Option code 522 · Lighting
Xenon headlights
Documented on
- E/F-generation models
How to confirm it on a real car
BMW records factory equipment on the vehicle order record (and readable from the VIN). Stickers go missing and cars get modified, so the ground truth for any specific VIN is the factory build record: every option code the car was born with, including 522 if it was ordered.
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