F10 M5 LED vs Xenons

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Guys quick question do the LED lights look any different when on compared to the standard Xenon Adaptive lights? As in the daytime function?

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forest172 said:

yes the led`s have flat bottomed circles

Are they brighter to look at than the Xenon Adaptive lights

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theboss said:

And whiter. Expensive, arguably not worth it (given the Xenons allegedly do the fancy beam splitting too) yet I still wouldn't be without mine.

Not sure how effective the Xenons are, but there is something rather satisfying about cruising up behind the 40mph-in-NSL brigade at night and watching the beam split so they are driving around in a little island of darkness surrounded on both sides by crisp daylight, until you reach a short straight and second gear, that is.

I'm looking at a F10 M5 ticks all the boxes apart from the LED adaptive Lights. Which is something I really wanted. Are these easily upgraded afterwards? Is it a case of buying an fitting or do you have to mess about with programming etc?

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theboss said:

No idea if its possible - I imagine technically it can be done but might be very costly. The LED option only became available with the LCI facelift (2013?) so whether or not the car is LCI may also have a bearing on retrofitting potential.

Yes it's a 2015 unregistered LCI, hopefully getting it next week!

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theboss said:

Don't let the lack of marginally better headlights detract from what is an epic new car - its trivial ultimately.

Yes I can't wait!! My E60 M5 is up for sale! I've just spend about 4k on it!! New clutch brakes etc! Need to get rid of soon as I'm stuck for space on my drive.

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IATM said:

All I know is that the look bloody amazing, it is worth the price just for the looks

This is the main reason I would have wanted LEDs they look far better than the standard Xenons. I have found somewhere who can supply them which would go straight on. Not cheap tho...