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I don't think that is correct. Everything we have seen says the laser lights for the X5 kick on at 37 mph. From the manual: |
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Lasers definitely brighter and quite a bit more distance. Very nice euro spec would be better?
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So explain something to me. I have a US spec 2016 F80 with car and LED lights coded to euro standards. They are awesome. The single best feature. I think they add a huge level of safety at night. Basically driving with great high beams with holes poked on other cars not to blind them.
So if I get a new BMW such as an M5 with laser lights and do no coding, How would that compare with my 2016 F80 with coded LED? |
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see what someone else posted above. It's definitely 37mph ,you can see the difference.
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That's the reason I did not chose to try and modify an overseas pair a year or so ago.
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Well anyway. Just like post above you quoted that states they laserlights were not approved in USA. Regardless, if it's in manual, that's conformation enough. |
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What? are you serious? They 100% work but in a lesser way. There's no anti-dazzle and the output is slightly less. Regardless the laser lights shine further and are brighter than normal Full LED headlights. This isn't some made up 'forum stuff' if I had a proper was to record it at night and show the functionality I would've done so.
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How is the lume and function of the BMW Laser lights even debatable? It’s well documented how much brighter they are even in their US spec.
It is a superior lighting system and the future of automotive headlights. The value of a brighter more focused headlight or not is left to the comsumer. Last edited by MystroX5; 04-15-2019 at 10:15 PM.. |
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No one made the point you are arguing. |
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Geez. I can see further posts are ridiculous as you clearly are not reading what I Actually post and making up what you think I said. |
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Yup. This is 10000000000% true
High beams with or without lasers are not good to use to cut thru fog. Our GLE 350 Benz has no fog lamps like all modern Benz vehicles and it is horrendous to near impossible to drive safely in foggy weather. This is one reason why I want to get an X5 when the GLE350 lease ends this Fall. I'm glad BMW kept the fog lamps but sad that off road ability is now a $4000 premium package option. A key point of buying or leasing these guzzlers is in case a zombie apocalypse breaks out they offer you the ability to escape into the deep woods. That and the occasion winter ski/summer hike weekend. Quote:
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My last nugget of confusion is this. Are the following statements true? In EUROPE and THE WORLD Laserlight IS THE low beams and also the high beams (with LEDs being the DRLs on Laserlight package cars) . So you get in your car and Laserlight comes on with the low beams being turn on. In the USA where Laser is illegal...Laserlight is never the low beam function and Laserlight is ONLY a supplementary back up for the automatic high beams above 37mph. So you get it your car and led low beams turn on. Then when you hit speeds above 37mph depending on conditions Laserlight ONLY turns on with the high beams turning on. Lending to the confusion is the fixtures themselves. Assuming the laser function on Laserlight fixtures is not a coded feature and a physical part inside the housing there must be like three fixtures for the G05 X5: 1. The LED Fixtures (WORLD/USA), 2. The LED-Low Beam/Laserlight-High Beam fixture (USA), 3. The Laserlight Low Beam/High Beam fixture (EUROPE/WORLD) So someone can tell me if any of the above is true or not. Thanks
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there is 1 housing: all that changes is the coding. There is no laser low beam only a high. It doesn't dazzle on coming motorist because of the way BMW shifts the light around cars by physically moving the lens. I can check real OEM to confirm part numbers if you'd like.
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See the bold for my understanding of what you are asking.
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There are 3 laser fixtures after some research.
European Chinese North American No idea the true differences in these, it could be warning labels or something dumb for all we know. For what it's worth the code designation is identical on all of them globally.
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Hi, new here first post .
Have the G05 30d for a month now with standard BMW led. If ever I buy a laser headlight the whole assembly will it be plug and play on th 30d?. We only have 30d variants with Leds. Wanting the laser lights . Thank you for the replies. |
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Maybe it's just me but I don't see much of a difference in these pics. I know fictionally the laser is 4x brighter but not seeing it here. Maybe it's the fog or whatever is blinding a bit of the capability. Oh well.
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