Member Since: 20 Feb 2015
Location: Surrey
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High beam assist
Hi is it possible to fit high beam assist by changing the rear view mirror?
My disco is a 2010 xs looking for advice.
Dandy
5th Mar 2018 2:39 pm
Jubbly
Member Since: 20 Nov 2016
Location: Stourbridge
Posts: 401
And then activating the option in the car ccf. Jaguar I-Pace HSE imminent.
Gone HSE with Flappy Paddles. IID BT tool. RLD Spare Protector, Altox GPS.
5th Mar 2018 4:18 pm
Villager
Member Since: 05 Jan 2018
Location: Southampton
Posts: 101
I wouldn't bother. Its a clever bit of kit but can take way too long before recognising oncoming traffic and deactivating. Unless this doesn't bother you, of course..
5th Mar 2018 4:54 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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Agreed, tried mine a few times and now it's perminantly switched off. It's too slow to recognise oncoming vehicles or tail lights, and switches to dipped when I'm approaching a reflective sign. Waste of time.
And no, that doesn't mean my mirror is available for swapping.
5th Mar 2018 4:58 pm
mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: southampton
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for balance on my mY10 it seemed too slow but on MY14 its much better ..not perfect but very useable and i find it a good feature but each to their own MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
MY14 XXV more buttons than the spaceshuttle
5th Mar 2018 5:10 pm
lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
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The required mirror new is around the £570 and has been said, it will need enabling in the cars ccf files.D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
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5th Mar 2018 5:41 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
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It’s on the FF and I’ve really tried to get on with it, but it really is hopeless. It’s a 2017 car, so it’s a recent release; I ran it for the first 10,000 miles and tried to live with the problems, but it’s now switched off - permanently!2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
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Odd one out, use it all the time, sometimes I think I should have dipped by now, I leave it alone it dips, never been flashed. Saying that with the final facelift lights they are not great, previous lights that I had on the MY12 version were a much better light, so might induce flashing on a lazy dip.
Only time I turn it off is when there is a bit of mist about, it seems to confuse it and fails to dip correctly.
5th Mar 2018 8:14 pm
Jubbly
Member Since: 20 Nov 2016
Location: Stourbridge
Posts: 401
Happy with it on the 2011 I have, had to switch it off twice as it didn’t dip, generally spot on though.
If you can get the parts cheap I’d say do it.Jaguar I-Pace HSE imminent.
Gone HSE with Flappy Paddles. IID BT tool. RLD Spare Protector, Altox GPS.
6th Mar 2018 4:30 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Well I gave it another go. Over shade under 20 miles in the early hours I got flashed 4 times by trucks, and had to jump in and manually dip the lights 3 times at least. Plus it kept on dipping every time it saw it's own light reflected in a road sign. There was no consistancy, sometimes it would dip when the oncoming vehicle was several hundred meters away, sometimes a couple of hundred meters, sometimes that close when the lorry flashed me. I won't be trying it again as I was driving with my hand on the lever ready to manually over-ride it, I may as well do the thinking for it and push/pull the lever.
6th Mar 2018 5:08 pm
Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
I've always specced it on previous cars and have found it to work brilliantly, unfortunately because I didn't order the Landmark it hasn't got it and I really miss it, never had anybody flashing me because it didn;t work quick enough Cheers Ian
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6th Mar 2018 5:32 pm
mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: southampton
Posts: 2477
DSL wonder if your sensor is a bit out of calibration
mine will drop on a sign reflection sometimes and its not 100% perfect for sure but what your describing dosent sound right to my experience.
once you loose confidence tho it can be hard to get it backMY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
MY14 XXV more buttons than the spaceshuttle
6th Mar 2018 5:46 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72787
That's what I thought, maybe I've over-egged how bad it was, so gave it another go. Pos something out of whack but not worth the hassle/cost of getting it checked. It gives me something to do (push/pulling the lever) in the wee small hours.
6th Mar 2018 5:50 pm
F355GTS
Member Since: 10 Nov 2008
Location: North Hampshire
Posts: 849
I'm sure we had it on our 07 D3 and it was brilliant, worked really well, from memory it even had a setting for RH/LH if driving abroad. On our 3 subsequent D4's it's way to slow to recognise oncoming carsMark
I have it on my new Galaxy work car and its great, works well and very quick I know its not a Disco but just saying it does work on some cars The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
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