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      02-02-2016, 10:58 PM   #1
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Halo daytime running lights

Here is a little fact I discovered today about the daytime running lights with the halos. I was sitting in from of the car wash garage door which has some glass sections and one of those sections was right in front of the headlights. So since I had nothing to do and a few minutes to kill I was playing with the lights to see what they look like in different modes. I noticed when the daytime running lights, which are halos in my case, when I turned on the indicator the lights on the same side as the indicator dimmed making the turn signal more apparent. I wonder if they do the same thing when the headlights are on at night. I guess I'll have to go face a window some night and see Lol
Anyways just an interesting tidbit I thought I'd share.
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Here is a little fact I discovered today about the daytime running lights with the halos. I was sitting in from of the car wash garage door which has some glass sections and one of those sections was right in front of the headlights. So since I had nothing to do and a few minutes to kill I was playing with the lights to see what they look like in different modes. I noticed when the daytime running lights, which are halos in my case, when I turned on the indicator the lights on the same side as the indicator dimmed making the turn signal more apparent. I wonder if they do the same thing when the headlights are on at night. I guess I'll have to go face a window some night and see Lol
Anyways just an interesting tidbit I thought I'd share.
I noticed the same today while sitting behind a car waiting to make a left turn at a traffic light. . I do also wonder how the lights behave at night time...
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At night time the halo's are allready in dim-mode...
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      02-03-2016, 07:02 AM   #4
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At night time the halo's are allready in dim-mode...
Well that makes sense. Nice safety feature though as it makes the orange turn indicator more visible.
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      02-03-2016, 06:26 PM   #5
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Yes, BMW got the new headlight design right
I really like the LED headlights with the turn illumination feature. It works really well
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The headlights are really good work in design and function from BMW although I am not thrilled that they are not sealed and can get condensation inside. That being said, the dimming for turn signal is pretty neat. I am just glad they don't turn off altogether when you have the turn signal on like in Audi.
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The headlights are really good work in design and function from BMW although I am not thrilled that they are not sealed and can get condensation inside. That being said, the dimming for turn signal is pretty neat. I am just glad they don't turn off altogether when you have the turn signal on like in Audi.
I agree. So many manufacturers are doing that including Subaru. I prefer our system.
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just found out today that when turn signal is on, angel eyes on that side glow less bright, then I remembered this topic, so I assume that is what you are talking about when mentioning dimmed angel eyes.
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just found out today that when turn signal is on, angel eyes on that side glow less bright, then I remembered this topic, so I assume that is what you are talking about when mentioning dimmed angel eyes.
Exactly
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I was looking to code out this feature with bimmercode but didn't see an option. So it cannot be disabled?
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