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      10-17-2013, 06:07 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by kube View Post
It appears that you are correct -- according to a blurb I saw on a CNET.com, apparently in the US the laws are that you must have headlights that have high beams and low beams, and that they either be on or off. Guess the dipping and split functions somehow don't make the car qualify (although they do have both high- and low-beam modes). The CNET video did say that they will be coming to the US soon.... but once again, behind the times here.

I'm sure there's some software in the car to set that, but buried where we can't find it. I ordered the LEDs on my 535d, so maybe we'll figure out how to enable!

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Due to outdated US laws regarding headlamps, the advanced features of the LED headlights are disabled in the US.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles...headlight-rule
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