Confused about which high beam to buy.

[johnt325ix]

Happy new year everyone. My brights stopped working and I noticed a Crack from top to bottom on the passenger high beam. It is Hella. It looks like there are a couple of choices what do I have?

[Kershaw]

http://www.ecstuning.com/News/BMW_E3...991/ES2710776/
$250.

or you could get genuine replacements for $650.

edit: or you could find someone parting out an incomplete set of headlights and just snag the high beam.

[JasonC]

Those are the European lights, he needs the US lights. And also the crack really don't have much to do with the lights not working. Check the bulbs, relays and fuses.

[Kershaw]

i figured he realized the bulb going out was a different issue. my post was info to replace the cracked headlight with a new set.

[johnt325ix]

Thank you. I figured it out. Didn't realize that 88 was the first year not using sealed beam. Sounds silly, but after 11 years this was the first time a headlight bulb died.

[Mo Brighta]

Cracked lights? Bummer, but preventable

Want to save the rest of them from a similar fate? Headlight film, sized perfectly to fit - all four, $27 delivered. Clear or yellow tint. If the crack is recent, you might use it to keep the dust out until you can replace it, keep it nice and shiny on the inside so you don't lose too much lighting.

Andy

[15Michaeljoseph]

Thank you. I figured it out. Didn't realize that 88 was the first year not using sealed beam. Sounds silly, but after 11 years this was the first time a headlight bulb died.

haha not silly at all, the sealed highs in my e30 are older than i am... my mom kept all the reciepts


--Mike