cracked lense - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

BANKROBBER · 8th January 2007, 20:21

hi all,
is it poss to get a new lense for my headlight or do i have to change whole unit???
cracked it on motorway today...not happy!
may even consider...gulp...angel eyes.saw them on a mates e34 and they looked quite good!

ROB

davidoli · 8th January 2007, 20:23

You can get a new lense from German Swedish or Euros' ...they are OEM Hella's and are about £22 + vat each......about a third of dealer price !

Mmm-Five · 8th January 2007, 20:50

I wouldn't bother with the ebay 'headlights with angel eyes' as they'll crack as soon as a stone hits them - nowhere near as strong as the OEM ones.

hertfordshire1 · 8th January 2007, 22:45

yes you can split the lense and replace this part only, but having seen it done first hand its a right ball ache of a job.

I think a complete unit is only £35...

Steve

raymondw · 9th January 2007, 00:50

It's not that terrible difficult when you accept to scrap the old adjustment screws and use new ones when assembling the new lenses.

BANKROBBER · 11th January 2007, 20:48

i will head to my local scrapyard soon and look around there...maybe any e34 light set will do i guess?

ROB

davidoli · 11th January 2007, 21:18

yes, any E34 set ...they tend to come up on the bay quite regularly....some guy has got either side £25 + £10 p+p at mo ....although I've seen them a lot cheaper.....http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E34-HEADLI...QQcmdZViewItem

lagoonM5 · 11th January 2007, 23:08

Rob,

If your carefull you can remove individual light units from the housing.
I replaced just one inner main beam unit on the car prior to you buying it as i was damned if i was going to buy a whole new unit (pair).

Pete.

BANKROBBER · 11th January 2007, 23:31

been looking and i think it will be simple enough...try it at weekend

thnx for input guys

ROB