Owners of 2014 LCI with new adaptive BMW LED headlights

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by v12

It is now possible to turn on the glarefree BMW ConnectedDrive Highbeam Assistant in US spec'ed 2014 YM cars equipped with the new adaptive BMW LED headlights!

V12, although not strictly on topic, have you coded & tested the 'glarefree' function features on any cars without LEDs? If so, did you notice any discernible difference in the quality of the lighting between the LEDs & the Xenons, for example sharper edge to the lights, etc.?

[JOHNBMWM5]

Originally Posted by Actor

I beg to differ; however to each his own thoughts. I ordered the car and ticked the boxes; have been driving it since April 2008. If by now I do not know what is specified on my car and what it can do, then I should be taken out into a field and put out of my misery. I can assure you that the visibility pack on the E60 5 series had adaptive bi-xenons (checked my initial order sheet yesterday). However, this is the last I will say about it. I reiterate however that these lights are not with the new BMW intelligent technology; my high beam assist only turns on when it deems it neccessary, unlike the scenario with the Intelligent technology which turns off when it deems fit.

It's High beam assist thats changed.

Read this http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=847496

PS) JULY 2012 comes after 2008.

[v12]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

V12, although not strictly on topic, have you coded & tested the 'glarefree' function features on any cars without LEDs? If so, did you notice any discernible difference in the quality of the lighting between the LEDs & the Xenons, for example sharper edge to the lights, etc.?

Hi - I haven't tried (yet).
If that's what you have, I'd be interested in pocking around (to deny my feeling that it won't be possible).

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by v12

Hi - I haven't tried (yet).
If that's what you have, I'd be interested in pocking around (to deny my feeling that it won't be possible).

Thanks.

I have a UK spec car (the rare LCI with Xenons) so the glarefree should be configured as std (haven't tried it yet). May have to get the GoPro out and go for a night drive

Just thought I'd ask about the difference between LED & Xenon lighting quality as your more likely to have an informed view through your coding work, although I'm getting a feeling that most in US will spec LEDs.

[Neil McRae]

Dionysus,
One thing I can tell you is that the light quality of the LEDS is alot better than I expect over the Xenons. I had my M3 with Xenons out a few nights ago on the motorway and really noticed that the light was not as good. I honestly thought there would be no difference in them but there is a lot of difference.

Neil.

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by Neil McRae

Dionysus,
One thing I can tell you is that the light quality of the LEDS is alot better than I expect over the Xenons. I had my M3 with Xenons out a few nights ago on the motorway and really noticed that the light was not as good. I honestly thought there would be no difference in them but there is a lot of difference.

Neil.

That's what I suspected (and expected for BMW to justify the extra cost); what is the difference exactly - more light, different colour temp, sharper edge to lit areas (hence, more noticeable effect to the 'glarefree') - may have to reconsider my decision not to retrofit the LEDs (would not do it if purely cosmetic)

v12, apologies for the thread jack.

[pillpusher84]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

That's what I suspected (and expected for BMW to justify the extra cost); what is the difference exactly - more light, different colour temp, sharper edge to lit areas (hence, more noticeable effect to the 'glarefree') - may have to reconsider my decision not to retrofit the LEDs (would not do it if purely cosmetic)

v12, apologies for the thread jack.

The beam pattern is much more precise ... It lights up much more of the road in Both modes ... But talking about low beam ... The color of the light is much more "white" than that of HIDs ... The cutoff is very defined. For the $2k that IND wants for the retrofit isn't bad and almost the exact price of the option on an LCI.

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by pillpusher84

The beam pattern is much more precise ... It lights up much more of the road in Both modes ... But talking about low beam ... The color of the light is much more "white" than that of HIDs ... The cutoff is very defined. For the $2k that IND wants for the retrofit isn't bad and almost the exact price of the option on an LCI.

Thanks, sound like it is worth the upgrade, light from std xenons on F10 isn't as good as I was expecting, but could just be that I have not yet adjusted to the automatic headlight range control as opposed to 'fixed' xenons.

$2K is a bargain - £1495 option from new just for the LEDs in UK. We need an IND over here!

[pillpusher84]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

Thanks, sound like it is worth the upgrade, light from std xenons on F10 isn't as good as I was expecting, but could just be that I have not yet adjusted to the automatic headlight range control as opposed to 'fixed' xenons.

$2K is a bargain - £1495 option from new just for the LEDs in UK. We need an IND over here!

I'd offer to buy them from IND and ship them to the UK ... but you wouldn't see much savings ... as £1495 is about $2450 USD ... I would estimate you would eat up your savings in shipping fees overseas.

Edit: Just checked the IND site ... pricing on these LEDs is up to $2995 USD!

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by pillpusher84

I'd offer to buy them from IND and ship them to the UK ... but you wouldn't see much savings ... as £1495 is about $2450 USD ... I would estimate you would eat up your savings in shipping fees overseas.

Edit: Just checked the IND site ... pricing on these LEDs is up to $2995 USD!

Thanks; retrofit via BMW dealer will be more than £1495, judging by what you've just said I'll guess they'll be £3K+... starting to go off the idea again now...

[RAZGRIZ]

Most impressive hands down...

But always with these features which use a constantly working electric engine I wonder... will they last? having to work so much time? Dunno why, these things always seem to me like low reliability gadgets...

[pillpusher84]

Originally Posted by RAZGRIZ

Most impressive hands down...

But always with these features which use a constantly working electric engine I wonder... will they last? having to work so much time? Dunno why, these things always seem to me like low reliability gadgets...

glad mine is a lease ... not my problem

[taint]

I want to enable this bad on my car!

[taint]

Originally Posted by v12

Hi Taint - and we can.

Thanks to V12 for getting my car set-up. He was able to enable the glare-free function on my LCI with highbeam assistant only. Seems to work as advertised. Thanks again!

[savela]

Originally Posted by v12

Does the turn signal stalk look like this one: two buttons?

Just realized I have the toggle with the neon greens and headlight. Haven't used at night. Assume it's for highbeam assist? Can you code that intelligent feature for me when you fix my seatbelt warning chime????

[cvn-e]

Hey V12.. sorry if this is a duplicate message for you, but I wanted to see if you could help me (or direct me to a source) to get the full functionality of the adaptive LED headlights on my 2014 5 series?

[zirotti]

So, let me make sure I am on the same page.

I understsand in the US, the highbeam has to be turned on manually.

But are you saying, the 'glarefree' function of the adaptive LED isn't even turned on in US cars?

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by zirotti

So, let me make sure I am on the same page.

I understsand in the US, the highbeam has to be turned on manually.

But are you saying, the 'glarefree' function of the adaptive LED isn't even turned on in US cars?

Yes. Present government regulations do not allow the functionality.

[M6-Coupe]

Originally Posted by cvn-e

Hey V12.. sorry if this is a duplicate message for you, but I wanted to see if you could help me (or direct me to a source) to get the full functionality of the adaptive LED headlights on my 2014 5 series?

You need to code it. there is a forum in 6post about this function and a guy claimed the coding for this..

[N.S.A]

curious, I have a 2014 m5 purchased on December and My automatic high beams just shut of completely when a car passes by.

[B-1Pilot]

Originally Posted by zirotti

So, let me make sure I am on the same page.

I understsand in the US, the highbeam has to be turned on manually.

But are you saying, the 'glarefree' function of the adaptive LED isn't even turned on in US cars?

No quite.. its only half way on... the only thing enabled is on/off toggle

Originally Posted by N.S.A

curious, I have a 2014 m5 purchased on December and My automatic high beams just shut of completely when a car passes by.

Once coded, the high beams do much much more.
The full adaptive doesn't shut the high beams off in most cases, instead it uses beam steering and shaping to change the positions of the high beams to not blind the car you pass or come up from behind on... once past the other cars, they rethrow out to their full power

[Stiggly]

Originally Posted by v12

Does the turn signal stalk look like this one: two buttons?

Thats Weird....my steering wheel is on the other side