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      07-24-2014, 08:24 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by surewin View Post
I think it's weird also. I'm sure it's not good for the ballast if you're turning on and off the HIDs when you're flashing to pass. I don't know why BMW did this since they have always used the inner halogens for this function in the past.

I wanted to look into coding the inner halogen lights to turn on when using flash-to-pass (pulling on lever). Does anybody have any experience with this?
Your headlights are Bi Xenon which means your hi and low beams run from the same bulb and ballast. When you flick on your hi beams all it is, is a shield inside the projector opening to let more light out of the same Xenon bulb. It does not get any brighter nor uses more power and doesn't affect your ballast whatsoever!

The cornering light is there for you to see better while making a turn and those only activates when you're making a turn, reverse and only in adaptive mode. Doubt any coding will be able to code those to use as high beam, you would have to rewire the headlights.
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