rear foglight activation
08-02-2013, 08:04 PM
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In case someone else takes this on. When I got under dash I was looking for a blue plug. Didn't realized that it was in another plug.So most of my time was searching for this missing LCM. I took pictures of what I had to find. I am not 100% one the rules of posting the pics so I will stick with 5. Not sure if I can all more in another post and not get flagged for spamming.
Well done. It is so tight in there, I was very glad to get it over with. I didn't even dare to try to take pictures.
09-04-2013, 04:51 PM
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So I'm a bit lost....I'm planning on using my own flip switch on a pre lci 530i. How do i wire this setup? Do i need to run a wire from LCM #33 to the flip switch and also another wire from the headlight switch #9 to the flip switch? Trying to get a game plane before i start to take apart everything...thank you
10-21-2013, 03:37 PM
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04-14-2018, 01:54 AM
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this is an ancient thread--but trying to resurrect it!
I did this and got two fogs, on per side--is that normal? i thought it was only supposed to be one?
also the BMW Euro switch i got had a flat black switch while mine is silver in the center--anyone know how hard or how to remove the circular knob to swap with the silver one that came with my car?
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I did this and got two fogs, on per side--is that normal? i thought it was only supposed to be one?
also the BMW Euro switch i got had a flat black switch while mine is silver in the center--anyone know how hard or how to remove the circular knob to swap with the silver one that came with my car?
thanks
11-06-2018, 06:03 AM
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Hey guys I just did this too. Really cool and my first retrofit! Check out my video below.
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08-28-2019, 08:31 AM
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I just did this and the next morning got a "high battery drain" warning in iDrive... Has any one else experienced this? I swapped the old switch back in (with the jumper wire still in place,) left it overnight, and no battery drain warning.
Possibly related, the instrument dimmer wheel does not work on the Euro switch, instruments stay at full brightness regardless of it's position. It has a different notchy feel as opposed to the stock which is smooth, so perhaps that switch isn't recognized by the LCM (and is perhaps related to the battery drain?)
Possibly related, the instrument dimmer wheel does not work on the Euro switch, instruments stay at full brightness regardless of it's position. It has a different notchy feel as opposed to the stock which is smooth, so perhaps that switch isn't recognized by the LCM (and is perhaps related to the battery drain?)