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      01-02-2020, 10:13 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by TurtleBoy View Post
In low beam the adaptive LEDs are brighter and project further than the Laser Lights. That is a big reason they are rated poor by the IIHS due to the glare they create.

https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle...019#headlights

Not to be the uncaring BMW owner but I really care more about MY ability to see so with that priority, the base LED lights are good according to the testing. If only glare to oncoming cars is the reason they have been given a poor rating then I say “who cares”. We have seen this over the decades with HID’s and how low they are aimed. At least we are talking about a contained focused lake beam.

If we live in “realville” and put this in perspective, there are alot more pickups with crappy aftermarket lights aimed right in everyone’s face without and projector cut-offs for me to worry about the BMW LED focused headlights slightly being too high for oncoming drivers.

The half angle eyes is more of a issue for cosmetic reasons for me if I didn’t get the Laser lights.
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