the plastic on my headlights has all fogged up and turned yellow so im looking to get some new lights. its a steel blue 4dr 2001 325i e46. just wanted to see what people recomend. black housing or the shiny chrome one. also is there a way to posisble paint the black housing with the color of my car?

get p46's or just polish the plastic, pop them off and do it from the inside

you can also get replacements from a dealer. A tad hard to find sometimes though.

Contact Umnitza. They can get you replacement lenses for cheap. They just pop off and on, no sealant required.

there are lots of aftermarket headlights created that suits for everybody's needs...(ex: bmw headlights)...designs are created to meet the stylish demands of the customers...my dad had just got one!

I used Mequires PlastX on mine on the outside and it helped some. I still need to pull them off and do the inside, but for $5 a bottle, it is cheaper then new lights for now. :)

Oh and using a Powerball to polish them with takes almost no time at all.

I gave up and got new lenses. Umnitza said they were out of stock, local dealer got them for me for around $50 each. The car looks soooooo much better.

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My car, 2001 325i steel blue met, had crummy headlights also. I tried to polish them a bit, and had some success. I decided to replace them and keep the look of the car clean as new. I got mine, lenses & gaskets, from bavarian autosport http://www.bavauto.com/
along with clear protective "film" covers to protect from chips, etc...The install is very easy. If you want to paint inside to match your car, that's no big deal either. Good luck!