that is cool! its got to be a little weird for the guy you are behind, everything lights up around him

 

This is what I wish we had here in the states! I asked if anyone was able to code this on our cars in an earlier post, no response unfortunately, as this is pretty bad a**...

 

We do have that, it's the LED lighting package that costs $1900. Pretty cool, but overpriced.....

 

:dunno: I have been playing with mine and this is the way they work?? It only works with the LED option which is another $1,900's. I assumed all LED cars were like this.

 

That's very interesting... I have the LED's and all mine do are the auto on-off, they don't do the highlighting fancy stuff, my understanding is we don't have this due to DOT regs... For those that it works on, how do you activate it?

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Well it works with that button. But for DOT regulations US Specs might only have the auto on-off rather than the adaptive high beam.

 

Exactly! Which is why it's weird that Richard would have it? I think this will make it on my list of mysterious forces I will never figure out!

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Although I can't personally confirm it, it appears both MB (2014 E-class and S-class) and Porsche (PDSL Plus with LED lights) have the dynamically adjusting high beams in the US.

 

Dynamically adjusting and beam splitting half high beam BMW style lighting pkg are different. Does mb and Porsche do that too?

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My Toyota Sequoia has a self closing rear hatch. When that sucker goes down it looks like a garbage truck smashing the trash. Do you know how many little kids I could squash with that?:yikes: Very dangerous.:yikes: And BTW, my side mirrors also fold in.:yikes: Very helpful when squeezing thru the Drive Thru!

 

The rear shelf is a huge light that can be activated to blind tailgaters, imagine that

 

this looks fantastic but also seems like a 4k problem in 3yrs that wont allow the headlights to come on!!:rofl:

 

I hope not, but that's what warranties are for.

 

I just checked the coding forum and found this

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=660719

It looks like US cars would need extra hardware in the lights (some sort of shutter) to work this function properly... Boooooo

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But then there was this post:

I took 5AP off my VO and recoded FEM_body and it gave me horizontal glare free high beam (GFHB). I enabled the vertical setting and the shutter setting too and it has everything working

It is pretty cool on a dark two lane road. It is too touchy in my opinion on the highway. It has to swap back and forth too often.

 

They charge us the same amount as the Euro version that has it enabled, but we technically don't have all the hardware?? Ripoff!!!


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I'm gonna have to try this again, because I could have swore I saw my lights adjust and move in the fashion described in the video. It really does suck if we don't have it and we paid for it. :thumbdwn:

 

Any updates with this Richard. I just got mine with the LED package and have not been able to test it out yet. Cool video though.

 

Easy. Just turn auto highs on and head to the highway. They are always on if the auto is functioning like on the video as the shades blind the beam accordingly for the upcoming cars. No need for them to turn on/off

 

Nope. From what I have read here that functionality of coning the lights is disabled in the USA.

 

Cool option.

 

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Update, per Bimmer Tech-

It seems we can do it. The cost including coding cable is 150USD.

Kind regards,
Patryk Matysiak

 

What's required?

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Here is the message I got from a buddy last night.

"They are absolutely equipped with the hardware. The software is what BMW is using to limit this. I'll get yours setup as well. Let's touch base this weekend and/or week coming up to do this"

Hot Dog! :thumbup:

 

Wow... fantastic... now if I can only find someone in my area to code it..

 

Just did this coding myself last night and tested it today. IT WORKS!!!!!

Pretty amazing, my beams stay on virtually all the time when the ambient area is dark even with lots of other traffic. The lights auto adjust so the other drivers don't get hit with my high beams. No one flashed me at all either.

I have a 2013 F01 with the LED option. Coding took only 10min. Easy peezy if you know how to code.

Popoemt: Bring your 7 when you come to SD and your welcome to come over and I will hook this up for you. I even have 2014 maps if you want for the car. You will only need to buy the FSC code.

 

Just did this coding myself last night and tested it today. IT WORKS!!!!!

Pretty amazing, my beams stay on virtually all the time when the ambient area is dark even with lots of other traffic. The lights auto adjust so the other drivers don't get hit with my high beams. No one flashed me at all either.

I have a 2013 F01 with the LED option. Coding took only 10min. Easy peezy if you know how to code.

Popoemt: Bring your 7 when you come to SD and your welcome to come over and I will hook this up for you. I even have 2014 maps if you want for the car. You will only need to buy the FSC code.

Just curious, how do you know how to code these cars? Do you actually have to write code lines or is the code already written in and just commented out and all you do is erase the comment signs? delete the " , and make that code line active in the script?

 

Go to the coding forum. There are instructions there. It is a program that you make changes to the cars settings in. No actual line by line coding. That is just what it is called.

 

I have the cable and the program, however it is all in Zip'ed files and the cheap Microsoft computer I purchased does not have the room to unzip all of the files. Is anyone in the Florida/Tampa area that codes?