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07-16-2021, 03:16 AM | #27 |
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Well if that's the case I definitely will not bother. Massively expensive for something that probably equates to less than 5% of my driving.
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07-16-2021, 04:48 AM | #28 |
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I think I might be in the minority in really not liking HBA, well at least not in my Mrs's car. Can never turn high beam on when you want it.
I know Laser Lights are very clever how they block out the light beam for oncoming traffic, as well as their extended range, but not being able to activate under 37mph would annoy me. I presume thought that there is some sort of high beam that you can use....or not?
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The laserlights are fantastic though.
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07-16-2021, 05:57 AM | #30 |
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Yes the dipped beams are LED but they’re the ‘dancing’ ones that cut out various parts of the beam to avoid cars etc..
When you’re travelling above 37mph the laser beams become available. I specced the lasers on mine, I’ve had the dancing lights on a few Mercs now and couldn’t be without them - but I work long night shifts so most of my commuting is on fast and dark country roads so I make use of them for the majority of my journeys. I can’t see a point where I would be on a road where I would be travelling less than 40 and would need the benefit of the lasers. |
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Going back to the original thread. I don't think fitting expensive retro fit extras to a car is ever a good idea. I'm not on about upgrading alloys, fitting a new grill etc, but complex technical items. IMO if you want something like Laser lights or for example X Drive buy a car with them on.
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I am of a generation where it was easy to swap parts of you car over, it was all just screws, brackets or a few wires soldered. Those days are gone, with coding and ecu etc its much harder now, of course the manufactures want to make it as difficult as possible to do anything, to keep you tied to the dealership. But in an ideal word it would be great to buy a set and just pop them in. |
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I never for a minute thought it would be a case of buying a set and popping them in. If it was even possible, I was expecting it to likely be a complex process, probably involving a dealer.
At time of buying my car I was only intending to keep it 3 years max so didn't really justify the £40+ a month premium that spec'ing them would have cost; when taking into account the amount of night driving I do, and the roads I use. However things change, and at the time of asking, was considering the possibility of keeping the car indefinitely. Again, things change, and not sure that's the case now.
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Just bought an X5 G05 without laser lights, and how I miss my Matrix Lights on a 2015 Audi A4 (small car compared to the X5). Audi is king when it comes to lights. BMW laser comes nowhere close to Audi's Matrix lights (or now Matrix Laser Lights)
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Sorry, I am confused. Which one of your cars has Laser lights that you have compared to the Audi Matrix? Is the X5 only available with adaptive LED that are not very good?
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Thanks for the input though.
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Good to know thanks. If I don't give up on it and decode to keep the car it's an option. Was this via a dealer? What was approx cost?
Mine has the HBA stalk and is already subscribed to in the ConnectedDrive store.
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As an aside....
If people aren't happy with their LEDs and aren't going to retro fit Lasers, have they tried adjusting their headlights? Mine came with them set pretty low and TBH they were fairly crap. Got my allen key out and lifted them up a fair bit and I don't get flashed at all. If you do, tape some string to the allen key, so as when you drop it, you can recover it!
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Like you say they are set quite low from factory. |
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