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135i face lift question
So my e90 was in a wreck and looking to buy a 135i. So my grandmother has a 2011 135i and the headlights have the LCI "eyebrow" on it. But there's a dealer that has a 2011 135 and the headlights do not have it. What's up with the 2011? Also 2011 is all n55 if I'm correct?
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08-11-2018, 01:28 PM | #2 |
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The 2011 135i did not have the LCI headlights with the eyebrows. The LCI facelift came in 2012. If your grandmother's 135i has the eyebrows, either they were added or it's not a 2011.
And yes, the 2011 has the N55. N55 came in MY 2011-2013. N54 was 2008-2010.
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My 2011 with mfg date of Sept. 2010 (so an early 2011 production) has n55 & DCT but does not have the LCI eyebrows. They are the auto leveling bi xenon adaptive lights so maybe bmw has some leftovers to use up(?) The headlights came later in either mid 2011 or 2012 MY.
2011 is the facelift year tho.
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My 2011 is the face lifted LCI in every respect except the headlights. I'm wondering if they were a late 2011 change. Or his Grammy may have a 2012.
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MY 2011 135i got the N55 engine and the DCT. The larger rear view mirrors came in MY 2010.
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Ok thanks for confirming the engine . I'm in Canada if that makes a difference. But it's strange because many dealers here selling 2011's will have LCI headlights but no LCI taillights. And then some 2011's don't have either. Finding it really confusing
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BTW, the pic below is the LCI taillights, not to be confused with the blackline taillights, which look the same only darker.
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Your post is confusing because you say "everything but the pre LCI headlights & tail lights," yet you have a 2011 with the pre-LCI headlights and taillights. lol
Again, the official Model Year for the LCI (facelift) was 2012.
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The larger mirrors came in 2010, so they just added/changed things kind of randomly.
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In 2011 BMW changed the rear springs on the 135i from progressive to linear springs. The rest of the suspension went unchanged.
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Found an interesting thread that talks about a 2011 suspension change for the 135i with a couple of links in it.
Thought the muff diver joke was kinda funny.
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My car (UK) has a production date of May 2011 and has the LCI headlights (with lighty-uppy eyebrows) and LCI LED rears too. The car is completely standard and it's extremely unlikely that they're retrofitted.
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My Euro 2011-03 LCI have the lci headlights and lci taillights. I think we got them one year earlier
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This makes more sense tbh.
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I have a 2011 135i, build date Sept 10.
It had neither the LCI front or rear clusters. I swapped in LCI rears, I don't care for the look of the eyebrowed LCI fronts. |
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