Switching Lights to Euro configuration

bradstar · 04-11-2012, 03:28 PM

Hi All

I am off over the water this weekend, and i just remember that i have to change my lights, so that i don't blind anyone. Not that they change them when they come here.

do i have to use the sticky things, or can i press a button on the car.
the car is fitted with adaptive headlights, so i am not sure the sticky things will work any way.

Thanks

Dino355 · 04-11-2012, 06:28 PM

Isn't there a switch you can flick on each of the light units themselves?

I'd be interested to know as I go back and forth to Europe throughout the Spring and Summer

magic77 · 04-12-2012, 04:28 AM

If you have e92 then the headlights have s switch inside if you search there is guide here somehere I recall.

If you have e90 than its a pita as the switch is so hidden (especially on xenons) that its wheel arch out job.

Annoying as on the current C class you can switch to between LHD and RHD headlight config from the on screen display using the menu buttons on the steering wheel. Especially if you have the full xenon adaptive lights packlage why did not BMW do this is annoying

bradstar · 04-12-2012, 05:23 AM

I am guessing it is the part marked as 2.

I don't have big hands, but i can't get any where near it

magic77 · 04-12-2012, 12:44 PM

on e92 you remove the top cover plate between two the moutning lugs and its inside there. The part 2 in the picture is just where the power plug conects

Jules59 · 04-12-2012, 06:34 PM

what about an E91 with adaptive headlights ?

magic77 · 04-13-2012, 04:05 AM

E91 and E90 xenons with adaptive supposidly have a switch inside the headlight unit. However its so bad to access officially you have to use stickers. When I looked at it I found its a case of wheel arch liner out, remove the large cover plate form the rear of the headlight and its there. Can be done but about 30 minutes per side.

This is on e90 LCI Xenons with Adaptive. Complete PITA as on e46 it was easy switch on xenons. In end I just did not bother as found when I turn on fogs it actually changes the pattern remove the left kink. So at night few times I needed it drove with fogs.

Not ideal but having had to replace my lenses on headlights due to stickers damaging them I'm never putting them on again. Hopefully on F30 BMW will do what merc has done on the C and simply do a button on the idrive to press

xenon · 04-13-2012, 05:41 AM

I have an F10 with dynamic lighting and adaptive xenons and there is still no easy control on the i-Drive to switch over. I am told though that if one switches off the adaptive part of the lighting then it simply produces a non-angled flat beam pattern that can be used on either side of the road, but you lose the adaptive aspect.

Carjack · 04-13-2012, 07:23 AM

"Not ideal but having had to replace my lenses on headlights due to stickers damaging them I'm never putting them on again."

Re the above post. For my trip to France, I bought the BMW headlamp sticker Kit No. 63 11 2 152 539.
For cleaning the lens after removal of the stickers, there were included in the kit, sachets of special cleaner.
I had no problem.

hey joe · 04-13-2012, 10:56 AM

Is that the Sticker Kit they shamelessly charge about £35 for .... and then ask you to trim it to size depending on your model, light set-up etc ???

It's a disgrace BMW had this problem licked with the easily accessable switches on the earlier 3 series (e46 ?) and this feature is not on the e9x. It's about the only thing that ticks me off about our 330d coupe .....

magic77 · 04-13-2012, 11:22 AM

the problem is if you leave the stickers on for a long time they can melt the lense had it happen to me on a a3.

Its a right pita that they went backwards from e46 xenons which had an easy lever even on the saloon and now ask you to pay for stickers a simple menu on the speedo screen where you turn your settings DRL would have solved this. Very poor

bradstar · 04-13-2012, 01:40 PM

Had a quite funny situation at the docks this morning, 5 BMW 3's all with the hoods up, while the drivers are scratching there heads trying to work out how to change the lights over. So we all had a got to know each other.
Then a Merc driver turned up and said can't you do it from your dash, you should have seen the looks.....
Went for the sticky covers in the end. Not sure if they are on right, don't care. But not doing and night driving any how.

Thanks for all the advice gents.

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bradstar New Member 1 Rep 19 Posts Drives: 335d M-Sport Coupe Join Date: May 2010 Location: London iTrader: (0)	Switching Lights to Euro configuration Hi All I am off over the water this weekend, and i just remember that i have to change my lights, so that i don't blind anyone. Not that they change them when they come here. do i have to use the sticky things, or can i press a button on the car. the car is fitted with adaptive headlights, so i am not sure the sticky things will work any way. Thanks
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Dino355 Lieutenant 259 Rep 596 Posts Drives: 2020 SB BMW M2 Competition Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London iTrader: (13)	Isn't there a switch you can flick on each of the light units themselves? I'd be interested to know as I go back and forth to Europe throughout the Spring and Summer __________________ F87 M2 Competition
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magic77 Brigadier General 266 Rep 3,815 Posts Drives: ex- 335i Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Surrey iTrader: (2)	If you have e92 then the headlights have s switch inside if you search there is guide here somehere I recall. If you have e90 than its a pita as the switch is so hidden (especially on xenons) that its wheel arch out job. Annoying as on the current C class you can switch to between LHD and RHD headlight config from the on screen display using the menu buttons on the steering wheel. Especially if you have the full xenon adaptive lights packlage why did not BMW do this is annoying __________________ F30 335i M Sport - now departed
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bradstar New Member 1 Rep 19 Posts Drives: 335d M-Sport Coupe Join Date: May 2010 Location: London iTrader: (0)	I am guessing it is the part marked as 2. I don't have big hands, but i can't get any where near it Attached Images
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magic77 Brigadier General 266 Rep 3,815 Posts Drives: ex- 335i Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Surrey iTrader: (2)	on e92 you remove the top cover plate between two the moutning lugs and its inside there. The part 2 in the picture is just where the power plug conects __________________ F30 335i M Sport - now departed
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Jules59 Lieutenant 61 Rep 540 Posts Drives: Still searching ... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Wilds of Warwickshire iTrader: (0)	what about an E91 with adaptive headlights ? __________________ Jules
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magic77 Brigadier General 266 Rep 3,815 Posts Drives: ex- 335i Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Surrey iTrader: (2)	E91 and E90 xenons with adaptive supposidly have a switch inside the headlight unit. However its so bad to access officially you have to use stickers. When I looked at it I found its a case of wheel arch liner out, remove the large cover plate form the rear of the headlight and its there. Can be done but about 30 minutes per side. This is on e90 LCI Xenons with Adaptive. Complete PITA as on e46 it was easy switch on xenons. In end I just did not bother as found when I turn on fogs it actually changes the pattern remove the left kink. So at night few times I needed it drove with fogs. Not ideal but having had to replace my lenses on headlights due to stickers damaging them I'm never putting them on again. Hopefully on F30 BMW will do what merc has done on the C and simply do a button on the idrive to press __________________ F30 335i M Sport - now departed
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xenon Major General 1475 Rep 8,202 Posts Drives: 2021 G21 330i M-Sport Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coventry iTrader: (0)	I have an F10 with dynamic lighting and adaptive xenons and there is still no easy control on the i-Drive to switch over. I am told though that if one switches off the adaptive part of the lighting then it simply produces a non-angled flat beam pattern that can be used on either side of the road, but you lose the adaptive aspect. __________________ Ian Current: 2021 G21 330i M-Sport Previous: 2018 A6 Avant S-Line MMI+, 2014 F31 320d M-Sport, 2013 F10 520d M-Sport, 2011 F10 530d M-Sport, 2008 320i M-Sport Coupe, 2002 325i, 2001 318i valvetronic, 1998 318i, 1996 525i, 1990 Porsche 944S2
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Carjack Stormtrooper 173 Rep 811 Posts Drives: 330i G20 M-Sport Portimao Blue Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London iTrader: (0)	"Not ideal but having had to replace my lenses on headlights due to stickers damaging them I'm never putting them on again." Re the above post. For my trip to France, I bought the BMW headlamp sticker Kit No. 63 11 2 152 539. For cleaning the lens after removal of the stickers, there were included in the kit, sachets of special cleaner. I had no problem.
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hey joe Private First Class 5 Rep 100 Posts Drives: e92 330d Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: hants iTrader: (0)	Is that the Sticker Kit they shamelessly charge about £35 for .... and then ask you to trim it to size depending on your model, light set-up etc ??? It's a disgrace BMW had this problem licked with the easily accessable switches on the earlier 3 series (e46 ?) and this feature is not on the e9x. It's about the only thing that ticks me off about our 330d coupe .....
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magic77 Brigadier General 266 Rep 3,815 Posts Drives: ex- 335i Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Surrey iTrader: (2)	the problem is if you leave the stickers on for a long time they can melt the lense had it happen to me on a a3. Its a right pita that they went backwards from e46 xenons which had an easy lever even on the saloon and now ask you to pay for stickers a simple menu on the speedo screen where you turn your settings DRL would have solved this. Very poor __________________ F30 335i M Sport - now departed
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bradstar New Member 1 Rep 19 Posts Drives: 335d M-Sport Coupe Join Date: May 2010 Location: London iTrader: (0)	Had a quite funny situation at the docks this morning, 5 BMW 3's all with the hoods up, while the drivers are scratching there heads trying to work out how to change the lights over. So we all had a got to know each other. Then a Merc driver turned up and said can't you do it from your dash, you should have seen the looks..... Went for the sticky covers in the end. Not sure if they are on right, don't care. But not doing and night driving any how. Thanks for all the advice gents.
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