03-31-2015, 01:42 PM | #1 |
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How many members have laser lights?
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04-03-2015, 11:26 AM | #4 |
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Yes, I have them on my i8
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04-03-2015, 11:52 AM | #5 |
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Can you tell us how they are compared to the lights we plebeians have?
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04-03-2015, 03:05 PM | #6 |
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The laser lights are pretty damn good, they really do illuminate pretty much the entire road as far as you can see. They are of most use on a country road and if you lived in the city then there's not much practical advantage to them.
The laser lights were not on the official list as an option when I got them last year. You had to specifically ask for them and then you had to "be approved by BMW" to have them, apparently. I think they wanted to control the number of them out and about in the wild. |
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Thanks. Is it true that these lights don't have the typical switch for high and low beams but do it automatically?
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04-03-2015, 06:01 PM | #9 |
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Sorry to ask, but this seems to be a matter of how you ask, as I have had so many questions. May I ask what department did you speak with? Did you go through BMW Nordic or AG? I would appreciate PM.
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04-03-2015, 06:03 PM | #10 |
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Not quite true, there is a big difference, one that is the main reason I want laser lights. The normal LED high beam assistant works on-off, in the laser lights they work as in my X5, they adapt to ongoing traffic and mask certain areas, so you actually can drive full high beams on all the time.
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04-03-2015, 06:32 PM | #12 |
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I would appreciate any advice on how to get these lights. I really want them, but BMW Nordic seems not be able to help as I am ordering directly from Germany and Germany first answered that they dont assist on cross boarder cases, but later told that they will get back to me. So I dont know yet what is going to happen. Not a nice situation to be in. I asked several times from the dealer, but they said it is not available and I stupidly believed them until I read the stories here.
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