I picked up an 04 330i ZHP earlier this week, drove it home in the rain and couldn't see anything with dims or brights. Had to turn on the fogs just to see where I was going. Turns out the car has the ZKW bi-xenon setup. I just checked today and of course the projector bowls are toasted. Missed this issue when I was reading through buyers guides of what to look for.
I've been searching assorted e46 forums (Fanatics, ZHP mafia etc) since and have gotten a sense of the options to address this. New replacements are obviously stupid expensive, especially coming from an e30! There are retrofit and swap options. Some WI Bimmers experience would be helpful. For those of you with e46 facelift sedans that have dealt with the ZKW headlight issue what has worked for you, what would you recommend?
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I picked up an 04 330i ZHP earlier this week, drove it home in the rain and couldn't see anything with dims or brights. Had to turn on the fogs just to see where I was going. Turns out the car has the ZKW bi-xenon setup. I just checked today and of course the projector bowls are toasted. Missed this issue when I was reading through buyers guides of what to look for.
I've been searching assorted e46 forums (Fanatics, ZHP mafia etc) since and have gotten a sense of the options to address this. New replacements are obviously stupid expensive, especially coming from an e30! There are retrofit and swap options. Some WI Bimmers experience would be helpful. For those of you with e46 facelift sedans that have dealt with the ZKW headlight issue what has worked for you, what would you recommend?
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