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I might try that... anyone got a sunroof I can borrow

Hi Jochen...do you have a Business CD for a 2000 E46 for sale.

Yep..a bit of a closer inspect shows that the lens on the drivers side does have some distortion in the polly.. not so bad on the other side.. cant believe I didnt see this earlier...I guess I just goes to show love is blind.. fell in love with this car as soon as I saw it .. no pre nup.

Better make that mm's instead of cm's...looks like I need new glasses as well as new headlights.

Have just noticed today that the headlamp lens directly in front of the low beams..on both sides.. has some distortion. There is an area about 40-50cm wide by 15cm high directly in front of the low bulbs that seems to have heaps of very small cracks. The lens feels quite smooth on the outside, the cracks seem to be on the inside. I'm thinking that my muppet... sorry elmarco dont want to be mean to muppets... might have had over rated bulbs in the lows that have overheated the lenses and caused the cracking. My next question..can the lense be replaced or am I up for new headlights??

Hi Yuen...Haven't had a chance yet to take any pics of the beams at night but I have done some research on the use of 'cool blue' bulbs, link below. http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bu...ue/bad/bad.html Seems the blue tint bulbs are not very driver friendly and are just a fashion statement unlike the blueish tint of the HID bulbs which are a totally different animal. I think I'm going change them back to clear halogens. I have posted some pics of my bulb holders, can you make out from the pics that the one on the left has three tabs broken off and the one on the right has one tab broken. I assume the tabs are for locating the holder into the housing. I think I can still get them in the right position with whats left. Will check out the beam pattern again after I change the bulbs. Cheers Garry

Hello All... I am new to the forums but have been reading bimmersport for a while now and am blown away by amount of knowledge you all bring to these forums. I have a Jap import E46 its a 2000 323i its my first BMW and I don't think it will be my last, what great cars they are. Anyway took it to get a WOF this morning, first since I have had it, and the guy commented on the strange pattern of the low beams. We had a bit of a look and whoever had the car before me had put blue halogens into the low beam holders but when the muppet put the holders back into the housings he broke off most of the locating lugs on the holders. I am also not sure now if the bulbs had been put the right way up in the holders can anyone confirm for me if the low beam bulbs should be the same way up in their holders as the high beam bulbs. The guy gave me the warrent so thats good. I dont use the car much at night but I have noticed that the lows are very low. Cheers Garry