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Originally Posted by MikeElmendorf
My side marker is on after coding and the adaptive headlights are operating exactly as expected. As mentioned, I had Almaretto code my 2018 540. The performance on both my vehicles (M550 and X5) is exactly like my 540 and the videos that demonstrate how it should work. You can visibly watch the tunneling. So, not at all sure about what the side marker indicates. Perhaps that’s just an indicator for the factory to know that the disabling coding is enabled?
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So this side marker thing: it looks like it's a USA thing as my XC90 has it too (and does not in EU).
I wonder if there's a USA regulation that causes the need the this?
I'm not sure why this side marker is indicative of 'properly coded'? It has no relation to the functioning of the anti dazed and VLD. Correct?
Isn't this 'just' another light to code on/off depending what you want? I kind of like it: it's like the marker lights on my Raptor, and the two look cool parked next to each other with their side lights on
so leaving on for the moment.
Side note, if you want to see how dramatic the Euro NCAP effect is on front bumper design for pedestrian impacts, when I stand in front of my my M550, the bumper touches right at/below my knee (all the better for picking me up and rolling me over the bonnet, rather then going under the car: better for survivability apparently)… then I stand in front of my Raptor… and put my elbow on the bonnet…. That would firmly hit my chest first, legs would give and body go under the front of the truck.
Not planning on testing this in person don't worry! But it really stood out to me when I had them parked next to each other the other day.