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      06-27-2011, 05:11 AM   #1
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Thumbs up tii 1er Convertible with LCI Xenons
Recently retrofitted LCI Xenons to my car which came with stock halogens.

One pic I snapped with my iPhone.



Will post more as I take them
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      06-27-2011, 07:51 AM   #2
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Recently retrofitted LCI Xenons to my car which came with stock halogens.

One pic I snapped with my iPhone.



Will post more as I take them
wow! so what was involved? coding?
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      06-27-2011, 09:06 AM   #3
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      06-27-2011, 09:34 AM   #4
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Thanks guys BMW Fitted.

New FRM installed and coded.
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      06-27-2011, 10:44 AM   #5
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how much does it cost you?

Great job!
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      06-27-2011, 10:52 AM   #6
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how much does it cost you?

Great job!
About $4000.

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      06-27-2011, 11:12 AM   #7
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About $4000.

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It does look good though...
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      06-27-2011, 11:19 AM   #8
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Congratulations on the upgrade
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      06-28-2011, 06:53 AM   #9
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About $4000.

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You have to be kidding me right. $4k so you could have xenons? You couldn't find something better to upgrade?
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      06-29-2011, 10:31 AM   #10
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You have to be kidding me right. $4k so you could have xenons? You couldn't find something better to upgrade?
Like? Always wanted Xenons :/ and BMW were giving me a crap trade in price on a new car e.g 125
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      06-29-2011, 11:39 AM   #11
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Like? Always wanted Xenons :/ and BMW were giving me a crap trade in price on a new car e.g 125
yikes. i bet its more expensive in SA too. congrats though, and thanks for confirming that it works!
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      06-29-2011, 11:45 AM   #12
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yikes. i bet its more expensive in SA too. congrats though, and thanks for confirming that it works!
yeah prices on BMW's here are crap e.g. 120d Coupe (cheapest model) is +-$51300 and 135i Coupe is +-$65000 base.

No prob and thanks
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daaaaaamn $4k!
but look daaaaaamn good
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now that's being different!
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I want to vacation to SA so that I can see your car!

Anything fun to do there?
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      07-01-2011, 01:41 PM   #18
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Yeah, come and see my car? Plenty, it would be a blast!

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About $4000.

Thx
I'm also considering retrofitting Xenon lights, would you mind telling me which BMW Dealership completed the work for you?
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      07-16-2011, 11:59 AM   #20
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I'm also considering retrofitting Xenon lights, would you mind telling me which BMW Dealership completed the work for you?
Well hopefully at that markup % it would only cost 1-2k or so to retrofit here in the US...

Always wanted them as well.. Good looking!
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do you mean 4000 rand or USD because 4000 rand would be about 582 USD
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      07-17-2011, 02:51 AM   #22
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Hi there. Cedar did it for me.

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do you mean 4000 rand or USD because 4000 rand would be about 582 USD
No, that's dollars unfortunately R30,000+ as a rough figure.
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