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Doesn't mean they changed parts(m) (archive)
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Posted by The HACK on August 17, 2001 at 16:22:19:

In Reply to: The HACK.... posted by Chip on August 16, 2001 at 22:05:03:


go check the Xenon's again. I garauntee you they are different now. You can't get a 328 Xenon bulb. When you go to get one replaced, they are supposed to replace them with 2 current gen. ones. Either your CD is wrong, or they just list 1 part number for the correct assembly.

Stack a 328 next to a 330i. Even you should be able to see the difference.

Chip-

Just the fact that the part number is the same should suggest that they're in fact identical parts. BMW changes part number for such small detail such as identical part but from different suppliers.

I think the reason why 328 xenons may look different from 330 xenons is that over time the characteristics of the xenon lights change. Xenon is, in principal, the same technology as flourescent lights...If you ever look at two flourescent lights of different age, you can probably tell one light is bluer than the other. In fact, someone has posted (back in 2000) that they got replacement Xenons and it looked nothing like the Xenons that they had on their car, but over time the color hue changed and it's a closer match now.


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