BMW headlight . . . $1,000 !!!

[dingbat]

What's an 'adaptive headlight' I ask myself

If it’s like mine, it points the head lights in the direction of the steering wheel.

New headlight unit is $800

 

[Scott Danforth]

Car-part.com

 

[matt167]

I bout two tail light buckets for my Silverado on e-bay complete housing for under $60

Only on the complete base model trucks nowadays. Incandescent bulbs are pretty much gone.

 

[southkogs]

I actually had the same problem start on my '92 Mustang. We've had about two weeks of rain, and I've had to drain about 1/2" of water out of the passenger headlight.

It's not as cool as Scott's round headlights ... but it's not $1k fix either.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Hey Ted, used prices of headlights are about same as new for your car. also there are LED and Xenon listed for 2015 BMW's the Xenon headlights used are about double the aftermarket...... but less than the OEM.

 

[Lou C]

I’ve used Crown aftermarket for both my 98 & 07 Jeeps. For the 07 a pair of OEM was $ 600, for aftermarket it’s about 1/3 of that, and quality is quite close to the OEM…I polished the originals a few times but the haziness kept coming back..,so I just put in a pair of Crown lights.

 

[tpenfield]

I just checked on the BMW forums . . . dealers are quoting $3-5K to replace the headlight. Seems bonkers. but, if other brands of vehicles have similar part costs for these 'integrated' headlight assemblies, I can imagine that they too are pricey . . . maybe not as high what I'm seeing BMW dealers quite.

I'd be concerned about buying a used unit for eBay or elsewhere . . . why is it no longer being used?

 

[Pmt133]

I could see that high of a price to replace the housing if its like my 19. The whole front clip needs to come off to get to it. And if it is adaptive I'd imagine there's a reprogramming associated with. Plus typical dealer BS... yeah I can see it.

 

[Lou C]

That’s my resistance to newer vehicles, and even though I know outboards are “better”, less maintenance I still have the crusty old OMC I/O.

 

[Scott Danforth]

I just checked on the BMW forums . . . dealers are quoting $3-5K to replace the headlight. Seems bonkers. but, if other brands of vehicles have similar part costs for these 'integrated' headlight assemblies, I can imagine that they too are pricey . . . maybe not as high what I'm seeing BMW dealers quite.

I'd be concerned about buying a used unit for eBay or elsewhere . . . why is it no longer being used?

wrecks being stripped of parts.

todays auto-recyclers buy flood damaged vehicles for about $500, then pull all the parts they can clean up and sell - light assemblies, body panels, suspension, cooling system parts, glass, etc. they buy collision wrecks for the motors, transmissions, wiring, controls interior, etc. that is how they make money. that process spills over to the individuals. former employee of mine goes to auctions, they buy up wrecked and salvage toyotas, and strip them down.... build them back up and sell them like crazy. its how he is funding his retirement. they only deal with toyotas, and they buy like 5 wrecks, make 3 cars and sell a pile of parts.

FYI, MIL's Honda hybrid is barely under warranty and the DRLs failed 2 months ago. warranty covered the $2700 price of two headlights. its not just BMW that has gotten stupidly expensive, they all have.

 

[cyclops222]

Your auto dealers install lots of yard parts. NOT illegal.

 

[Renken2000Classic]

If it's foggin' or holding water, drill a little drain hole in there before you lose function (lol); and maybe one higher up for "relief". Done that a few times.

Headlamp bulb change on my older Acura looks to be a pain also. I had one that was out, but it started mysteriously working again (lol). I haven't drilled on it, btw . Yet.