12-18-2014, 09:53 AM | #1 |
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LED Replacement costs?
I have my M3 on order and currently have LED lights. I tend to keep my cars for 4-6 years and put ~100k miles on them. I know LEDs are supposed to last roughly 100k hours or so, is that also true of the LED headlights on these cars? One concern I have is premature burn out. On my S4 there were a few guys who would have a few LEDs in the taillights go out and be on the hook for an entire tail light assembly. Is there a way to replace just the LED on the F8x or would we be on the hook for a new headlight?
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12-18-2014, 07:33 PM | #3 |
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I'm sure they would if I were under warranty. I plan on owning the car past the warranty period though, thats where I would be worried about it. I've tried searching on here and on google but I guess the LED lights are too new.
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Don't get the leds. I'm a huge hater of those, and the normal ones even look better
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12-18-2014, 09:23 PM | #7 |
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But LUPS the LEDS will help you avoid the wildlife at night and by wildlife I mean all your fans that run out in front of your car for an autograph
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The fucking lights have cut off the high beams on me twice when antlers have ran to the road. They are also so wide that you can't use them with the U.S. coding almost ever, even if visibility would be needed.
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For me the LED's have been a lifesaver at night and have avoided everything thus far with some of the quiet dark back roads I sometimes have to drive through. I am selling my car now so we can go back to Germany for another ED sometime in 2015 with another group.
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While I'm not sure they outperform xenons in this application, I far prefer the looks of the lights to those. I do find a bit of a dark spot between beams on high that I need to look into. I had mine coded for European performance.
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LEDs are a completely different look. Aside from that you can code a super cool adaptive feature that not only adjust left, right, up, and down but can detect oncoming cars and shape the highbeam around the car so you can have more light thrown with minimal annoyance to other drivers. Also they are expensive for what they are.
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I'm merely commenting on their capabilities with the U.S. coding. I have merely 19 500 km on the clock, abt 9 done in the dark of those, and that is my opinion.
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If you plan on keeping the car that long, why not invest in an extended warranty? If you have GEiCO insurance you can add a mechanical breakdown rider which covers the cost to replace items on your car just like an extended warranty!
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Easiest way too see obvious differences, go to dealer, have them park two cars next to one another about 25 feet apart preferably a darker area, one with xenon's, one led, high beam on, then off. Radiant light, side lighting, color, etc LED here to stay almost like black is the new chrome.
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