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I feel sorry for the LCI guys who didn't opt for the exec pack because they didn't know any better at the time. With 2018's you don't get adaptive headlights as standard. The 16+17's all had adaptive xenons as standard (In North America). They make a huge difference at night, especially if you code in VLD. Adaptive LED > Adaptive Xenon > LED |
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Clarification of VLD, HBA, and GFHB:
VLD (Variable Light Distribution) - It only works on your low beams to move your headlights and position the beams on the road depending on steering angle and vehicle speed. It's standard on all European cars but is decoded on all North American cars for legal reasons. HBA (High Beam Assistant) - USA spec high beams that turn off in the presence of headlights or taillights of other cars and automatically turns the high beams on if no other cars are present. GFHB (Glare Free High Beams) - European spec high beams that enable your car to keep the high beams on without blinding other cars. This is basically a better and more advanced version of HBA. European cars get VLD and GFHB standard and us Canadians and Americans have it coded out. All we get is HBA if we chose to get the exec pack. Many people here choose to code VLD and/or GFHB back in themselves because they're really cool features to have even though they're technically not legal. While GFHB is debatably a safety hazard, VLD is most definitely not so people code it back in all of the time. Variable Light Distribution has several different modes of operation (for Low Beam): 1 - City Light: Shallow and Very Wide Beam Pattern active from 0 - 50kph (30MPH) (Both Headlamps are Panned outwards 12 horizontal from center and 0.7 lowered vertically) 2 - Standard Light: Same Basic Beam Pattern as with 8S4 Enabled and Headlamp Switch Set to Auto. Active from 50 - 110kph (30MPH - 68MPH) 3 - Guiding Fog Light - Shallow and Wider Beam Pattern Enabled with the Front Fog Lamps On and Headlamp Switch in Auto and Speed 0 - 110kph (Both headlamps are panned outwards 8 horizontal from center and lowered 0.7 vertically) 4 - Highway Light - Long Throw Pattern illuminating approx. 25% further than Standard Light. Active from 110 to 250kph (68MPH- 155MHP). (Driver's Side Headlamp is panned 3.5 outwards Horizontal from center and lowered 0.25 vertically, while the passenger side headlamp is raised 0.2 vertical) |
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Looks like iND has come to the rescue yet again. $4K. Comes with remote coding and everything. Super impressed.
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Hello, all. So I have a 2019 M2 Competition. My car does not have the executive package (which gave you the led headlight upgrade). So I have xenon headlights. But I want to switch to LED. Is it plug and play, since this is not a LCI/Pre-LCI retrofit. Or do I need to code and/or do some rewiring.
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LED and Adaptive LED are two completely different things. Only adaptive lights move.
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Ah okay, didn't realize those options were also decoded in the UK, I figured us North Americans were the only unlucky ones.
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Standard LEDS are just fixed beam regular lights. I had full adaptive LEDs on my M6GC, they're shit. Too slow to react, dazzling other drivers and no way quick enough to get back on high beam after a car has passed leaving you "blind" for a split second I was constantly over riding high beam assist and had to turn the rotary light switch to "on" which disable's the adaptive features. Also the beams changing shape and moving with the steering is off putting and a distraction when driving IMO. Better off with your regular lights. Last edited by doughboy; 12-03-2018 at 03:17 PM.. |
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There was also the option to spec 'Icons'. Didn't see the point of those either... |
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So you do have LED lights already. What is it you want, the adaptive function or the hex DRLs? |
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Necroing this old thread to gauge how many pre-LCI owners ever actually retrofitted these LCI LED Adaptive headlights to their vehicle... 🤔
I briefly thought about blowing some of my virus stimulus money on this mod but I eventually came to my senses and back down on this lofty $3,500 to $5,000 endeavor, considering its going on a car that I plan to get rid of within the next 2 - 3 years or so - God willing.. Plus, I didn't want to deal with any possible mis-matched or ambiguous coding options that's currently available for this retrofit, to get all the features functioning, as it was originally intended. I guess my question is; are there any takers that upgraded to the LCI LED Adaptive headlights, to replace the pre-LCI Xenon and if so, roughly how much did it run you and what did it entail? |
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