[robopp]

Originally Posted by MJBO

You could literally have gotten all that from the pictures posted in this thread, history of LCI updates and common sense.

You realized there will be new color options from just looking at the pictures?!

['Cane]

Originally Posted by robopp

You realized there will be new color options from just looking at the pictures?!

No, he looked at the history of LCI, where there have, well, never been no new color options.

[2015-328i]

Any more news on the 2025 m3 ?

[Game]

It would be comedic if the DRL's look better on the 330.

[DFW_M]

Originally Posted by Needsdecaf

man another price increase on top of the '24 price increase is just piling it on.

M3 RWD Base at Launch: $69,900
M3 RWD Base 2024: $76,000
8.73% Increase

xDrive Comp at Launch: $76,900
xDrive Comp 2024: $84,300
9.6% Increase

Everything else increased by 40+%, between 2021 and today so...

[DFW_M]

Originally Posted by Game

It would be comedic if the DRL's look better on the 330.

So far, the only time I have seen my DRLs (Lasers) was in the pictures of someone else's car or maybe twice on another approaching G80...
So, the looks of it does not bother me at all.
At $1k, the Lasers were great deal although, functionality-wise, I threw away $1k. I could have easily lived without them...

[V-Eight]

I do prefer my Laserlight. In the other hand, a good LED Hlight gives a comparable view. Lasers aren't worth the money....but in my pre LCI gives a better looking DRL as told, that's why I've got them....but they're useless in terms of technology.

But....I agree with BMW offering a better looking drl on common LEDs.

[Game]

Originally Posted by DFW_M

So far, the only time I have seen my DRLs (Lasers) was in the pictures of someone else's car or maybe twice on another approaching G80...
So, the looks of it does not bother me at all.
At $1k, the Lasers were great deal although, functionality-wise, I threw away $1k. I could have easily lived without them...

You've never seen your DRL's approaching your own car?

[Needsdecaf]

Originally Posted by DFW_M

So far, the only time I have seen my DRLs (Lasers) was in the pictures of someone else's car or maybe twice on another approaching G80...
So, the looks of it does not bother me at all.
At $1k, the Lasers were great deal although, functionality-wise, I threw away $1k. I could have easily lived without them...

Originally Posted by V-Eight

I do prefer my Laserlight. In the other hand, a good LED Hlight gives a comparable view. Lasers aren't worth the money....but in my pre LCI gives a better looking DRL as told, that's why I've got them....but they're useless in terms of technology.

But....I agree with BMW offering a better looking drl on common LEDs.

Or you could spend a few $ and get them coded to the ROW anti-dazzle software. That's mainly why I bought them.

[Fugly M3]

Originally Posted by V-Eight

I do prefer my Laserlight. In the other hand, a good LED Hlight gives a comparable view. Lasers aren't worth the money....but in my pre LCI gives a better looking DRL as told, that's why I've got them....but they're useless in terms of technology.

But....I agree with BMW offering a better looking drl on common LEDs.

I've said this on here multiple times and will keep saying it. The lasers are terrible and not worth the money in the US. This is not because they are actually terrible, but because adapting them to the USDOT has neutered them. With the LED icon lights I had on my M2C there was the cutoff line and then the high/main beam. The lasers have a lowered cutoff which rises slightly when main beams are activated in addition to the main beam. That small elevation uptick is where the low beams used to be in every BMW I've had with xenons/leds - which has actually been all of them. Thus, on the highway at 80 at night, the lasers have absolute s*** range. It's downright dangerous. It's entirely possible the LEDs now do the same, but they didn't on my 2021 M2C.

[DFW_M]

Originally Posted by Game

You've never seen your DRL's approaching your own car?

not turned on...no

[DFW_M]

Originally Posted by Needsdecaf

Or you could spend a few $ and get them coded to the ROW anti-dazzle software. That's mainly why I bought them.

I have heard that the effect is not nearly as noticeable (missing hardware) as on the Euro cars that I drove while over there.

[Game]

Originally Posted by DFW_M

not turned on...no

You're missing out. They turn on when the car is unlocked.

[Needsdecaf]

Originally Posted by Fugly M3

I've said this on here multiple times and will keep saying it. The lasers are terrible and not worth the money in the US. This is not because they are actually terrible, but because adapting them to the USDOT has neutered them. With the LED icon lights I had on my M2C there was the cutoff line and then the high/main beam. The lasers have a lowered cutoff which rises slightly when main beams are activated in addition to the main beam. That small elevation uptick is where the low beams used to be in every BMW I've had with xenons/leds - which has actually been all of them. Thus, on the highway at 80 at night, the lasers have absolute s*** range. It's downright dangerous. It's entirely possible the LEDs now do the same, but they didn't on my 2021 M2C.

have you ever tried manually adjusting the lights up? I have found most cars I've owned, especially the german ones, need the base range adjusted up from factory.

Originally Posted by DFW_M

I have heard that the effect is not nearly as noticeable (missing hardware) as on the Euro cars that I drove while over there.

No direct experience yet, but from what I've read, it seems like there are several parameters to change, and some people doing it through Bimmercode aren't getting "all the way there". Those that have had it done via a service, or are more hardcore coders, seem to have better results.

Don't believe there is any hardware difference.

[Fugly M3]

Originally Posted by Needsdecaf

have you ever tried manually adjusting the lights up? I have found most cars I've owned, especially the german ones, need the base range adjusted up from factory.

I’ve done that in the past, with mixed results. Seems to be something that never comes out just right. I’ve never had an issue with my BMWs. One Audi had to be readjusted by dealer it was so bad on one side. I’ve talked to multiple BMW employees re this, including engineers. They’re aware of it and just shrugged bc the laser lights weren’t designed for the us.

[uhNexus]

Originally Posted by 'Cane

Oh yeah, because making the company a boatload of money is detrimental to employment.

If we're being honest, most of us bought the car for the performance. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say though the front end is beginning to grow on me, the grille is still objectively ugly and an odd, uneven shape.

[Game]

What the headlights will look like,

['Cane]

Originally Posted by uhNexus

If we're being honest, most of us bought the car for the performance. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say though the front end is beginning to grow on me, the grille is still objectively ugly and an odd, uneven shape.

I can speak for a lot of people in this forum, I LOVE the look of my car. Performance is good, but I barely drive 300 miles/month, from home to the golf course to the grocery store, so performance is not a necessity for me.

[eddj]

Originally Posted by Game

It would be comedic if the DRL's look better on the 330.

I am more interested about the technology behind them rather than looks. For example, it will have the latest LED technology, something similar to the "Digital Light HD "lighting system like in the new Mercedes/Audi cars ?

[Niko1Devynios]

Originally Posted by Game

What the headlights will look like,

Best part of these pics are the excessive brake dust on the 826Ms

Like most, I hated the new design when it first came out, and then it grew on me.

[Needsdecaf]

Nice, this confirms that previous spy shots with the lower intakes camo'd were, in fact as correctly pointed out by some, the CF upgrade intakes and the car will still retain the hexagonal mesh over those intakes as standard.

Not a huge fan of the headlights. Seeing them more on X5's and X6's around and they don't do much for me.

[uhNexus]

Originally Posted by Needsdecaf

Nice, this confirms that previous spy shots with the lower intakes camo'd were, in fact as correctly pointed out by some, the CF upgrade intakes and the car will still retain the hexagonal mesh over those intakes as standard.

Not a huge fan of the headlights. Seeing them more on X5's and X6's around and they don't do much for me.

I find the LCI headlights look better on the SUVs than the G8x