EndOfAnEra's Sparkling Graphite 135i Build

[swagon]

Looking forward to the new lights, bro.

[EndOfAnEra]

Originally Posted by swagon

Looking forward to the new lights, bro.

Man I'm so anxious!! I was actually going to PM you because I think he's having a hard time shipping them. He hasn't reached out to me in quite a while.

[swagon]

Originally Posted by EndOfAnEra

Man I'm so anxious!! I was actually going to PM you because I think he's having a hard time shipping them. He hasn't reached out to me in quite a while.

I asked him for a shipping code and he replied that everything's been resolved with you. So hopefully he's not a scammer.

[Matticus91]

Ahhh the final pic of the rear diffuser is not working, very curious to see how it came out. What paint did you use?

[EndOfAnEra]

Originally Posted by Matticus91

Ahhh the final pic of the rear diffuser is not working, very curious to see how it came out. What paint did you use?

I'll take some better pictures tomorrow, I just washed the car so it's nice and shiny!

I used spray paint from Auto Zone, black and clear. The prepping and the wet-sanding at the end really made all of the difference.

Today I ditched my yellowed pre-LCI headlights for some LCI's.







BMW sells a wire/plug repair kit, which is awesome. I bought it and used it to add pins to the headlight plugs for the LCI headlights to power up the LED strip at the top





Starting the wiring for the LCI LED strip



A new wire added!



Pin 7 is for the LED strip.



Almost done!



Gave the 135i a bath to showcase the new lights

[Matticus91]

Nice work on the lights! you can clear up those old ones pretty easily and sell them for a decent amount.

[EndOfAnEra]

Originally Posted by Matticus91

Nice work on the lights! you can clear up those old ones pretty easily and sell them for a decent amount.

That is my plan! These LCI's will also be for sale soon in case anyone reading this is interested.

[Matticus91]

Originally Posted by EndOfAnEra

That is my plan! These LCI's will also be for sale soon in case anyone reading this is interested.

Get something else? I'm waiting to find some decent euro spec headlights for a fair price otherwise I'll be jumping on Autowin's overings

[EndOfAnEra]

Originally Posted by Matticus91

Get something else? I'm waiting to find some decent euro spec headlights for a fair price otherwise I'll be jumping on Autowin's overings

Well, I thought I was receiving Euro LCI's from some guy in Germany but I received these instead. I installed these on my car just to make sure they are working properly and will be removed soon.

I already purchased Euro LCI's from a different company and am waiting for them to arrive.

So I will have U.S. pre-LCI's and post-LCI's for sale soon. Both sets are adaptive and xenon.

[Matticus91]

Originally Posted by EndOfAnEra

Well, I thought I was receiving Euro LCI's from some guy in Germany but I received these instead. I installed these on my car just to make sure they are working properly and will be removed soon.

I already purchased Euro LCI's from a different company and am waiting for them to arrive.

So I will have U.S. pre-LCI's and post-LCI's for sale soon. Both sets are adaptive and xenon.

That's odd they even managed to get a set of US spec, in Germany, of all places. What's the company you ended up ordering with?

[EndOfAnEra]

Originally Posted by Matticus91

That's odd they even managed to get a set of US spec, in Germany, of all places. What's the company you ended up ordering with?

I ended up cancelling the order, I'm just gonna stick with these for now and think about what I want to do.

I finally got around to using my SLR! It's been a while since I've used it

[chadillac2000]

Really looking great! You should break the nice camera out more often. Very jealous of the red interior!

[Matticus91]

Originally Posted by EndOfAnEra

I ended up cancelling the order, I'm just gonna stick with these for now and think about what I want to do.

I finally got around to using my SLR! It's been a while since I've used it

Looks great man! That first shot is excellent, the mist really makes it!

[Zombie1]

Nice build you got going. When you part with the LCIs please keep me in mind.

[EndOfAnEra]

Originally Posted by chadillac2000

Really looking great! You should break the nice camera out more often. Very jealous of the red interior!

I will definitely do that more often

Originally Posted by Matticus91

Looks great man! That first shot is excellent, the mist really makes it!

Thanks! It was an odd and foggy morning in Tampa that day.

Originally Posted by Zombie1

Nice build you got going. When you part with the LCIs please keep me in mind.

Thanks! I'll shoot you a PM

[Gray_Panther]

Amazing build! The mist shot is great!

[EndOfAnEra]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Amazing build! The mist shot is great!

Thank you sir

let us all take a moment to stop and admire the beauty of Euro LCI Xenon/Adaptive headlights

[Gray_Panther]

Man I don't even want to know how much you paid for those!

[t0mmysays]

Where did you find those?

[Kturbos]

Clean car, damn good looking pictures there.

[EndOfAnEra]

Originally Posted by t0mmysays

Where did you find those?

On eBay. There are some guys over in Germany who are selling used OEM 1 Series lights. I got them from him.

Originally Posted by Kturbos

Clean car, damn good looking pictures there.

Thank you sir

[EndOfAnEra]

I installed the lights quite a while ago, not having any orange in the headlights is



Last week I installed an E93 M3 28mm front sway bar!



I also found a local guy selling a Berk street full exhaust! I threw that on earlier this week.



I got myself another JB4 G5 and installed it yesterday. Here I am changing some of the settings with the laptop.