Eyebrows for Pre-LCI Installed (pics)

aacabriolet · 05-21-2011, 09:53 AM

UPDATE: See post #14

Hey guys

Just got these installed today. Let me know what you think..

Sorry for crap quality..

Satalite · 05-21-2011, 10:21 AM

Those the ones that light up?

jimmy1990 · 05-21-2011, 12:44 PM

did you install that without switching the entire headlight?

Satalite · 05-21-2011, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmy1990

did you install that without switching the entire headlight?

I would be interested if it didn't require a new headlight lol...

micha3l · 05-21-2011, 06:26 PM

Looks like a sticker to me?

twin fed · 05-21-2011, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by micha3l

Looks like a sticker to me?

I think they are stickers.

1speedbike · 05-21-2011, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by micha3l

Looks like a sticker to me?

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Originally Posted by twin fed

I think they are stickers.

Non-Xenon LCI headlights don't have a light up eyebrow anyway, so the sticker aspect of it really makes no difference. It looks good. Pretty much indistinguishable from an LCI eyebrow (if you don't look at the other slight differences int he headlight). Good job OP.

Satalite · 05-21-2011, 10:33 PM

Really confused.

dj john · 05-22-2011, 01:35 AM

Nice

AnooooOH · 05-22-2011, 07:20 AM

what?

jimmy1990 · 05-22-2011, 02:54 PM

Is there a website for the sticker?

Raine · 05-22-2011, 03:27 PM

Looks good! Stickers?

M3Newbie88 · 05-22-2011, 08:52 PM

Looks like stickers to get the LCI eyebrow look on non Xenon headlights and no Angel eyes... Looks good...

aacabriolet · 05-23-2011, 04:44 PM

Thanks guys

Ok now heres the deal:

i have a confessions to make...

It was a photoshop

Sorry to disappoint, but I wanted some "unbiased" opinions, instead of the usual "looks crap", "crap PS job" etc etc.

I will probably get these made for fun and I will post some real life pics and if anyone is interested I can get some made as well

jimmy1990 · 05-23-2011, 05:16 PM

lol.....

I have been search all over the internet to find this "sticker"

aacabriolet · 05-23-2011, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmy1990

lol.....

I have been search all over the internet to find this "sticker"

Sorry dude! But hopefully if they come out nicely you can get them from me

Augenbrauezug · 05-23-2011, 08:51 PM

Your trying to get a sticker made to mimic lights on a newer car.

I know it's your car, your choice, but cmon, please no.

1speedbike · 05-23-2011, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Augenbrauezug

Your trying to get a sticker made to mimic lights on a newer car.

I know it's your car, your choice, but cmon, please no.

Why's it matter? The "lights" on the newer car don't actually light up on non-xenon LCI lights. It's just a sticker on the inside of a headlight versus on the outside like aacab wants to do.

Same difference to me, if BMW wants to stick random stickers and emblems (such as ///M everywhere on a non-///M car..) and weird etchings into their light (see below), then why can't we.. To me it's the same as the LCI tail light conversion everyone's talking about. A cosmetic mod to look like the post-LCI cars.

Bimmerx53 · 03-28-2012, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by 1speedbike

Why's it matter? The "lights" on the newer car don't actually light up on non-xenon LCI lights. It's just a sticker on the inside of a headlight versus on the outside like aacab wants to do.

Same difference to me, if BMW wants to stick random stickers and emblems (such as ///M everywhere on a non-///M car..) and weird etchings into their light (see below), then why can't we.. To me it's the same as the LCI tail light conversion everyone's talking about. A cosmetic mod to look like the post-LCI cars.

That etching is to dissipate the light rays comming from the bulb toward other driver's direction so your turn signal is more visible to them.

mdputnam · 03-28-2012, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Bimmerx53

That etching is to dissipate the light rays comming from the bulb toward other driver's direction so your turn signal is more visible to them.

Wrong! That's is a grazing incidence collector with a rectilinear diffraction grating set. It was developed by BMW to communicate with space aliens using our cars as a giant world wide receiving array.

1speedbike · 03-28-2012, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mdputnam

Wrong! That's is a grazing incidence collector with a rectilinear diffraction grating set. It was developed by BMW to communicate with space aliens using our cars as a giant world wide receiving array.

LOL, I wouldn't be surprised

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Originally Posted by Bimmerx53

That etching is to dissipate the light rays comming from the bulb toward other driver's direction so your turn signal is more visible to them.

I believe that.. but why is this only on the xenon lights and not on the halogens for 128i's? They both have the same exact turn signal bulb and assembly (Part number 63217160897), so why does the xenon light get the nifty, ugly etching but the halogens don't?
EDIT: nevermind, they do have that. It's just less pronounced and I didn't see it in the pic I looked up at first. Still, weird to go with an aesthetically unpleasing etching for the sake of better turn signal visibility.. when I think the turn signals are just fine originally! I think upgrading to an LED light instead of the same old halogen bulb for the signal would have been better..

WPG D33Z · 03-28-2012, 04:56 PM

Yeah, these highly educated engineers must have no idea what they are doing putting those ugly etchings in there

05-21-2011, 09:53 AM	#1
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