[PrinceBarin]

Originally Posted by Micleg

Did anyone test my theory in previous post? I am about to order a car and can't decide if the exterior dimming is worth it.

I am overseas at the moment so cannot test for sure but when I tested it last time, the exterior mirrors dimmed in response to a flashlight being shone on the rear-view mirror. I didn't get any sense that the exterior mirrors had an independent light sensor of any kind. I will check when I get back in Monday if it's not too late.

[svache]

If I don't forget, I will try it later tonight

[lbjgh]

Hey svache,

Us guys over at the X3 forums are complaining about the wing mirrors not dimming very much either. I too did the flashlight test last night and the wing mirrors do dim but not very much.

I was wondering if you guys have heard of anyone adjusting the dimming using coding? One of the X3 members said the dealership can increase the mirror dimming... so a coding fix should be possible.

Originally Posted by svache

Well, I just checked with a strong flashlight and Raspartan is indeed right. It does get darker on the exterior mirrors but slower than the interior. Also I noticed it needs a LOT of light to actually get darker.

I think that we didn't notice it before as much as I did with my other car because of this delay and because it needs to be a lot stronger.

Also, something I noticed, is that there was no blank parts on the edge of the mirrors like I had with my X5 or like I see in my interior mirror. This especially made the difference very clear at night because you'd still see a bit of 'normal' mirror on the outer edges.

So yeah, it does seem to work, just not as obvious as the older cars had



edit: I just realize I also often have my rear window shade up at night (basically almost always) and this, of course, also stops light from coming onto the interior mirror.

[fshubert]

Originally Posted by PrinceBarin

I am overseas at the moment so cannot test for sure but when I tested it last time, the exterior mirrors dimmed in response to a flashlight being shone on the rear-view mirror. I didn't get any sense that the exterior mirrors had an independent light sensor of any kind. I will check when I get back in Monday if it's not too late.

Dimming is definately worth it especially if you travel frequently at night or live in a rural area where headlights are light pollution. I noticed the difference between my Chrysler and the new '07 3-series right away. In fact, my wife noticed immediately how the bright lights from the car behind us was not blinding her in the passenger side-view. I then realized how nice it was to have auto-dimming interior/exterior mirrors.

[AntBabeee]

I too also experienced this tonight while driving home. When it got dark the internal mirror dimmed right away, but sides didn't. Later on it dimmed, but then after a while it was dimmed anymore.

Anyway to code it to just stay dim with the internal mirror. I look in the manual... there something about the blinding effect on page 53.

[Cfichman]

auto dimming rear view mirrors became standard in 2013 for all f30.

http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=692356

[pkim1079]

Mine dim when a car is close eg blind spot and right behind. Yes my mirrors are pointed at the blindspots intentionally. But i hate auto dimming. I prefer to see what is behind me aka cops. Sometimes i cover the sensor (little dot) on the rear view just to check whats behind me. My ability to know what model a car is by headlights flashing is impeccable. Through years of paranoia. Lol.

[nick2013328i]

It is standard now on 2013 f30 us. And I feel like my side mirrors now (f30) do not dim nearly as much as my 2010 Camaro...