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      11-27-2022, 11:10 AM   #1
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Question "LED Headlights" vs "Icon Adaptive LED Headlights with Laserlight" in the US

Hi all, does anyone know of pictures/videos that compare the standard LED Headlights with the Icon Adaptive LED Headlights with Laserlight for US customers?

I wasn't able to select the Icon Adaptive LED Headlights with Laserlight when ordering my '23 (of course this option now shows in the configurator a couple months after I ordered ), I'm trying to understand the difference between them.

I'm a sucker for any safety feature that can be optioned. The videos I've seen that talk about the headlights with Laserlight say they aren't necessarily better than the standard LED Headlights. Granted, those videos are a few years old.
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Hi all, does anyone know of pictures/videos that compare the standard LED Headlights with the Icon Adaptive LED Headlights with Laserlight for US customers?

I wasn't able to select the Icon Adaptive LED Headlights with Laserlight when ordering my '23 (of course this option now shows in the configurator a couple months after I ordered ), I'm trying to understand the difference between them.

I'm a sucker for any safety feature that can be optioned. The videos I've seen that talk about the headlights with Laserlight say they aren't necessarily better than the standard LED Headlights. Granted, those videos are a few years old.
US market 3 series no longer have lasers available to order
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Hi all, does anyone know of pictures/videos that compare the standard LED Headlights with the Icon Adaptive LED Headlights with Laserlight for US customers?

I wasn't able to select the Icon Adaptive LED Headlights with Laserlight when ordering my '23 (of course this option now shows in the configurator a couple months after I ordered ), I'm trying to understand the difference between them.

I'm a sucker for any safety feature that can be optioned. The videos I've seen that talk about the headlights with Laserlight say they aren't necessarily better than the standard LED Headlights. Granted, those videos are a few years old.
As mentioned, they aren't available in the US but they are much better than the other options that were available. They are the only ones to receive a good from the IIHS testing.

https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle...021#headlights
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US market 3 series no longer have lasers available to order
Hmm. Maybe they removed it from the 3 series because there are still supply chain issues? It's showing for me in the M440i configurator
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Hmm. Maybe they removed it from the 3 series because there are still supply chain issues? It's showing for me in the M440i configurator
Still available for the M440i, it was removed from the 3 Series with the LCI.
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Sucks that they're not available anymore, I would get the laserlights just because of the visual appearance they add to the vehicle.
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