AE Illumination when unlocking the car
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My Ride: 545i Sport
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From: Nor Cal
My Ride: 05 530I
I got lazy n just wrapped it with the wire and black tape it, holds fine to me. I had heat shrink but got lazy ahah.
I am about to just take the high beam bulb out and put a resistors, instead of having to pay the dealer $150 to turn it off. Using the headlight and fog lights both HID lights up the road good enough.
I am about to just take the high beam bulb out and put a resistors, instead of having to pay the dealer $150 to turn it off. Using the headlight and fog lights both HID lights up the road good enough.
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My Ride: 2004 BMW 530I, K&N CAI, M-tech front bumper, Sprint-booster, Silver Hella taillights (vehicle is under construction)
Ok, the good news is that it worked yes! Thank you all! The bad news is that it only worked for 2 seconds and then gone. When I check around, I found that the electrical tape that I use to wrap 400V diode is melting & the diode is disconected with the cable.. Hmm.. I'm wondering did I make any mistake? Do I need to buy ? tennis ball size diode? Lol..
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From: Montana, USA
+1 I used the 200V diode and no issues what so ever. Perhaps the 400V one heats up more but i can't imagine that... try the 200V diode with the part number i specified. Perhaps you got the wrong thing at the electric store bc that diode shouldn't even warm up.
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From: London
My Ride: 2006 520d - 19" 172s- Remapped - LCI taillights V6 cables - LCI xenon headlights - Denison 500 with BTA1500 - led interior lights - OEM led number plate lights
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Folding mirrors - Modmynav kit - High gloss shadowline trim -
How did you get to the dome light wire - did you have to move the roof liner? Or did you just tap into the wire at the A pillar? Any chance of a picture showing which wire to tapped into?