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      10-15-2012, 10:50 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by 340driver View Post
That's not quite right. If you have xenons, the inners are BLANK.
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Originally Posted by LousyShot View Post
You are correct. I had xenons on my E90 and thought the F30s worked the same but they don't. I just went out and checked and the F30 does use the outer xenons to "flash". The E90 had halogen bulbs for the inner lights for the flash function because it wasn't considered to be good for the xenons to go through rapid on/off cycles. Guess they figured out a way to make it work.
Or it was to save cost.
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