LCI taillights retrofit by using NCS and simple retrofit wiring kit
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Serves me right from commenting on a topic even though I've never done so in the past on any other solution.
But I think my response was completely mis-understood. I will tell you why there are shortcomings with this design and how to solve them.
1. In the LM1 (may-be some versions) when you connect both Brake lines in parallel you will get an error on the idrive when you hit the brakes. The reason for this is that the resistance is halved on the bulbs and the car detects this as a Brake light failure. To get around this, I would keep the Brake and Tail bulbs as the same but coded them in such a way that both brakes become the normal brakes.
2. It is absolutely True that the LED bars in this solution are the brightest they will ever get. Connect the LED bars in parallel with the fog and turn off the Warm and Cold monitoring. Connecting them to the fog will make them very dim. But to get around this, all you need to do is to put a diode between the fog and the LED bars and then a Capacitor between the LED bar lines. That will take the LED bars to full brightness all the time.
3. In any case I would switch the Check Control back on for the Turn and the LED bars. So that even though the car doesn't continously monitor the bulbs it will check it atleast at start-up. This is how BMW does this for all LEDs, e.g. See the Middle Brake light that has always been LED.
This will be my last comment on this thread.
But I think my response was completely mis-understood. I will tell you why there are shortcomings with this design and how to solve them.
1. In the LM1 (may-be some versions) when you connect both Brake lines in parallel you will get an error on the idrive when you hit the brakes. The reason for this is that the resistance is halved on the bulbs and the car detects this as a Brake light failure. To get around this, I would keep the Brake and Tail bulbs as the same but coded them in such a way that both brakes become the normal brakes.
2. It is absolutely True that the LED bars in this solution are the brightest they will ever get. Connect the LED bars in parallel with the fog and turn off the Warm and Cold monitoring. Connecting them to the fog will make them very dim. But to get around this, all you need to do is to put a diode between the fog and the LED bars and then a Capacitor between the LED bar lines. That will take the LED bars to full brightness all the time.
3. In any case I would switch the Check Control back on for the Turn and the LED bars. So that even though the car doesn't continously monitor the bulbs it will check it atleast at start-up. This is how BMW does this for all LEDs, e.g. See the Middle Brake light that has always been LED.
This will be my last comment on this thread.
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Well, actually, 1) is not necessary true. The way I do it does not cause error nor is coding necessary. And I still maintain the check on the brake bulb (which is now the rear fogs).
Now I can't comment on 2) and 3) since I didn't bother digging into doing this via coding (waiting on you Ehssan, lol -- I don't need to re-invent the wheel here!)...
But I am sure once Ehssan paste the coding for us, I can examine and articulate my thoughts on it.
Now I can't comment on 2) and 3) since I didn't bother digging into doing this via coding (waiting on you Ehssan, lol -- I don't need to re-invent the wheel here!)...
But I am sure once Ehssan paste the coding for us, I can examine and articulate my thoughts on it.
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Update : sorry guys for the delay ,, I'm seriously having difficulties completing this mission ( LM1 ) as I'm still suffering from the sun burn I had last week , mean while I'm working on a really complicated hacking for the daten files of the LM1 files , i'm sure once it's finished everyone will be happy ,, but too much math and calculations so please be patient guys .. even there is a lot of changes in LM2 as well ..very nice stuff 
I'm doing this for free , so I can't really spend too much on this project as I have other job to look after .. ( I'm asking to be paid , I will get paid enough from ppl in my city
) ..
I don't want to mention too much details about the project , but I'm working on adding welcome light to LM1 ,, not a promise but might be possible .
I'm doing this for free , so I can't really spend too much on this project as I have other job to look after .. ( I'm asking to be paid , I will get paid enough from ppl in my city
) .. I don't want to mention too much details about the project , but I'm working on adding welcome light to LM1 ,, not a promise but might be possible .
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