Do You Have Adaptive Headlights ?

northX3 · 03-27-2011, 09:32 PM

Hi everyone

I have a Canadian spec'ed 35i, just wondering if you guys have Adaptive Headlights ? The X1 seem to get it with the Xenon option (which the 35i already has...)

By "Adaptive Lights" I mean BOTH the right-left auto-swivel with the steering wheel, and the auto-leveling of the light (when you're driving uphill or downhill)...

Thanks !

Nahoa · 03-27-2011, 09:40 PM

Yes on a US 35i. Dunno if that helps, though . . .

northX3 · 03-27-2011, 11:15 PM

Is the left-right motion supposed to be really evident ? I think that at 0 mph it doesn't work, but at low speed I should see the difference ? Because I definitively can't...

Other Canadian buyers can confirm that, once again, we get a cheaped-out US car for a higher price tag ?

mccun934 · 03-28-2011, 12:59 AM

I have it on my 28i and had it on my previous 06 X3. Definitely cool coming around a corner and watching the lights give you vision into the path of where you are *going* vs where the front of your car is pointed. I think it gives you an extra 20-30 degrees to the left and right depending on how sharp you have the wheel turned. Not a huge thing but nice nonetheless

sfax · 03-28-2011, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by northX3

and the auto-leveling of the light (when you're driving uphill or downhill)...

The auto levelling of the lights is part of the standard xenon option in the UK (automatic headlight range control). I think you need to have this with xenons otherwise you'd always be either blinding people on the flat or driving blind uphill. The adaptive part is only the left right turning as far as I know.

That said, I double-checked the UK website and it lists "automatic headlight range control" under both xenons and under adaptive headlghts. Go figure.

Nahoa · 03-28-2011, 04:37 AM

Should be very noticeable. For mine, driving something like a tightly curved on-ramp is a place where I can see the headlights aimed into the curve instead of straight ahead at the guardrail. That said, it's something that's very natural, so I don't think it jumps out at you.

CdnE90 · 03-28-2011, 05:41 AM

I am still waiting for my X3, but I have it on my 335. I can notice it on the road when I'm driving, but it is not dramatic (10-15 degrees off center). I can also tell if they are active when I drive up to my garage door at night and turn the steering wheel left and right. The headlights don't move much, but they do move a little, almost twitching with the steering wheel movements.

Note that the headlight switch needs to be in the On(A) position for them to work. They don't swivel left-right if the switch is just in regular On position.

They will always auto-level. It's a law in Europe for Xenons to do this, I believe.

nick776 · 03-28-2011, 11:30 AM

2.8i here and I have them.

Hawkshaw · 03-28-2011, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mccun934

I have it on my 28i and had it on my previous 06 X3. Definitely cool coming around a corner and watching the lights give you vision into the path of where you are *going* vs where the front of your car is pointed. I think it gives you an extra 20-30 degrees to the left and right depending on how sharp you have the wheel turned. Not a huge thing but nice nonetheless

I've got it on my 2006 330i but, at the risk of disagreeing, I don't really see what all the fuss is about. Our other vehicle doesn't have it and I don't miss it when driving that.

jijioben · 03-28-2011, 01:44 PM

My understanding is also that the Canadian version of the X3 does not get the adaptive headlights. As well, we do not get the headlight washers...

I was looking for this feature but I guess I'll have to wait for it to be in my next car. I do not really know why this is not present.

bekind · 03-28-2011, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jijioben

My understanding is also that the Canadian version of the X3 does not get the adaptive headlights. As well, we do not get the headlight washers...

That seems a bit odd that Canadians can't get the headlight washers. I think most of Canada's climate would warrant these.

It isn't included in the cold weather pkg?

jijioben · 03-28-2011, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bekind

That seems a bit odd that Canadians can't get the headlight washers. I think most of Canada's climate would warrant these.

It isn't included in the cold weather pkg?

We get the heated front seats in the basic configuration; there is no way to add the back heated seats with a package. There is a "custom built" option that can provide for this but otherwise no dice. Similarly, no headlight washers are included in any package I could see. Maybe this will change in April, but when I ordered in November I had no luck.

tuco44 · 03-28-2011, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bekind

That seems a bit odd that Canadians can't get the headlight washers. I think most of Canada's climate would warrant these.

It isn't included in the cold weather pkg?

I wouldn't worry about it too much, my experience with headlight washers is that they really don't work very well. I have had them on at least two recent BMWs and don't really care if I have them or not.

CdnE90 · 03-28-2011, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by tuco44

I wouldn't worry about it too much, my experience with headlight washers is that they really don't work very well. I have had them on at least two recent BMWs and don't really care if I have them or not.

+1

For the majority of the year, the washer fluid just messes up your freshly washed car because it sprays with such force that it gets all over the hood.

northX3 · 03-29-2011, 12:28 PM

Well, tried out last night, and it seems that the Canadian X3 doesn't get Adaptive Headlights !!!

Correct me if I'm wrong, fellow Canadian owners, but as always, we're not on par with the US even though all the cars come from Spartanburg...

PPonU · 03-29-2011, 12:53 PM

It's just another way BMW Canada gets to make more profit margin on our cars, like yourself I ordered the M Sport and paid a good amount of money and the amount of items that BMW Canada removes from our cars compared to the US is absurd, what Canadain in their right mind would remove heated rear seats from one of the coldest modernized countries in the world and think we wouldn't notice.

sfax · 03-29-2011, 02:05 PM

Headlight washers come as standard with xenons in the UK. You need to have words with BMW Canada

roders · 03-29-2011, 07:45 PM

Headlight washers come standard here in Australia too, its a stupid "legal" requirement here that all cars with Xenon's must have washers. Personally I find them annoying, especially those times you only want to wash your windscreen and not get water splash up on your bonnet from the headlight washers.
Adaptive headlights are an option (0524) which can be added to the Xenon option (0522).
Headlight washers are option (0502) but must be added when choosing Xenons.
Adaptive headlights should be very obvious, I had them on my previous X3 and you can have the car stationary and move the lights from left to right.
Auto levelling is a standard feature of all Xenons.

Nicktian · 04-22-2011, 12:55 AM

Not on my 35i I think...but I think we have the auto-leveling headlight, just don't know why doesn't have the right-left auto-swivel with the steering wheel function...

Nicktian · 04-22-2011, 12:56 AM

Also the headlight washer...

jijioben · 04-23-2011, 08:37 AM

If anyone has adaptive lights, can you post a comparison picture? Straight vs all left vs all right? Thanks in advance!

03-27-2011, 09:32 PM	#1
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03-27-2011, 09:40 PM	#2
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03-27-2011, 11:15 PM	#3
northX3 Private 29 Rep 96 Posts Drives: 2011 X3 35i Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Is the left-right motion supposed to be really evident ? I think that at 0 mph it doesn't work, but at low speed I should see the difference ? Because I definitively can't... Other Canadian buyers can confirm that, once again, we get a cheaped-out US car for a higher price tag ?
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mccun934 Enlisted Member 11 Rep 46 Posts Drives: 2011 X3 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Portland, OR iTrader: (0)	I have it on my 28i and had it on my previous 06 X3. Definitely cool coming around a corner and watching the lights give you vision into the path of where you are going vs where the front of your car is pointed. I think it gives you an extra 20-30 degrees to the left and right depending on how sharp you have the wheel turned. Not a huge thing but nice nonetheless
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Nahoa Lieutenant Colonel 45 Rep 1,876 Posts Drives: F25 35i Mineral Silver/Black Join Date: May 2008 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Should be very noticeable. For mine, driving something like a tightly curved on-ramp is a place where I can see the headlights aimed into the curve instead of straight ahead at the guardrail. That said, it's something that's very natural, so I don't think it jumps out at you. __________________
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03-28-2011, 05:41 AM	#7
CdnE90 Second Lieutenant 13 Rep 226 Posts Drives: 07 335i, 11 X3 x35 (on order) Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	I am still waiting for my X3, but I have it on my 335. I can notice it on the road when I'm driving, but it is not dramatic (10-15 degrees off center). I can also tell if they are active when I drive up to my garage door at night and turn the steering wheel left and right. The headlights don't move much, but they do move a little, almost twitching with the steering wheel movements. Note that the headlight switch needs to be in the On(A) position for them to work. They don't swivel left-right if the switch is just in regular On position. They will always auto-level. It's a law in Europe for Xenons to do this, I believe.
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nick776 Private First Class 78 Rep 169 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montgomery, AL iTrader: (0)	2.8i here and I have them.
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jijioben Second Lieutenant 17 Rep 242 Posts Drives: 2011 F25 X3 35i Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	My understanding is also that the Canadian version of the X3 does not get the adaptive headlights. As well, we do not get the headlight washers... I was looking for this feature but I guess I'll have to wait for it to be in my next car. I do not really know why this is not present.
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northX3 Private 29 Rep 96 Posts Drives: 2011 X3 35i Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Well, tried out last night, and it seems that the Canadian X3 doesn't get Adaptive Headlights !!! Correct me if I'm wrong, fellow Canadian owners, but as always, we're not on par with the US even though all the cars come from Spartanburg...
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PPonU Enlisted Member 1 Rep 32 Posts Drives: 2011 X3 M Sport Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB iTrader: (0)	It's just another way BMW Canada gets to make more profit margin on our cars, like yourself I ordered the M Sport and paid a good amount of money and the amount of items that BMW Canada removes from our cars compared to the US is absurd, what Canadain in their right mind would remove heated rear seats from one of the coldest modernized countries in the world and think we wouldn't notice.
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sfax Brigadier General 93 Rep 3,855 Posts Drives: BMW X3 2011 F25 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Berkshire, UK iTrader: (0)	Headlight washers come as standard with xenons in the UK. You need to have words with BMW Canada __________________ F25 xDrive20d SE __ professional multimedia package \| dynamic package \| climate package \| 309s \| xline \| xenons \| electric seats \| folding mirrors \| business speakers
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roders Second Lieutenant 37 Rep 299 Posts Drives: BMW X3 3.0D MSport F25 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Perth, WA, Australia iTrader: (0)	Headlight washers come standard here in Australia too, its a stupid "legal" requirement here that all cars with Xenon's must have washers. Personally I find them annoying, especially those times you only want to wash your windscreen and not get water splash up on your bonnet from the headlight washers. Adaptive headlights are an option (0524) which can be added to the Xenon option (0522). Headlight washers are option (0502) but must be added when choosing Xenons. Adaptive headlights should be very obvious, I had them on my previous X3 and you can have the car stationary and move the lights from left to right. Auto levelling is a standard feature of all Xenons.
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Nicktian Private 5 Rep 52 Posts Drives: 2012 535i M package Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Not on my 35i I think...but I think we have the auto-leveling headlight, just don't know why doesn't have the right-left auto-swivel with the steering wheel function...
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Nicktian Private 5 Rep 52 Posts Drives: 2012 535i M package Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Also the headlight washer...
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04-23-2011, 08:37 AM	#21
jijioben Second Lieutenant 17 Rep 242 Posts Drives: 2011 F25 X3 35i Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	If anyone has adaptive lights, can you post a comparison picture? Straight vs all left vs all right? Thanks in advance!
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