Xenon lighting trick.

john4.4x5 · 04-14-2006, 09:58 AM

If you leave the Xenon headlamp switch on automatic and press the fog light button, the lights and fog lights switch on simultaneously.

Of course this is during the day; I was cleaning the dust off the dash and found out this trick to have the adaptive headlamps on during the day.

I just thought this was

Sp82 · 04-14-2006, 10:35 AM

huh?? dont understand that

ksfrogman · 04-14-2006, 10:38 AM

I noticed this too. I'm running my daytime running lights, which illuminate the inner headlights. When I press the foglight button, the outer xenons come on, and the daytime running lights turn off. I experiment with the lights when I follow cars or trucks with shiny rear ends that work like mirrors. Heh.

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Sp82 Colonel 166 Rep 2,000 Posts Drives: F15 X5/G30 5er Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: DFW, Tx iTrader: (1)	huh?? dont understand that
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ksfrogman Major General 576 Rep 6,750 Posts Drives: E90 330i 6MT Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Torrance, CA iTrader: (12) Garage List 2006 330i [0.00] 2006 330i [0.00]	I noticed this too. I'm running my daytime running lights, which illuminate the inner headlights. When I press the foglight button, the outer xenons come on, and the daytime running lights turn off. I experiment with the lights when I follow cars or trucks with shiny rear ends that work like mirrors. Heh. __________________
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