Retrofitting LED headlights

[Ripcurl]

I have standard headlights on my F80 M3 and I don't know how I missed it when I ordered the car but I asked my dealer if he could change it to LED since the car is already at the dealership but he said no.

My question is can I change them to LEDs when they become available?

[YMB-M3-J2]

im sure.. the cost will most likely be fairly high until people start wrecking their cars and there is more used lights on the market. I would imagine the actual physical side of the swap wouldnt be too terrible.

[Andrew115]

Do non led cars have the same hardware? I thought leds in the US also had auto high beams. If no driver assist and exec do you get the cameras to detect oncoming traffic?

[rubber_ducky]

The LED lights have their own camera. You don't need the driver's assist or exec packages

[SOM3]

Just get some LED strips yo.

[myemailsea]

Originally Posted by SOM3

Just get some LED strips yo.

[Powaup]

Originally Posted by YMB_M3_j2

im sure.. the cost will most likely be fairly high until people start wrecking their cars and there is more used lights on the market. I would imagine the actual physical side of the swap wouldnt be too terrible.

The LEDs on our cars are the same as the ones on the 4 series, you can get a pair of new headlights for $1000 off ebay. Now to swap the lights idk, talked to eas and they told me to give it a few months. I know the LED swap in the F10 was about $5k but that was because the early models were not meant to have LEDs

[YMB-M3-J2]

Originally Posted by Powaup

The LEDs on our cars are the same as the ones on the 4 series, you can get a pair of new headlights for $1000 off ebay. Now to swap the lights idk, talked to eas and they told me to give it a few months. I know the LED swap in the F10 was about $5k but that was because the early models were not meant to have LEDs

1k isnt too bad for the units.. im sure labor will end up being a bitch but if someone could do it themselves they may be able to come in under the $1900.00 bmw wants when the car is new.. Warranty would be another area of unknown. I would imagine if the vin decoder shows Xenon they wouldn't cover LED unless done by a BMW dealer.

[dmk08]

Was there ever any updates on this? I am thinking about picking up an SO/BLK M3 I found at a dealer but the one thing holding me back is no LED Pack.

[Andrew115]

Originally Posted by dmk08

Was there ever any updates on this? I am thinking about picking up an SO/BLK M3 I found at a dealer but the one thing holding me back is no LED Pack.

There is a loaded M3 BSM with SO interior in CLT. Or is that the opposite color combo you want?

[dmk08]

Originally Posted by Andrew115

There is a loaded M3 BSM with SO interior in CLT. Or is that the opposite color combo you want?

Yeah that's the wrong way. I'm looking at SO exterior w/ extended BLK. BLK 19s. It is DCT which I wasn't planning for but I am not really a purist either way. Have owned both. But it doesn't have Adaptive Suspension or LED pack. I figured I could take the 3k I save off those two packages and buy some KW V3. But I'm worried I'll really miss LED.