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      01-03-2020, 03:39 PM   #1
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Laser light retrofit

Hello guys.
Does anyone know is it possible to retrofit LED light to Laser light in F90?
Did anyone tried?

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      01-04-2020, 06:45 AM   #3
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Thanks,i found his post about Laser lights...
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Thanks,i found his post about Laser lights...
I'm struggling to find that could you link me to it
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      01-04-2020, 05:26 PM   #5
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My new m5 2020 laser headlights https://f90.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1645099
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Your digital dash looks different to mine in the UK and I have a 2019 CP.. why is that??
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Its the Live Cockpit, I think it is only on the 2020 models.
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      07-11-2020, 09:36 AM   #8
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Well,if anyone is interested....i tried and still no success.

Bmw put new laser ligts,changed head units from Led to Laser,but car is still giving error...now my service wrote a letter to BMW Munich..waiting for instructions...did anyone have had similar expirience with F90?

Here are the pics,looks great but doesnt work..🤷*♂️

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Good luck man, let us know !, interested.
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Good luck man, let us know !, interested.
Thank you,i will report everything as soon as i get any new info...fact is that guys in BMW done this retfrofit on 2018 M550xd without any problem..
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      07-17-2020, 07:55 AM   #11
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Thank you,i will report everything as soon as i get any new info...fact is that guys in BMW done this retfrofit on 2018 M550xd without any problem..
Sub. I wanna do this to my car.
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i love the blue accents for sure, but not sure if its is worth what, 3000 USD for the lights?
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Hello all,im still waiting a new program from Munich..looks like guys in BMW service done wrong coding and now they need new tool from Bmw Munich to allow new coding for light..looks like lights can be coded only once..for security reasons...
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this sounds like a huge pain in the ass.
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Hello,i got amazing news...yesterday picked up the car.

Everything works..they just needed new program from BMW Munich,as update,but looks like everything works just fine...

No error.

I will post night pics later...difference is big,laser can be detected when activated.🤗

Im so happy.

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so the next question is, how much were the lights?
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Well,things are simple...laser headlight unit is around 2200 eur per piece and new modul for head unit is 500 eur for piece.
So in total is around 5500 eur.
But i sold my LED lights and moduls for 4500 eur,so the whole operation is 1000 eur.
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Here is night photo:

Do you see any difference in normal city driving tho? Afaik laser lights are only "laser" on the "long" lights
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Here is night photo:

Do you see any difference in normal city driving tho? Afaik laser lights are only "laser" on the "long" lights
Laser is only high beams...
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Laser is only high beams...
Yea that's what I meant but a lot of people think it improves lights in normal mode too.
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      08-01-2020, 08:04 AM   #22
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so now that you have had them for a bit, what are your thoughts on them?
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