WHAT IF THE 135i LOOKED LIKE THIS?

BForbes · 10-13-2007, 10:04 PM

A fellow s2000 owner just stated on the forums that if the 135i looked like this he would buy 10 of them. Its amazing how different this looks.

Thoughts?

dna550 · 10-13-2007, 10:19 PM

Wider Kidney Grill, narrower headlight housing??

theanhdy · 10-13-2007, 10:45 PM

post the original one for comparison

phattbam · 10-13-2007, 11:19 PM

the front looks very z3 like now.. from the first gen of them anyways..

Garrett · 10-13-2007, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onehots2k

A fellow s2000 owner just stated on the forums that if the 135i looked like this he would buy 10 of them. Its amazing how different this looks.

Thoughts?

LOL....

You can use aftermarket eyelids to get that effect. geesh!

IvtecEM · 10-13-2007, 11:56 PM

I like it, who knows maybe an aftremarket company will make a kit in the future.

Hossam · 10-14-2007, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onehots2k

A fellow s2000 owner just stated on the forums that if the 135i looked like this he would buy 10 of them. Its amazing how different this looks.

Thoughts?

Boring face!

RobLS · 10-14-2007, 02:41 AM

yeah..just made it look too..boring i guess you could say. Its so blank heh

kere · 10-14-2007, 05:09 AM

Those headlights make the car look really old. But I agree that the headlights are the weakest point of this car.

amdmaxx · 10-14-2007, 07:06 AM

I ma sure 1 refresh will look a LOT better in few years.. # sedan is about to get refreshed, that should give us a glimples of things to come. Also, that huge 4 door coupe concept & X6 should point us to direction BMW is going in..

bmwfreak · 10-14-2007, 07:48 AM

Looks like a holden or BMW from 10 years ago. I think that day is gone...

taylor82 · 10-14-2007, 07:50 AM

Looks like an Audi with those lights, very bland!

Smokey · 10-14-2007, 08:21 AM

I will stick with the current design-- the current look has really grown on me.

128er · 10-14-2007, 09:52 AM

HATE the headlight housing!

jopali · 10-14-2007, 10:02 AM

it looks like it has an extra chromosome

Imola.ZHP · 10-14-2007, 11:02 AM

I don't like it at all...

And I drive an e46 ZHP, which that reminds me of, but the headlights do not match the car...

Robert · 10-14-2007, 02:43 PM

I like it but it's more traditional.

johnny1019 · 10-14-2007, 03:03 PM

The headlight housings look too narrow and the bonnet seems too stretched.

imported_MPower · 10-14-2007, 03:08 PM

Dont like it. Way too narrow and featureless. I agree that the 1 Coupe's standard headlights arent the most attractive but that is not an improvement.

135idrive · 10-14-2007, 10:26 PM

Don't like it at all, lacks any creativity. Good design moves forward not back. On that note; I believe that many of you that don't like the headlights on the new 1er may change your minds when you see it in person, or give it some time to grow on you. Personally I like the direction. Take a look at the front of the new X5, it has a little of the "fish eye" quality. I think it's cool and a unique direction in the industry. Just one future 135er's opinion.

phattbam · 10-14-2007, 10:29 PM

that's what gives the 135 it's unique character.

SpoolMasta · 10-15-2007, 12:15 AM

i think the best, cleanest, solution is to have the "bowser" hood, with the eyelids molded to the hood, looks so sick..., and doesnt look cheap like eyelids...

there was a photoshoot of a e46 coupe with a custom one, looked great...

10-13-2007, 10:04 PM	#1
BForbes Moderator 559 Rep 4,240 Posts Drives: BSM 135i/AW E90 M3 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Orlando, FL iTrader: (0)	WHAT IF THE 135i LOOKED LIKE THIS? A fellow s2000 owner just stated on the forums that if the 135i looked like this he would buy 10 of them. Its amazing how different this looks. Thoughts? __________________ - 04 Honda S2000(gone)
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10-13-2007, 10:19 PM	#2
dna550 Lieutenant 38 Rep 442 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jul 2007 iTrader: (0)	Wider Kidney Grill, narrower headlight housing??
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10-13-2007, 10:45 PM	#3
theanhdy Major 93 Rep 1,083 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: SOCAL SFV iTrader: (7)	post the original one for comparison
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10-13-2007, 11:19 PM	#4
phattbam Major General 180 Rep 5,822 Posts Drives: '17 Protonic Blue i3 REx Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: sf area iTrader: (21)	the front looks very z3 like now.. from the first gen of them anyways..
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10-13-2007, 11:56 PM	#6
IvtecEM #1 Addict 5 Rep 119 Posts Drives: Join Date: Aug 2007 iTrader: (0)	I like it, who knows maybe an aftremarket company will make a kit in the future. __________________ I LOVE BOOST!!!
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10-14-2007, 02:41 AM	#8
RobLS Major 29 Rep 1,193 Posts Drives: M3 Coupe Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Near Perpetual Rain iTrader: (0)	yeah..just made it look too..boring i guess you could say. Its so blank heh
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10-14-2007, 05:09 AM	#9
kere Private First Class 1 Rep 114 Posts Drives: - Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Finland iTrader: (0)	Those headlights make the car look really old. But I agree that the headlights are the weakest point of this car.
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10-14-2007, 07:06 AM	#10
amdmaxx My gift Registry: M2 119 Rep 1,432 Posts Drives: Future Mowner of Monster Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	I ma sure 1 refresh will look a LOT better in few years.. # sedan is about to get refreshed, that should give us a glimples of things to come. Also, that huge 4 door coupe concept & X6 should point us to direction BMW is going in..
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10-14-2007, 07:48 AM	#11
bmwfreak Second Lieutenant 32 Rep 214 Posts Drives: Join Date: Dec 2005 iTrader: (0)	Looks like a holden or BMW from 10 years ago. I think that day is gone... __________________ the roundel
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10-14-2007, 07:50 AM	#12
taylor82 Private First Class 8 Rep 169 Posts Drives: Join Date: Oct 2007 iTrader: (0)	Looks like an Audi with those lights, very bland!
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10-14-2007, 08:21 AM	#13
Smokey Lucky Lefty 45 Rep 746 Posts Drives: on twisty roads Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: * iTrader: (0) Garage List 2019 BMW M2 Comp [0.00] 2017 Porsche Macan GTS [8.00] 2011 M3 [10.00] 2013 bmw F25 msport [10.00] 2011 335iS [9.60]	I will stick with the current design-- the current look has really grown on me.
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10-14-2007, 09:52 AM	#14
128er Captain 89 Rep 900 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jul 2007 iTrader: (0)	HATE the headlight housing! __________________ 2006 BMW 330i -Premium -Sport -Steptronic -Premium Sound -Xenons
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10-14-2007, 10:02 AM	#15
jopali Private 0 Rep 56 Posts Drives: Join Date: Aug 2007 iTrader: (0)	it looks like it has an extra chromosome
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10-14-2007, 11:02 AM	#16
Imola.ZHP Colonel 129 Rep 2,218 Posts Drives: 2014 BMW i3 BEV EE Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mud Island, TN iTrader: (0)	I don't like it at all... And I drive an e46 ZHP, which that reminds me of, but the headlights do not match the car... __________________ - 2014 CPO i01 BEV Electronaut Edition Capparis White Tera World, '17- - 2015 CPO i01 BEV Laurel Grey Tera World, '17- - 2015 i01 REx Laurel Grey Tera World, '15-'17 - 2003 CPO 330i ZHP Imola Red Build 03/03/03, '06-'15
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10-14-2007, 02:43 PM	#17
Robert Major General 414 Rep 6,968 Posts Drives: 135i -> is350 -> Tesla M3 perf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Socal iTrader: (1)	I like it but it's more traditional. __________________ - There's nothing in my pocket other than knives and lint
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10-14-2007, 03:03 PM	#18
johnny1019 Private 0 Rep 78 Posts Drives: Join Date: Oct 2007 iTrader: (0)	The headlight housings look too narrow and the bonnet seems too stretched.
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10-14-2007, 03:08 PM	#19
imported_MPower Zoom Zoom 38 Rep 1,069 Posts Drives: 2022 M3 6MT Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	Dont like it. Way too narrow and featureless. I agree that the 1 Coupe's standard headlights arent the most attractive but that is not an improvement. __________________ In the garage: 2022 G80 M3 Manual - Portimao Blue
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10-14-2007, 10:26 PM	#20
135idrive Enlisted Member 10 Rep 49 Posts Drives: Join Date: Sep 2007 iTrader: (0)	Don't like it at all, lacks any creativity. Good design moves forward not back. On that note; I believe that many of you that don't like the headlights on the new 1er may change your minds when you see it in person, or give it some time to grow on you. Personally I like the direction. Take a look at the front of the new X5, it has a little of the "fish eye" quality. I think it's cool and a unique direction in the industry. Just one future 135er's opinion.
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10-14-2007, 10:29 PM	#21
phattbam Major General 180 Rep 5,822 Posts Drives: '17 Protonic Blue i3 REx Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: sf area iTrader: (21)	that's what gives the 135 it's unique character.
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10-15-2007, 12:15 AM	#22
SpoolMasta Enlisted Member 1 Rep 44 Posts Drives: 2001 LSB BMW M3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gainesville, FL iTrader: (0)	i think the best, cleanest, solution is to have the "bowser" hood, with the eyelids molded to the hood, looks so sick..., and doesnt look cheap like eyelids... there was a photoshoot of a e46 coupe with a custom one, looked great...
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