Daytime Running Lights?

ducatiti · 09-16-2020, 12:17 AM

Still new to me X7 and learning the features. I noticed that there is an option where the headlights are on together with the "halo" park lights (sorry for the wrong term). With the headlights off with DRL on, the tail light running lights run more dim as well based on the animation on the infotainment. My question is with the option with headlight on during the daytime, is it in full blast? I wanted to know as I don't want to prematurely burn out the LED's.

Thank you.

ducatiti · 09-16-2020, 10:06 PM

Any thoughts or opinions would be greatly appreciated. Just wanted to know if the option for the DRL with headlights on will be on a lower power mode as I don't want to burn out the LED's prematurely?

Thank you.

stockguru · 09-18-2020, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ducatiti

Any thoughts or opinions would be greatly appreciated. Just wanted to know if the option for the DRL with headlights on will be on a lower power mode as I don't want to burn out the LED's prematurely?

Thank you.

I believe you can code the brightness.

jmciver · 09-18-2020, 12:09 PM

Barring a weird failure (which would most likely occur during your warranty period) I would not worry about prematurely burning out the LED headlights regardless of what stock setting you use for the DRL. LED headlights have been around for a while and the tech is pretty sound.

Savoy2001 · 09-18-2020, 04:11 PM

Led lights off any kind last thousands of hours if I recall correctly. I wouldn’t worry about the leds at all.

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Savoy2001 Second Lieutenant 159 Rep 228 Posts Drives: 23 X5MC, 19 330I, 19 z06 vert Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Long Island ny iTrader: (0)	Led lights off any kind last thousands of hours if I recall correctly. I wouldn’t worry about the leds at all.
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