LED vs. Xenon

[ADRQ0811]

LEDs look so good if I had to pick a fully loaded car w/o LEDs and one with just LEDS and noting else I would take the one with just LEDS in a sec

[Lups]

Originally Posted by ADRQ0811

LEDs look so good if I had to pick a fully loaded car w/o LEDs and one with just LEDS and noting else I would take the one with just LEDS in a sec

Can you actually spot the difference? In traffic I mean.

[ADRQ0811]

And what's 2k when your spending 55 k unless you are financing the shit out of it

[ADRQ0811]

Originally Posted by Lups

Can you actually spot the difference? In traffic I mean.

YES I mean I love BMWs so maybe I'm just weird but for sure during the day those angel eyes look so much better then the Xenons ones and at night I think it's more of a cleaner white if that makes sense.its only 2k guys come on!

[Lups]

Originally Posted by ADRQ0811

And what's 2k when your spending 55 k unless you are financing the shit out of it

Oh I weep every time I buy milk, I'm probably the cheapest bustard in the world, so 2 k for light bulbs is something I do not do. Still, I think I can't over look this one, even tough I will not get the full benefits out of it.

[1slowE82cp]

Originally Posted by Lups

Oh I weep every time I buy milk, I'm probably the cheapest bustard in the world, so 2 k for light bulbs is something I do not do. Still, I think I can't over look this one, even tough I will not get the full benefits out of it.

I am with you on this, to me the biggest issue is thinking that this could be a LCI update while we (the first gen F80 pre-lci) have to pay for. With the laws changing here in the US, by 2018 back up cameras might be mandatory. Right now we all have to pay for them or atleast get a package that either brings it in it or allows you to get them. I wanted the HUD and the back up cameras, but other then that the executive package to me was worthless. Same goes with the LED package, I would hate to pay for it now and 3 years or less down the road its an actual standard option from BMW. Just look at navigation, It was an option on the last two models (E46-E92) and now its standard. Maybe i will trade my M3 for the LCI model depending on the updates.

Ps. damn is milk getting expensive or what. lol its more then a gallon of premium in Texas lol

[Lups]

Originally Posted by 1slowE82cp

I am with you on this, to me the biggest issue is thinking that this could be a LCI update while we (the first gen F80 pre-lci) have to pay for. With the laws changing here in the US, by 2018 back up cameras might be mandatory. Right now we all have to pay for them or atleast get a package that either brings it in it or allows you to get them. I wanted the HUD and the back up cameras, but other then that the executive package to me was worthless. Same goes with the LED package, I would hate to pay for it now and 3 years or less down the road its an actual standard option from BMW. Just look at navigation, It was an option on the last two models (E46-E92) and now its standard. Maybe i will trade my M3 for the LCI model depending on the updates.

Ps. damn is milk getting expensive or what. lol its more then a gallon of premium in Texas lol

I'm with you! Milk should be cheaper. That's probably the only thing in finland that even comes close to your prices, about the gas I have complained all over the forum already so I will not start here. I do admit that cutting back from the gallon a day habit could easily finance the lamps, but still one is important, and the other mascara.

I'm sorry to say this, but I think you guys are teaching EU also to take the responsibility of ones own safety from the individual to someone who is easier to sue. I still can not get over the way kids here are thought to walk (or run, if they feel like it) across the street. There are people with flags to stop the traffic, instead of making the kids wait, look left and right and when it's okay, then move.

Sorry, my favorite topic while living, it's my crack.

To the lights, and I have to say that this is being written without coffee, so do not kill me too fast. If I were to sell these, I would do the packages like they have done. they are probably on a high returns with these, and if it was money in my pocket, I would shut up and smile. As it is money out of me, I cry like me and I started early this morning apparently. too early.

[BMWJ]

Originally Posted by ADRQ0811

YES I mean I love BMWs so maybe I'm just weird but for sure during the day those angel eyes look so much better then the Xenons ones and at night I think it's more of a cleaner white if that makes sense.its only 2k guys come on!

??? the angel eyes are the same no matter which choice

[karussell]

just imagine the savings from having to refill the xenon fluid all the time.

[1slowE82cp]

Originally Posted by BMWJ

??? the angel eyes are the same no matter which choice

Actually if you look at pictures of them both, the Xenon looks like semi circles with the projector in the middle. It looks a bit more cluster or filled. The LED has more of a rectangular or square look to it as it is round on the sides but flat on the top and bottom of the actual rings. It also has the little piece in the middle and and its open where the other has a projector in it. This is what i have seen. I have yet to seen them both at night, but from speculations it looks like the LED might look better or meaner. We should see once people start taking pictures of them.

[1slowE82cp]

Originally Posted by karussell

just imagine the savings from having to refill the xenon fluid all the time.

HAHAHAHA I wonder how many would actually look into this.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by karussell

just imagine the savings from having to refill the xenon fluid all the time.

Using milk as currency, how will this play out? I read that you are the one to listen when it comes to racing, so I have to apologize up front cause I will end up being a huge pain in your inbox as soon as I bring this toy of mine back to the continent of better beer.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by 1slowE82cp

HAHAHAHA I wonder how many would actually look into this.

I will probably be the only one, due to boredom I will even translate it into milk liters.

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by BMWJ

??? the angel eyes are the same no matter which choice

I also originally thought the angel eyes were the same, but no, they are not.

The halos with the Xenon are lit from the bottom and are of the more traditional "light tube" kind. The halos with the LED are tri-dimensional and are lit from the back. See here. It is a very subtle difference though.

[BMWJ]

[karussell]

Originally Posted by Lups

Using milk as currency, how will this play out? I read that you are the one to listen when it comes to racing, so I have to apologize up front cause I will end up being a huge pain in your inbox as soon as I bring this toy of mine back to the continent of better beer.

you aren't picking up the toy in germany to begin with? shame on you. i will have high temp xenon fluid for all participants.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by karussell

you aren't picking up the toy in germany to begin with? shame on you. i will have high temp xenon fluid for all participants.

I would love to, but it's too close to home, and I still have relatives there who would spend a lot of my time complaining about us moving so far away. This is the reason I keep telling them the drivers in my computer do not allow skype to function also, and I'm not taking chances of them finding out the truth.

It is a shame, I love Germany. That and Austria are my favorite places on this globe, and even though I have forgotten how to write in germany, I still can handle a conversation with it. As long as a topic is not technical (which of course with you guys means silence is the only other option).

I will be coming there when our time here is done, it's just a shame I can't ditch the family and run away now. I think. I haven't thought anything else, (Except the flipping paint) for days after the Football daddy put this idea in my head. I hope he has a mean wife for putting me trough this.

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by Lups

...and Austria are my favorite places on this globe

[karussell]

Originally Posted by Lups

I would love to, but it's too close to home, and I still have relatives there who would spend a lot of my time complaining about us moving so far away. This is the reason I keep telling them the drivers in my computer do not allow skype to function also, and I'm not taking chances of them finding out the truth.

It is a shame, I love Germany. That and Austria are my favorite places on this globe, and even though I have forgotten how to write in germany, I still can handle a conversation with it. As long as a topic is not technical (which of course with you guys means silence is the only other option).

I will be coming there when our time here is done, it's just a shame I can't ditch the family and run away now. I think. I haven't thought anything else, (Except the flipping paint) for days after the Football daddy put this idea in my head. I hope he has a mean wife for putting me trough this.

there is a german lady meeting us at this little known race track in belgium. too bad you two can't get together. lol

i understand. but its my job to make you regret not going every single post.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by karussell

there is a german lady meeting us at this little known race track in belgium. too bad you two can't get together. lol

i understand. but its my job to make you regret not going every single post.

Well, I have an endless list of German jokes to translate to these guys as revenge, so go for it. ;D

And do believe me, I'm regretting it heavily already and I'm still trying to justify to myself even considering it. It's going well as usual.

[ADRQ0811]

Originally Posted by BMWJ

??? the angel eyes are the same no matter which choice

No sorry man they look night and day different I have them on my f10 and the guy that parks next to my spot in my condo building says he kicks him self every time he sees my car even when they are off they don't look the same if you don't have a eye for that kinda stuff then I can see how they might look the same,but the full LEDs are less round if that makes sense and brighter.

[ADRQ0811]

Originally Posted by Lups

Oh I weep every time I buy milk, I'm probably the cheapest bustard in the world, so 2 k for light bulbs is something I do not do. Still, I think I can't over look this one, even tough I will not get the full benefits out of it.

Haha I see your point I can be cheap with something's too just not my car or where I live lol ,I mean it's not like you get halogens if you don't get LEDs but as someone else said they look "meaner" and I think they do so much for the car plus it doesn't look like every other f10 on the road