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Originally Posted by Poochie
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Originally Posted by snareman
I think they are downcoded to like 30% of the brightness they have in Europe? Not sure of the exact number, but it's something like that aside from the anti-dazzle. I haven't seen anyone that has been able to code back the full brightness for some reason.
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I thoroughly investigated the BMW Laser light technology and there was nothing to indicate that the light output or overall hardware itself varies by region.
The only difference between the US spec lights and the rest of the world is the US version has mandatory LED amber markers, which is now done in a subtly and tasteful manner, so it's a feature.
It seems BMW more or less designed the overall light technology modular, probably to save cost and efficiency and then just bin each individual features that might not be allowed due to local regulations, like Anti-dazzle via coding. Nevertheless, I believe the light output itself is all the same.
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Your overall post is correct, however it's been reported here (I'm not 100% sure this is correct) that the decrease in light output is achieved through software. The lights are the same hardware, as you said.
I'm not sure if part of the anti dazzle coding also removes the light output restriction.