The bulbs do dim with age, stick a new set of Osram xenarc lasers in for under £100 and they’ll be like new.
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- integrale_evo
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Cheers, Harry
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I think the Xenon's fitted to my M3 are pretty good. Haven't driven a car with LEDs at night to be able to gauge how much better they are. Two of my bikes have LEDs. One of them throws out a mediocre amount of light, the other one gives out a decent amount of light. Both are Hondas, so I'm not sure why they'd be so different!
Gratuitous M3 pic:
Gratuitous M3 pic:
Oui, je suis un motard.
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I’d want LEDs or Xenons simply because standard headlights look crap on newer cars, like they’ve got cataracts
How about not having a sig at all?
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I think you are underestimating how actually shockingly shite they are. Get those LED's literally a 10 min job each side to fit then a twiddle on the re-alignment knob.
MASSSIVE difference on ours since i fitted them. The standard halogens are downright dangerous - especially in the rain.
ETA - H7 ones of these
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I just drive past my missus - I recognised the yellowy candles (tree canopy has triggered them on) way earlier than I could make out the whole car!
What do I need to order for the upgrade?!
Great edit - cheers!
What do I need to order for the upgrade?!
Great edit - cheers!
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Both my E46s had xenons, though I don't think I ever drove the Alpina at night Had LEDs in my Volvo and now my Merc. The Volvo ones were bright enough but the beam cut-off was incredibly tight so they didn't blind others, which meant they were pretty useless. Merc ones are better, but previous adaptive xenons on my C-class were pretty much perfect so I'd never bother speccing LEDs over xenons if I were optioning a new car.Marv wrote: ↑Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:29 pm I think the Xenon's fitted to my M3 are pretty good. Haven't driven a car with LEDs at night to be able to gauge how much better they are. Two of my bikes have LEDs. One of them throws out a mediocre amount of light, the other one gives out a decent amount of light. Both are Hondas, so I'm not sure why they'd be so different!
- Sundayjumper
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My cars-to-buy-in-the-future list includes the later 7 Series, whatever code that is, because they could be optioned with laser headlights. ACTUAL LASERS.
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You’re not allowed to drive them near the airport though.
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Fricking lasers are brilliant at producing a point of light, far away. Never have I thought a laser would be good to light a whole area, such as the road in front of a car. I really don't think BMW's marketing is good here.Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:30 pm My cars-to-buy-in-the-future list includes the later 7 Series, whatever code that is, because they could be optioned with laser headlights. ACTUAL LASERS.
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Made famous by Audi in Le Mans iirc.
Similar to a CRT screen, laser hits phosphorus which then emits light. All of these light sources degrade over years. Xenon, LED and Laser.
In the case of the latter 2 I imagine you have to bin the whole light unit rather than pay £80 for a pair of bulbs.
Similar to a CRT screen, laser hits phosphorus which then emits light. All of these light sources degrade over years. Xenon, LED and Laser.
In the case of the latter 2 I imagine you have to bin the whole light unit rather than pay £80 for a pair of bulbs.
How about not having a sig at all?
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FWIW the factory LED's on my M240i are fackin great.
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Make sure your twiddling the correct adjuster knob. one does left to right the one at the back does up and down. A long scredriver does the job. I took it up a dark bit of road to do it and it passed the MOT so must have been a decent guesstimate.
You will however get bulb warnings on the dash. i had to code them out with bimmercode. If you were closer i would have done that for you.
- Swervin_Mervin
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Or just get some decent halogens and you don't have to fanny about
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And we’re back to 3 years of not sorting them...!
- integrale_evo
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Still have the jamiewins in the mito main beams and they’re still great.
Cheers, Harry
- Swervin_Mervin
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oh yeah - I meant F31 of course!Swervin_Mervin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 04, 2020 7:30 pmI just realised you said 2014 E91. I was confused why Scotta was recommending what he'd done on his F31.
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The adaptive LED headlights on my previous 235i were bloody amazing. High beam assist was cool but a bit pointless. The LEDs on my current F31 are great, just wished they were adaptive.
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