Ok, im curious, at what point did the lights become unopenable? there was only what 3 years of pre facelift? Mine is an 03 and I would like to add rings. They are factory HID so I just assumed I was getting the best headlight BMW put in it, are you saying that the projectors need to be swapped out? I bought a set of zkw's? for my e39 and I really dont see much of a difference between the X and the e39. If im putting in rings would it be wise to do anything else while I am in there?