AMIRZA786

I think it's actually legal in the US as of 2022. Is this the same as Adaptive headlights?

https://mbworld.org/forums/gle-class...-approved.html

patgilm

I thought the law changed as well but no one is offering the matrix light still in the U.S. for some reason. Tesla has the hardware for it in the refreshed Model S and if anyone would provide a software update to enable it, it would be them so I’m not sure what’s going on.

for whatever reason BMW never provides software updates to unlock features so no way they provide an update which is so frustrating.

AMIRZA786

Both my Model Y and Polestar have them, but they enabled Adaptive, not sure if that's the same as ILS. Still confused over this

Striker223

ILS/Matrix is full active beams with 100s of zones that dim around other cars, signs, highlight objects and people, and have the maximum output running at all times. It's basically a high end laser/LED projector with ability to play video with the newest versions actually in terms of resolution, the whole point is power of the sun at all points on the road except where other drivers are. The latest systems also integrate into cell tower/GPS signal to follow the road very accurately at high speeds, some of the cars also pre-emptively adjust suspension based on gps data for turns etc.

The new gen stuff is actually a hell of a great deal at only $4400 a headlight since my older cars with gen 1 and non-matrix costs $2800 and $3850 respectively and that's without factoring inflation. The new stuff does a lot more for less cost, my cars do a lot of the beam aiming and road contour following as well at high speed they throw more forward and cut side lighting to reduce distraction. The matrix car is actually dimmer than the non but it can run it's full beam at all times and it also has the highlight function, the non-matrix car technically also has this but it's using the thermal night vision system to do it/warn me. The new cars combine all of it into one unit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDJi240E_ZA&t=58s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pohc_ToijWE

Adaptive is just auto high beams or swing beams.

AMIRZA786

Got it. They have adaptive only (Tesla also has the swing feature), and no ILS. Don't know if this is a feature they will ever activate

bowser

If your Polestar has the Pilot pack then you have the pixel headlights

Motorola

The idea of matrix headlamps is permitted, but the regulations the NHTSA put on them are completely different from the ones in the rest of the world and so not a single existing system is compliant with their new guidelines.

https://www.newsweek.com/nhtsa-roadb...-lives-1811354

AMIRZA786

Thanks for pointing the out. Nope 😞

Striker223

So I'm bored and on Copart and looking for something temping and I noticed the search function lets you sort by cylinder count, naturally I was curious about percentages....the breakdown basically matches what I expected.

Of all 320,771 cars currently on Copart
57% are 4 cyl
30% are 6 cyl
7.9% are V8s
.00178% are V10s
.00041% are 12s

Toys4RJill

interesting find. Sounds like that’s the way it should be. What made you look into that?

BayeauxLex

Same thing my tuner uses to tune my car from Puerto Rico.

Toys4RJill

These types of lights is why one leases cars.

BayeauxLex

@AMIRZA786 Be aware 🤣


@Striker223 This Audi made it to cars & coffee…which was held at the track.



Has anyone seen or heard of this car?






Nice C8 Z06




@AJT123 Which setup would you chose between the two?


K20C1 gang!!


Think its time for a new set of rubber🛞

AMIRZA786

Nice and
Ouch 😄

patgilm

Yes it is a Ginetta G56 I believe. A friend of mine that races and just joined a team is just starting to race them. I think they bought two or three of these. I can’t remember how much he said they had in them but I think it was around $120k-$130k but I can’t remember the exact number.