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      01-25-2020, 12:59 PM   #1
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Dynamic sweeping indicators

Anyone done this? My search didn't yield anything, but that could be my keywords.

Anyone in the UK found a reasonable priced vendor?
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      01-25-2020, 01:03 PM   #2
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tons on ebay. They all come from the same manufacturer most likely.

Search for "f22 f87 bmw sequential turn signal" or something along that

e.g: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sequentia...4AAOSwPfBds-6C
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OK. Does anyone have a comment over brightness of the LEDs vs OEM?

I've tried the @AutoID films and I'm concerned at the lack of visibility / brightness.

Obvious, maybe, but I felt like giving it a go with the films. I'm just disappointed.
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OK. Does anyone have a comment over brightness of the LEDs vs OEM?

I've tried the @AutoID films and I'm concerned at the lack of visibility / brightness.

Obvious, maybe, but I felt like giving it a go with the films. I'm just disappointed.
Heres a video of mine. They are smoked, so not as bright as the oem ones.

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detroitm2, looking much better than the films on mine. How are they in daylight? Care to share a buying source?

I think the main issue with the OEM units is the lights aren't all the way along the strip, so today, when operating I couldn't see any meaningful orange for the outside 5" on each strip.

To make the dynamic sweep to the end means there must be more LEDs.
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Bought some from AliExpress for about £30. Will see whether they (a) turn up, (b) fit and (c) work.
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Bought some from AliExpress for about £30. Will see whether they (a) turn up, (b) fit and (c) work.
Thats where I ordered mine from. Fit fine, price was right, and worked without issue.
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detroitm2, looking much better than the films on mine. How are they in daylight? Care to share a buying source?

I think the main issue with the OEM units is the lights aren't all the way along the strip, so today, when operating I couldn't see any meaningful orange for the outside 5" on each strip.

To make the dynamic sweep to the end means there must be more LEDs.
These are the exact ones I bought:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3295...5e984c4d3mT61p

Didn't really check daylight, but they're sufficiently bright at night, so I dont imagine its much of an issue during the day.
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detroitm2 , great minds!!

Those are the one's I've ordered!

What was delivery time like for you?
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detroitm2 , great minds!!

Those are the one's I've ordered!

What was delivery time like for you?
Was pretty quick to the US. Less than a week.
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Anyone done this? My search didn't yield anything, but that could be my keywords.

Anyone in the UK found a reasonable priced vendor?
You drive a BMW: Why do you need indicators???
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You drive a BMW: Why do you need indicators???
Harsh, but fair.

Real reason is to use bright lights to avoid the idiots driving along the A92 I use to get to work. They seem to be unable to drive between the lines. Accident couple of days ago involved a stationary Police 4x4 on the hard shoulder being hit by a car transporter. Road closed for the day, air ambulance (doing ok I think): chaos.

Anyway, lights turned up today, fitted in about 20mins all in, and so far they work much better than the AutoID tints.
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How easy to fit?
Do the existing ones just pry out?
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How easy to fit?
Do the existing ones just pry out?
Pretty easy, you have to pull the caps and mirrors off. Then it's just a couple screws.

Theres some videos online on how to do it.
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Pretty easy, you have to pull the caps and mirrors off. Then it's just a couple screws.

Theres some videos online on how to do it.
Cheers.
So the Competition mirrors are just covers too?
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Cheers.
So the Competition mirrors are just covers too?
I'm not sure what you mean. The mirror caps are just clipped on all F8x cars.

You can pry the mirrors themselves off to get to the screws.
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I have AliExpress full carbon mirror caps, which aesthetically are great. However, I pinged one clip when fitting, and one in the other cap while removing to fit the indicators.

Will see how we fare when I go to refit. They’re currently drying after some judicious use of Araldite
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I'm not sure what you mean. The mirror caps are just clipped on all F8x cars.

You can pry the mirrors themselves off to get to the screws.
Thanks.
I didn’t realise they were all just pop off caps...
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All done.

Much better. Dark tint when off fits nicely with the carbon mirror caps. The sweeps are good timing wise, and must be brighter LEDs as they're nicely visible in the daytime.

Only 'downside', and I'm really stretching here, is that I can't see that very last lit tip on the end of the mirror from inside the car.

And Araldite for the win on sticking the mirror cap clips back in. Nothing dropped off on refit!
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Interesting. Just when you think your car is "done", you run across something interesting like this. I just ordered the AliExpress set. For $30 if I don't like it....no big deal. Install seems super simple.
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...are we talking the OG M2 mirrors here or the M mirrors which come on the M2C?
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...are we talking the OG M2 mirrors here or the M mirrors which come on the M2C?
This is for the OG. I don't believe the light on the competition mirror unit is a separate unit
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