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      02-26-2018, 04:50 PM   #23
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Price for everything not including install and coding is $5157.95
Ok, so maybe now I don't feel so bad about the CAD $1,000 (US $750) cost for this option on my 18 LCI, lol
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Ok, so maybe now I don't feel so bad about the CAD $1,000 (US $750) cost for this option on my 18 LCI, lol
It's a 100% must have option.

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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It's a 100% must have option.

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
Sorry for my ignorance, but what does "VLD" mean?
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Sorry for my ignorance, but what does "VLD" mean?
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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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)

Thank you for taking the time to write that! I really appreciate it. Do you know if the Bimmercode app has the ability to code in VLD?
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Thank you for taking the time to write that! I really appreciate it. Do you know if the Bimmercode app has the ability to code in VLD?
Yes, It can be done in Expert Mode: https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...8&postcount=50
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Looks like iND has come to the rescue yet again. $4K. Comes with remote coding and everything. Super impressed.

https://ind-distribution.com/product?sku=IND-F87LCI-HRK
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Looks like iND has come to the rescue yet again. $4K. Comes with remote coding and everything. Super impressed.

https://ind-distribution.com/product?sku=IND-F87LCI-HRK
Wonder if they are using US-spec or Euro-spec lights?
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Looks like iND has come to the rescue yet again. $4K. Comes with remote coding and everything. Super impressed.

https://ind-distribution.com/product?sku=IND-F87LCI-HRK
Wonder if they are using US-spec or Euro-spec lights?
Was gonna ask as well. I think euro but probably can't list it as such for legal reasons.
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LED headlamp retrofit

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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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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All 2018+ M2s in the US have LED headlights. If you didn't get the exec pack then what you have are NON adaptive LEDs. I'm not 100% sure if adaptive headlights can be retro fitted to a car without the exec pack. They technically should be plug and play in terms of fitment but I don't think they would be able work properly since you lack the required hardware included in the executive package needed for them to function properly.
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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)

Hmm... I have a UK LCI with LED headlights - and none of the above...
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Hmm... I have a UK LCI with LED headlights - and none of the above...
LED and Adaptive LED are two completely different things. Only adaptive lights move.
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I know.

It was more a comment that a european M2 LCI with LED headlights didn't have VLD and GFHB as standard.
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I know.

It was more a comment that a european M2 LCI with LED headlights didn't have VLD and GFHB as standard.
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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I know.

It was more a comment that a european M2 LCI with LED headlights didn't have VLD and GFHB as standard.
You need adaptive LED lights with high beam assist to have any of those features.

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.

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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.
They aren't coded out in UK. You're correct that adaptive LED's are required..
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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.

Thank you!!
I too would like to know if it's a PNP on '18+ models without the adaptive/exec option? Basically to get the hexagonal DRLs.
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You need adaptive LED lights with high beam assist to have any of those features.

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.

Better off with your regular lights.
You cite the exact reasons why I didn't go with High Beam Assist.

There was also the option to spec 'Icons'. Didn't see the point of those either...
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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.

Thank you!!
Not quite correct. All M2 comp (and LCI M2) have full led lights. Both the adaptive type with hex DRLs and non adaptive type with ring DRLs are both full LED units. (LED main , dip, drl and turn signal)

So you do have LED lights already.

What is it you want, the adaptive function or the hex DRLs?
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I too would like to know if it's a PNP on '18+ models without the adaptive/exec option? Basically to get the hexagonal DRLs.
I think it would be doable but you'd probably need to code the car to avoid a plethora of error messages. Not 100% sure though.
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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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