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The mirrors are there to show you what is about 2 car lengths in back of you and if cars are APPROACHING. You are still supposed to do a visual check by leaning forward and turning your head. If you can't tell how far behind or how fast a car is approaching based on their headlight vector, then dim mirrors or not, you are doing something wrong.
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Asked my SA
Hey, I've been getting the same issue with my F30 where it seems like it's not dimming. Apparently when I asked my SA and looked in the OM the car uses the sensor from your rear view mirror to dim the sides as well. Try pointing a light at the photocells in your rear view. When I did that, mine dimmed a lot. HOWEVER since I have a tint, they don't work too well when there is a giant truck behind me. Hope that helps!
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If BMW is cutting a feature that usually means either a) the competition stopped doing it so BMW no longer a feels it needs to compete or 2) the supply is being strangled. You don't hold up delivery of an entire car because of 1 minor add-on.
I've had a car with and without it. Without, the mirrors are actually bigger ie non auto dim shows you more of the road. You do get imbeciles with illegal mods to their headlights blaring into the mirror but that happens rarely in my case. At that moment it's nice to have but if I was told it was holding up delivery of a new car I'd say forget it. I don't stare into the mirror anyway. With, it is nice to have a headlight dimmer for those rare occassions I need it. But then again paying to 'fix' a problem that shouldn't exist is irksome |
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I just took delivery of a 340i and only the rear view dims. Is that normal?
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or 3) they have determined that it is a fringe feature that most people don't care about, and can save a few $$ per car multiplied by hundreds of thousands of cars sold if they eliminate it, without hurting sales. I vote 3.
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I'm sure the cost savings isn't very much per car and it should be an option at minimum.
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I'm waiting on deliver for my 2017 F31 LCI and want to know if I can fit ECE aspherical dimming mirrors on already dimming drivers side and perhaps replace the non dimming pax side if the wires are all there...can anyone with a non dimming pax side 2017 LCI chime in? |
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Just bought a BMW 340 of end of 2016 production and I can confirm that no auto dimming on passager side...I thought that the car had an issue but no. I remember that on my 2009 Mercedes C63, it was the same and thought at this time that Mercedes was mean, well now BMW came on this too
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My FY14 335i did not come with auto dim but on my F80 M3 equipped with this feature.
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I can confirmed it didn't came with the car reason is on my F80 M3 you can tell there is a coating applied to the glass which had a different shade compared with regular glass. Both E93 & F80 had the thin films on the mirrors.
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Then I guess they forgot to install them on your car. See page 6.
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I'm referring to the left & right outside mirrors not the rearview one.
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So I have 2018 340 coming next month. What film do I need to have placed on my passenger mirror?
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Did your passenger side mirror came with the auto dim function? Just pick up my F80 and the car did not come with auto dim. Thanks
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Maybe my tints help a little.
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