Am i nuts or isnt there any high beam lights besides the bi-xenons?
 

I mean , when i turn the high beams on, only the xenons light up... When i am riding @ night, and turn on the high beams, the bi-xenon sistem works, but there are no normal HALOGEN light comming from the red circle on the pic....

is this normal? shouldt there be high beam light comming from inside the red circle?

Or do i have a defective something....:dunno:

They are dynamic bi-Xenons. ;) Nothing wrong. Its same in post-facelift E53 X5.

The red circle light is just so you can flash your lights at someone without starting-up the Xenons.

Theres a cap that directs the light from inside.

Yea thats what i thought, but that is not working.... im not getting any Halogen light from that red circle, ever....

Sorry, head to the Service Dept. When I took delivery of my first (and dreaded) 2007 E70 Launch Supply (one of the first batch)...The lights in question were not hooked up. Yes, you read that correctly! I couldn't understand why I couldn't see them at night, or especially in the garage or underground parking. I took it to the dealer, and they said that it somehow left the factory not connected. Maybe this is what happened to you, or the contact has been lost. Let us know. Good Luck!

thanx Deutsch! they must have forgotten to connect them @ factoty... my gosh...


One more question, when im driving during the day, with lights off, and i hit the High Beams, the xenons turn on with bi-xenon high beam... is that normal...?

Yes this is normal. The high beam flash is xenon, not halogen. The inner light is only VERY dim and is part of the normal Daytime Running Light function along with the corona rings.
One more thing, do you have the corona rings working correctly? Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the rings lit up by the same halogen bulb used for the inner light.

On my E92 the inside light only lights up when I turn.

This is one of the most complicated systems I've ever heard of. ;)

We need a re-written manual on this one. Anyone care to summarize? :D

Inner lights are for daytime running lights.

There was a thread from 3/2007 with a lighting system summary. I have used this thread on many occasions myself for reference. Thanks trueX5er!

http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e70-forum/...ighting+system

^ :bow:

I bet that for the European/non-US cars, the inner lights function as the "parking lamps". (Anyone from Europe or Australia want to verify this?)

it might not be the best reference but my 2004 E61 uses the 2 angel-eyes rings on one side as parking lights...
turn signal is not used, not even on reduced power

In UK, Xenons are NOT standard. If you get normal halogen lights then the inner light acts as main beam.

I have yet to be convinced on the cost/benefit of Xenons - I live in the countryside and use high beam a lot and halogens are just fine. I'm not going to pay for something I do not need.

Ah, correct. We use different terminology.

I meant when you turn the headlamp switch clockwise, one position. I guess this is called the dim-dip lamps? (In between off and low-beam position). I noticed while in Europe it turns both taillamps on and the inner lamps at reduced intensity.

yep, that's right...
probably because you can't use the Xenon lamps as park lights 'like-when-you're-parked-at-the-road-side'...

It would be massively easier if the US would just permit International standards. Then automakers wouldn't have to make seperate settings.

BMW seems to have even disabled the roadside parking lamps (when you just illuminate one side) on the new BMWs. I tried it on a 2008 3er and it didn't do anything.

ok, after some research, that does work in the US version, you have (after you turn off engine and open the door) move the Blinker leverall the way, to the side you wish to illuminate... and bingooooo...