[fidozoom]

My car was in an accident and I need to get the hood, passenger fender, passenger side headlight replaced. I am looking at it as an opportunity to get the entire front face lifted without being way too expensive. I just paid off my car and I can't afford a brand new car.

I believe in addition to what will be covered as part of the repair, I will have to get a new driver side headlight, new kidney grille and perhaps new fog lights. So which parts can be reused - the bulbs? the control unit? the fog lights?

I can spend upto $1000-1500 on top of what insurance will pay for the repairs.

I don't like the E90 grandma lips but love the simple hood (without too many creases like the LCI look). I also like the clear headlights.

My preference would be to get a E92 look. Is it possible to fit it on an E90 as is without too many complications? anybody dun it?

If not LCI look is something I would consider. I looked at this: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...=328677&page=2 and it seems interesting but I would again prefer a pre-LCI E92 coupe look.

Please advise. Thanks!

[Johndong888]

To get the e92 look would be quite a bit of work if I am not mistaken. Probably would be easier to buy a M3 front for the e90.

Do you have xenons on your old headlight? Most of the lights sold on here are a complete set, so no sense in reusing your part. You should probably keep the bulbs if you had xenons.

A new set of the LCI headlight (clear ones) on here should be around 1200$+.
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...=e90+headlight

and based on this post,
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...e90+headlights

the LCI and pre-LCI (what you have) 's headlight should have no fitment issues, However, you do need to get dealer to do some re-programming, could be covered under insurance.

[fidozoom]

Originally Posted by Johndong888

To get the e92 look would be quite a bit of work if I am not mistaken. Probably would be easier to buy a M3 front for the e90.

Do you have xenons on your old headlight? Most of the lights sold on here are a complete set, so no sense in reusing your part. You should probably keep the bulbs if you had xenons.

the LCI and pre-LCI (what you have) 's headlight should have no fitment issues, However, you do need to get dealer to do some re-programming, could be covered under insurance.

Thank you for responding.

I know a lot of people like the M bumper but I don't like the way the fog lights stand out. I guess I am going more for a sleek look than an aggresive look. I don't like the way the M bumper expands out in the middle. I guess just a personal preference.

I do like the E92 look since I dont like the silver grille pieces on the hood of my e90 and I need to get a new hood anyway.

I do have xenons. So worst case, if I can't get E92 look I can get the clear headlights (post-LCI) instead of what I have now.

Anybody else got any more suggestions or comments on how tough it would be to get a E92 look?

Thanks,
Balan

[dcorn]

To do the LCI facelift, you need the hood, front bumper, grilles and whatever other parts are needed for the bumper. Your stock pre-lci headlights will work, but you can upgrade if you need to. This shouldn't cost anything more than your replacement non-LCI parts.

The E92 transformation would pretty much be everything in front of the a-pillar. Fenders, bumper, grilles, headlights, and whatever is underneath. Pretty sure this would be much more expensive and I wouldn't trust any local body shop to do it.

If you want a slightly better look, I'd definitely get the LCI M-sport bumper. Again, you'd still keep the same headlights, but you'd get the cool hood with the crease in the middle, the single piece kidneys and a great looking bumper. Or the BMW performance bumper, which is awesome as well.

If I ever upgrade, I'll be going with the LCI M-sport front.

Stock:


M-sport:




BMW Performance:

[Nedim]

Originally Posted by fidozoom

Thank you for responding.

I know a lot of people like the M bumper but I don't like the way the fog lights stand out. I guess I am going more for a sleek look than an aggresive look. I don't like the way the M bumper expands out in the middle. I guess just a personal preference.

I do like the E92 look since I dont like the silver grille pieces on the hood of my e90 and I need to get a new hood anyway.

I do have xenons. So worst case, if I can't get E92 look I can get the clear headlights (post-LCI) instead of what I have now.

Anybody else got any more suggestions or comments on how tough it would be to get a E92 look?

Thanks,
Balan

You can get the M bumper and not put on the fog lights, just dont put the side grills in. makes it look much better

[cstavaru]

If I were you, I would upgrade the front with LCI front except for the bumper which would be BMW Performance, BUT I would not upgrade the headlights ! This way it would be quite cheap and you can upgrade the headlights later when you have the money (sell the old headlights on eBay )

[fidozoom]

Originally Posted by cstavaru

If I were you, I would upgrade the front with LCI front except for the bumper which would be BMW Performance, BUT I would not upgrade the headlights ! This way it would be quite cheap and you can upgrade the headlights later when you have the money (sell the old headlights on eBay )

Actually I don't like the new hood - i think the creases make it look more like my other car, a 2010 Nissan Altima

But you bring up an interesting point:

I can keep my existing pre-LCI E90 sedan bumper and get the LCI hood and grilles? I thought I would need a new bumper too.

[dcorn]

Originally Posted by fidozoom

Actually I don't like the new hood - i think the creases make it look more like my other car, a 2010 Nissan Altima

But you bring up an interesting point:

I can keep my existing pre-LCI E90 sedan bumper and get the LCI hood and grilles? I thought I would need a new bumper too.

No, you can't interchange any of the LCI parts. You have to get the hood, grilles and bumper all together. He was just saying he'd get the LCI performance bumper over the LCI stock bumper.

If you don't like the LCI hood, you are stuck with pre-LCI parts. So your only bumper options are the stock pre-LCI, m-tech, and the replica M3 bumper.