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I was not gauging technology from a BMW standpoint but in a car industry point of view as a whole... I think BMW only uses halogen on their most basic base model cars.. i.e 328i, 528i..... which I don't understand since Hyundai, Ford, Honda and every other "common" cars use xenons and LED's.
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I'd say its worth it. Definitely regret not getting this option with my X5. I've got adaptive lighting (turns with steering direction and self levels) on my Audi, and I really miss it on my BMW. The standard xenons level only from what I can see.
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I don't know why it only levels on the xenon.. for what its worth.. my previous BMW 5 series swiveled up and down and side to side depending on my steering wheel and the angle of of the car (on a hill). The X5 for some reason only swivels side to side at start up. Perhaps it also goes up and down but it just doesn't do that on start up...
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Maybe it is up and down.. I forget I do know that at night I can see my headlights swivel accordingly to the direction I am steering... more so to one side than the other.
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Here's a 6 series thread that talks about the coding for this: http://www.6post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1003379. The guy made a video as well. You can compare that coding to this original coding for our F15 discussed between wdimagineer and other members: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/arc.../t-763557.html
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-When a facelift will come, it is allways the lights, so cool lights age better -In the Mercedes S-class the LEDs were better than Xenons, they metioned it had something to do also with the hight of the lights. In the test I posted they said the BMW LED's had an extremely strong area in the foreground, but it faded further away, so my theory and experience with both lights made me thik that as the X lights are higher up than the 3-series tested, they just might work better (my theory, no fact) I think both are good choices, but I wanted adaptive headlights and the price differnce was not that big, it only made sense if I wouldnt have taken the adapative system, which was nt an option for me. |
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Given how good it enhances the look of the car at night and rids of the ugly amber bulb, led is a must have at this price range vehicles.
I have seen it in different series and its always a sight to behold. At least until I get my car! |
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BMW needs to come up with better descriptions...too much use of "adaptive" and "active" and "dynamic"...features get blurry and hard to follow.
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I have the LEDs and like them, but, for the money, I'm not sure I would get them again. I'm in the US, and without anti-dazzle, I'm just not sure they are worth the 2K charge. If I was building on a budget, it would be one of the first things I would pull out, that 2K can be spent much better elsewhere (leather dash/design package would be my first upgrades). If I didn't care about the cost, I'd add the LEDs for sure, they are nice, and they really have great visibility on the road. I'm just not sure it's 2K "better" than the stock lights.
Now, add in anti-dazzle so you can have the high beams on all the time? Now I think I'd be much more interested in paying for it. Too bad you have to code to get that in the US; I'm probably going to go down the coding route to enable this functionality and get the full value of the LEDs. |
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Last everyone in this thread/other threads checked, you need LED Lighting package to have anti-dazzle feature. The Bi-Xenons aren't auto high beam.
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May be true for the US market, in Europe with Xenon you can also order (as an extra) Fernlicht Assistent (High Beam Assistant) and then you get that feature. With LED package it is already included.
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Ah, I did not know that. That's interesting. I'm guessing this can't be coded and that High Beam Assist package actually ADDS the camera behind the rear view mirror correct? I'm assuming this is necessary for the Xenon HBA to function correctly otherwise it would just be an easy coding for us US members.
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2014 For Canada: ZXP Technology Package:
S552A Adaptiver LED - Scheinwerfer ( Adaptive LED headlights ) (aka active headlights) S5ACA Fernlichtassistent ( High Beam Assistant--'HBA') S5APA Decodierung blendfr. Fernlicht Assistent (Decode antiglare 'HBA') So it appears that have Bi-Xenon's also require 5AC as a prerequisite before programing for the so called European style "ani-dazzle" function? |
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