HUD Light Bleed through at night

[nikita_567]

Has anyone experienced this. I recently started to notice this. my HUD brightness is set to max BUT it was always set to max. It only is visible during dark nights and headlights off. The yellow-greyish rectangle is very annoying. I used to see just the numbers but now the whole outline of the hud is visible. is this normal? Its not actually that yellow as in the picture. Its more duller.

[do_0b]

try turning it down? i have mine a bit less than half brightness. During the day you can only see the numbers, but at night you can see a bit of the rectangle but not as much as yours though.

[nikita_567]

Originally Posted by do_0b

try turning it down? i have mine a bit less than half brightness. During the day you can only see the numbers, but at night you can see a bit of the rectangle but not as much as yours though.

I will but Strangely I haven't noticed it since getting the car last year. Why would BMW make this HUD that shows also that rectangular box instead of just the numbers and info. Its just not pleasant to the eye. If BMW has HUD brightness setting to the fullest it doesn't mean it should look ugly.

[Mightymaus]

I've driven several BMWs in the last 4 years with heads up display and none of them look like yours does.
At full brightness and at night I can see a hint of a white background
That image must be irritating, I wish I could tell you what's causing that. I can't. guess.

[radial]

nikita_567 did you ever solve your HUD issue?
I’ve been looking at a retrofit of this to my E71 but I’ve discovered that it really needs a special windscreen for it. My question is how much does it really need that windscreen or can the regular one work.
But seeing this I’m wondering if you had your windscreen replaced and they put the wrong one? Just an idea.

[blue dragon]

Originally Posted by radial

nikita_567 did you ever solve your HUD issue?
I've been looking at a retrofit of this to my E71 but I've discovered that it really needs a special windscreen for it. My question is how much does it really need that windscreen or can the regular one work.
But seeing this I'm wondering if you had your windscreen replaced and they put the wrong one? Just an idea.

You need the windscreen otherwise the image will appear double. That windscreen allows the inner and outer reflection to align so you only see one image.

[radial]

Originally Posted by blue dragon

You need the windscreen otherwise the image will appear double. That windscreen allows the inner and outer reflection to align so you only see one image.

This is what I thought but I found this post earlier where the guy has fitted a HUD to an E71 and its ok. He said it's not perfect but it's pretty good.

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=641609

Although next time I get a chip in my windscreen I'll get them to put the HUD screen in