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While on a roll and when activated, the headlights will switch on and off their LED matrix's as they see fit. The problem is that when coded, the non native GFHBA vehicles not light part of their headlights and you can see this while stopped All they have to do is turn on their headlights after coding and they will see that part or one of their headlights is not lit as depicted in the above picture. The problem will remain while on a roll but this is where i am not sure if it ever lights up since since i dont have recording equipment to see them in action. I believe at best, when the high beams are off and under a preset kph. European F31's do not have this issue or characteristic... The loaner i was give was a Sept built 2017 model There is a promo video of the 30 Jahre M3. It is a sure bet to assume this car is equipped with GFHBA. it is also a European spec based on the kombi in km/h and not in mph. FF at the .30 second mark. evenly lit headlights. Last edited by MSport_Jon; 04-02-2018 at 02:53 AM.. |
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Did you bother reading the whole thread? You are missing the point of this discussion... The problem is not what VLD does while on a roll... In fact, the thread has to do with GFHBA. You can have a car equipped with VLD and not HBA. The problem discussed is when a non native equipped GFHBA with HBA car behaves after coding while stopped! just stopped. No even the engine running... just turn on your headlights and look an them. That is the problem being discussed. In reality, the issue is not related to VLD. It has to do with GFHBA. The native GFHBA cars do not have the problem the OP talks about. The cars that do not came equipped with GFHBA but just HBA do not have this problem. They only have this problem after coding GFHBA. Something is causing that specific matrix to not light up unless you place the car in reverse. |
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I cannot say anything about the coded GFHBA, all i can say is that: if the car is stationary or moving at very low speed, it is normal that the left headlight is not fully lit. It has been my experience with my car since day 1. |
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The GFHBA issue is not present on a German f31 that came equipped with HBA. I can assure you! I had one for a month. |
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I am sorry if i am making a confusion but i just looked at the OP first post, including the pictures. All i am saying is. My car, behaves exactly as his does. And my headlights are not coded and i have observed the same behavior from other cars as well. There is a picture of a blue car/van parked in front of his and you can see the reflection of his LED's and it seems that one part of his driver's side headlight is "off". That is precisely what mine looks like when i am parked behind another vehicle and it seems that this is how it is supposed to work. Again, if misunderstood the actual problem reported by the OP, i apologize for the but it seems to me that there is in fact no problem with his vehicle.
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Headlights look sporadic instead of even level?
Tried searching but couldn’t find it on the forum. I’m probably searching like a dummie.
I have the LED package on my 17’ and I am unsure if the the headlights are supposed to look like this. When I had other cars with HIDs (Mercedes/Lexus) the headlights looked like they were straight across the top of the beam. These seem to look sporadic in placement. Is this normal? |
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Also, instead of going into reverse to check simply put on your fog lights to see VLD shift from city mode to hwy mode or whatever it's called. You can see the driver side shift from lighting up the far left to moving inline with the rest of the light and slightly moving up higher. Also, the US DOT Low beam pattern is less offensive to oncoming traffic because of a sharp cutoff across the top of the beam pattern. On the left side of the beam pattern, the cutoff is horizontal. On the right side of the cutoff is also horizontal, but is "stepped" upwards with respect to the left side cutoff). This puts light further down range while not glaring oncoming drivers.
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At a distance: At Night w/ Lo & Hi Beam: Driving (Coded):
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That is different that what I have seen with VLD on my F15. The left headlight is half dark at highway speeds as observed from the car in front of it. I'm not convinced that the US VLD cars are functioning identically to the Euro VLD cars.
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I agree. I believe complete functionality of the VLD is in tandem with E-Code headlight hardware to support it. Same with the tail lights. You can buy a switch for rear fog light like the EU/ROW has but it will not work the same way without a Euro Tail light.
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BTW, do you drive around with the DRL corona lights at 100%? I tried it but at night lot of people would flash me so I stopped.
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They are coded for 100% intensity and I do not get any high beams flashed at me however I also drive with Automatic Head Lights on with the adaptive setting on (pushing in the A on the stalk).
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