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      04-22-2021, 04:12 PM   #45
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Bummer. I thought the “5AP Decoding for no-dazzle…” WAS the cool light shaping feature. Guess it’s really de-coding of the feature.
The good news is, it can just easily be coded back in
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If this is what the minus executive package looks like the it is a must.
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If this is what the minus executive package looks like the it is a must.
I did not order executive package & my g80 still has the laser headlights. I would double check with the dealer before you spend $2800!
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      04-22-2021, 06:39 PM   #48
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The good news is, it can just easily be coded back in
I hope so! Haven't seen it yet as an option.
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If this is what the minus executive package looks like the it is a must.
I did not order executive package & my g80 still has the laser headlights. I would double check with the dealer before you spend $2800!
I have read some early deliveries came with laser lights w/out the exec package. Seems it's luck and if it continued that would be surprising. I initially left off the exec pack but later added it because they do look much better and I guess some of the other items are not bad.

Could roll the dice and see if you win out the lights and tires lottery!
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If this is what the minus executive package looks like the it is a must.
I did not order executive package & my g80 still has the laser headlights. I would double check with the dealer before you spend $2800!
I have read some early deliveries came with laser lights w/out the exec package. Seems it's luck and if it continued that would be surprising. I initially left off the exec pack but later added it because they do look much better and I guess some of the other items are not bad.

Could roll the dice and see if you win out the lights and tires lottery!
If you haven't had the HUD before you'll fall in love with it. BMW HUDs are great; I got so used to mine I hardly ever looked at the instrument cluster in my F82. That alone would be worth the Exec for me. I even eliminated consideration of some competitors because their HUDs sucked.
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If this is what the minus executive package looks like the it is a must.
I did not order executive package & my g80 still has the laser headlights. I would double check with the dealer before you spend $2800!
I have read some early deliveries came with laser lights w/out the exec package. Seems it's luck and if it continued that would be surprising. I initially left off the exec pack but later added it because they do look much better and I guess some of the other items are not bad.

Could roll the dice and see if you win out the lights and tires lottery!
If you haven't had the HUD before you'll fall in love with it. BMW HUDs are great; I got so used to mine I hardly ever looked at the instrument cluster in my F82. That alone would be worth the Exec for me. I even eliminated consideration of some competitors because their HUDs sucked.
Yes the HUD is very bright and clear. Way better than a lot of cars
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If you haven't had the HUD before you'll fall in love with it. BMW HUDs are great; I got so used to mine I hardly ever looked at the instrument cluster in my F82. That alone would be worth the Exec for me. I even eliminated consideration of some competitors because their HUDs sucked.
I've heard that my F82 had an analog speedo, but I have no idea if that's true or not because I never looked down there. The HUD was where I got all my info.
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The good news is, it can just easily be coded back in
You are saying the anti dazzle can be easily coded back in? Do you have info on this? In the past it was easily coded back in, but in 2018 they changed the module and despite MANY attempts with an experienced eSYS user it just could not be done as on my 2017 which was AMAZING with the light channels and sculpting, etc.
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Tested out the auto high beams on a rural roads with no cars or even many road signs. At no point was the auto high beam brighter than the regular high beam. Neither auto or manual high beams go brighter past 39 MPH.

Auto high beams come on at 25 MPH and turn off at 20 MPH. Maybe it's been decoded like the no dazzle feature.
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      04-23-2021, 07:55 AM   #55
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Tested out the auto high beams on a rural roads with no cars or even many road signs. At no point was the auto high beam brighter than the regular high beam. Neither auto or manual high beams go brighter past 39 MPH.

Auto high beams come on at 25 MPH and turn off at 20 MPH. Maybe it's been decoded like the no dazzle feature.
I didn't know they were supposed to be brighter. They weren't on my F82 either, so they must be consistent with what they decoded from the anti-dazzle in that generation too.

I actually often manually turned off the auto high beams on my F82 because I found the sensor to detect approaching cars too slow. That was a 2015 though, I assume it got better with later years.
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Took a video of the high beams at night - no changes based on speed

Page 177 of the owner's manual says it should come on at "37 mph/60 km/h"
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      04-23-2021, 11:11 AM   #57
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I have noticed that the low beams do raise at higher speeds, you will notice it too on the highway with oncoming. I wish at lower speeds the lows were aimed a bit higher, but I believe that is because of dot aiming regs. Otherwise I'm not disappointed. Wish we had the active shutter style lights, but I bet somebody will enable them in the future.
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      04-23-2021, 03:47 PM   #58
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If this is what the minus executive package looks like the it is a must.
Do we in fact know what these are?
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      04-23-2021, 05:25 PM   #59
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The good news is, it can just easily be coded back in
You are saying the anti dazzle can be easily coded back in? Do you have info on this? In the past it was easily coded back in, but in 2018 they changed the module and despite MANY attempts with an experienced eSYS user it just could not be done as on my 2017 which was AMAZING with the light channels and sculpting, etc.
Oops the car I coded this on was a 2017. Didn't know it got more difficult with 2018 that's a bummer.

Hopefully we start to see some good info soon on general coding for the g8x cars.
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What is the consensus on Laser Lights for the G80/G82?

Anything that helps with vision is big plus in my book but it looks like the only way to get them is with the $2800 Executive Package which has NOTHING in it I like except the upgraded lighting package.
The HUD and the lights are the reason I got it, pretty much. The HUD is pretty cool; very nice that it's a lot more than just speed and RPM.
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Seems like most cars here in the US are getting "laser lights" even without specifying the executive package. (true for me at least)

The question I've had is what is the functionality of the lights? From the little I know, having full automatic function with extended and adaptive high beams is technically illegal. So BMW must have different software for north american vehicles

If anyone has any more detail feel free to elaborate
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What is the consensus on Laser Lights for the G80/G82?

Anything that helps with vision is big plus in my book but it looks like the only way to get them is with the $2800 Executive Package which has NOTHING in it I like except the upgraded lighting package.
The HUD and the lights are the reason I got it, pretty much. The HUD is pretty cool; very nice that it's a lot more than just speed and RPM.
I was always blah about HUD but have completely fallen in love with it on the M3. With the 6MT having the rev counter in the HUD is a total game changer, I never look at the dash anymore
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Seems like most cars here in the US are getting "laser lights" even without specifying the executive package. (true for me at least)
I test drove a 2021 M3 6MT today that did not have the Executive Package and did not have the laser lights. Picture below.

FYI, I have laser lights on my X5 and they almost never come on because I live in a city (there is a certain set of conditions before they will do so, including moving at a certain speed on a limited access road using auto high beams). It's very hard to distinguish the M3 laser lights and LED lights based on the design of the angel eyes / driving lights. So think carefully about whether it's worth it to drop $2800 so you've got some blue plastic in your headlights.
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I would encourage you guys to check out other G series coding forums. G20, G05, and others are able to decode 5AP. I love the anto-dazzle feature on my US G20.

As others have said, depending on where you live, you may never use or be able to notice the laser lights. I have family out in the rural areas, and that is the main time I see the lasers on.

Also, we have compared US and ECE headlight coding numerous times, and no one (myself included) found any changes for output/brightness. The North America headlights are physically different than the rest of the world. IF there is an output difference for the lasers, it's in the hardware.
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This (from BMWUSA.com) seems to imply that the current laser light option may be adjustable for the future if US output regulations change.
Keep in mind the photo shown is NOT the M3/M4. The LED driving lights come up the side of the lights further on the M3/M4 when equipped with Laser lights. They don't extend into the center like on a 2018+ M3/M4. See my post above for a comparison.
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Especially driving manual. I gotta be honest, I don't think I would go with a 911 until they started offering one.
I love the HUD as well. However, the layout of the HUD in my F82 was much better than the current layout. Not sure why they went with blah for this series.
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