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Does anyone know what the difference between option (5A4) Adaptive LED headlights and (552) Icon Adaptive headlights? Other than they look different on the inside is there any real advantage to getting the Icon adaptives?
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But they do NOT have the Auto High Beams, that come with the 552 Full LED lights. That is a really neat feature if you live in the country and often drive where you need to turn the high beams on. The car will detect both traffic in front of you and cars coming toward you and adjust the beam pattern to keep the other cars out of the glare of your headlights. It is more than just clicking the high beams on and off when it detects the traffic. It actually creates a cone of "darkness" for the other traffic. If you google it, you can find some neat videos with more explanation. The 552 lights are also Full LED, so there are no non-LED lights. I don't know for sure what the non-LED lights in the 5A4 actually are for (turn signals??, or maybe an even brighter set of lights for the cornering??) as I haven't ever actually seen a car with those lights. It's a shame BMW's marketing department decided to use such similar labels for the two sets of light as it really makes it confusing. They seem to be in love with the adjective "adaptive" as they use it a LOT in their labels. And you'd think they'd get someone to write up a full description of each option, including what other features it affects and put links on their BYO site, but they haven't. So far, I've been very impressed with BMW's engineering and very unimpressed with their marketing department!! |
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Thanks for the reply. I have adaptive headlights with auto high beams on my US spec 340i but none of the us spec cars came with anti-glare. Not sure if that has changed with the X3 but if not then it's not worth the upgrade.
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So is this available via coding? |
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Folks were coding this feature in the F25. It is just a matter of time before we will be able to do the same in the the G01. This feature is available from the factory in non US markets. Not sure about Canada.
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Cool, I'm still trying to find out from various sources what can be coded on a G01.
Talked to a local shop today, they said they can tell, once they plug my car in. |
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I did not know about the F30 headlight assembly missing parts that would make this feature unavailable. It is possible that the US headlight assembly in the G01 is different than its EU counterpart but I do remember members coding their pre LCI F25s with this feature (2011-2014).Not so sure about 2015+ but do not remember that you couldn't. There are some some folks over in the G30 forums who have already coded theirs. G01 should hopefully be no different. ICON Adaptive LED Headlights are standard on the M40i so the option only falls to those looking at a 30i with or without Executive Tier.
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It came with my Canadian spec F34 - with xenon not LED. It is better at illuminating the sides of the road where deer and antelope play. Some drivers still flash me because they see that the light is brighter, but it does not use glare on the other side of the road.
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If anyone has seen or knows which codes to look at for the feature I can dump the stock config from mine and see what it is.
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The base LED headlamps are not adaptive and use an incandescent bulb for the turn signal. The upgrade ICON headlamps are fully adaptive as well as full LED. Also, the corona rings on the base LED lamp are round whereas on the ICON light the are the latest design which looks like a sideways '?' I would strongly suggest upgrading to the ICON lights, they look far better than the base LED lights which look like the old F25 Xenon headlights.
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If I remember correctly looking at the VIN decoders, US cars have this(5AP Decoding For No-dazzle High-beam As Dekodierung Blendfreier Fernlichtas) listed. Seems like that's saying they take off some advanced version of No-dazzle but I could be reading that incorrectly. |
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My Canadian spec VIN has the following listed for the headlights.
S552A Adaptive LED headlight S5A1A LED Fog lights S5ACA High-beam assistant Quote:
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I am almost positive it can be coded now after looking my vin up on https://www.bmwvin.com/.
Clearly mentions the following: S552A Adaptive LED headlight S5A1A LED Fog lights S5ACA High-beam assistant S5APA Decode, anti-glare FLA high-beam assist Not only that but there appears to be some interesting upgrades available via coding. Available upgardes (site misspelled upgrades) Rear view camera Check compatibility Spare/replacement key fob Check compatibility Smartphone mirroring Check compatibility Additional iDrive features Check compatibility I am currently doing some research on Carly and Bimmercode. Hopefully someone with far more knowledge will chime in after looking up their vin number.
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Hmm Smartphone mirroring. My E92 M3 would mirror my GoPro via my phone, I wonder if that is what they were talking about.
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