight mounting bracket? I'm quite familiar with it as right now my bumper is off, repairing a deer hit from last week!

[redefine.m3]

Originally Posted by BMWCCA1

From what we can see from the pic, they look legit. You might check the original build to see if it came with xenons. What's he replacing them with?

Good luck getting them out! Does he know the entire bumper has to come off, and then the headlight mounting bracket? I'm quite familiar with it as right now my bumper is off repairing a deer hit from last week!

Fingers crossed! I came across this guy on Facebook marketplace who's selling his 135i. It's the only 135i with the facelift headlights privately sold in my province. I tried testing my luck and reached out to him to see if he'd be interested to trade my pre-facelift headlights with $200CAD on top for his facelift headlights. He gave it a few days thought and lucky enough he agreed to do it. Now I'm just trying to confirm if his headlights are OEM. If they are I think I hit the jackpot (There's no way I will spend nearly $2000CAD on a brand new set. Not for a LOOONG time at least)

Yup, I've looked into the procedure and it seems like a pain in the a** to deal with. Yikes, I hope you're doing alright!

[Philip Green]

Not sure,
but its looking like Headlights Are Genuine BMW , isn't duplicate?

[BMWCCA1]

Originally Posted by redefine.e82

Yup, I've looked into the procedure and it seems like a pain in the a** to deal with. Yikes, I hope you're doing alright!

Parts came in this morning. Got everything back together, thanks.

Here's my pair of 128i's after completing reassembly. You can see the only difference between early and LCI headlights seems to be the "eyebrow". I think I'd be tempted to do that with decals before I'd pull the headlights out!

[redefine.m3]

Originally Posted by BMWCCA1

Parts came in this morning. Got everything back together, thanks.

Here's my pair of 128i's after completing reassembly. You can see the only difference between early and LCI headlights seems to be the "eyebrow". I think I'd be tempted to do that with decals before I'd pull the headlights out!

Dang, lookin good!

[Gray_Panther]

Badass that you have two 128i's!

[BMWCCA1]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Badass that you have two 128i's!

Year One of the One is my wife's '08 Sport auto. With arthritis in her left knee, her days of a stick-shift daily-driver are over. Mine is the Year Last of the One 2013 M-sport 6-speed. We've had twins before. Back around 1981 just after we got married I drove a Chamonix (white) '72 2002tii and she drove a '73 Chamonix 2002 stick (her first car). We still own those, too, but both are in need of restoration at this point.

[redefine.m3]

Update, the headlight deal went through. Found out that my headlights were Valeo, so were the other party. Turns out Valeo is the supplier for OE BMW E82 LCI headlights so there's no difference. They're looking pretty solid, currently have halogen bulbs in, still waiting for my LUX H8 189s to arrive.

[swunder]

He went through all that work for 200 bucks (plus devaluing the car he's trying to sell)?!

GREAT deal for you!

[redefine.m3]

Originally Posted by swunder

He went through all that work for 200 bucks (plus devaluing the car he's trying to sell)?!

GREAT deal for you!

Pretty much, I wasn't prepared anytime soon to buy them new for over $2k. I thought I'd ask, test my luck and lucky enough he accepted the offer. Win win!
He also tried to upsell me on a lot of other parts he had in his garage, I didn't buy in on any of it though. Stoptech BBK, no name differential support brace, aftermarket paddle shifters, coils.