Need owner of an LCI model to help with tail lights
05-12-2007, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by nicke60gre' post='423706' date='May 12 2007, 07:41 PM
When you say fog lights, do you mean, that you have manually turned on the fog lights?? 
(in the quote I talk about turning lights, not fog lights)
05-12-2007, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Scandic24' post='423708' date='May 12 2007, 08:54 PM
eehh...yes...can they be automatically switched on!?
(in the quote I talk about turning lights, not fog lights)
(in the quote I talk about turning lights, not fog lights)
Yes, they can automatically lit as normal taillights. (under some unknown circumstances)
05-12-2007, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by nicke60gre' post='423710' date='May 12 2007, 08:00 PM
Sorry, my fault, forget about the quote.
Yes, they can automatically lit as normal taillights. (under some unknown circumstances)
Yes, they can automatically lit as normal taillights. (under some unknown circumstances)
05-12-2007, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by nicke60gre' post='423693' date='May 12 2007, 06:17 PM
But, what happend with the central taillamp?
I still think that the light sensor is the "master switch" on LCI functions :thumbsdown: bad for us pre-LCIers, but
for LCIers
I still think that the light sensor is the "master switch" on LCI functions :thumbsdown: bad for us pre-LCIers, but
for LCIersAnyone with an LCI saloon care to compare this behaviour. Also what about the US cars how does it behave.
How does this compare with the pre-LCI cars. During the day do both brake lights ever light up or is its always one light no matter what the DRL setting or outside light is. Also I remember some in the UK saying that his car always showed both lights while braking whereas my car (checked in the night) shows only one. Tomorrow morning I'll check with my car again.
05-13-2007, 08:18 AM
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Can any US owner of a pre-LCI car please confirm how their tail lights work. The reason for the question is on US spec cars the circle light is the BFD light whereas on the EU cars its the center light.
So when you press the brakes normally on a US do the other 2 lights center and outer light up or again only the outer as the EU cars.
So when you press the brakes normally on a US do the other 2 lights center and outer light up or again only the outer as the EU cars.
05-13-2007, 12:24 PM
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Bruce, to get the light rods only with dim fog light, what about linking the two together, and disconnecting the 'old' tails, and putting a resistor in to fool the light out warning. The only concern I have is when switching the fog light on, what will happen to the leds? But haven't we already been doing that with the Led's linked up to the 'old' tails which go bright when braking???
05-13-2007, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Spig' post='423968' date='May 13 2007, 09:24 PM
Bruce, to get the light rods only with dim fog light, what about linking the two together, and disconnecting the 'old' tails, and putting a resistor in to fool the light out warning. The only concern I have is when switching the fog light on, what will happen to the leds? But haven't we already been doing that with the Led's linked up to the 'old' tails which go bright when braking???
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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda' post='423974' date='May 13 2007, 09:49 PM
This is a good option only if you never want to tell the person behind you that you are braking :thumbsdown: The bulbs are used for the brake lights in the LCI tail lamps, in the pre-LCI they are used for tail light and brake as well i.e. each bulb will be dim and then go bright on usage. This option would work if two separate bulbs were used for tail and brake but that is not the case.
05-13-2007, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Spig' post='423976' date='May 13 2007, 09:57 PM
I thought they had a separate cable for the brake light. I'm sure that when I fitted my lights yesterday, I had the brake cable attached without the tail light cable, and I'm sure the brake lights worked, that's why I tried it. I will have to check again.so
05-13-2007, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda' post='423977' date='May 13 2007, 10:03 PM
You are absolutely correct that the brake is different from the tail light. However didn't you notice that on normal tail light mode all three lights i.e. brake, tail and fog are dimly lit. They each become bright depending on the function chosen i.e. brake, BFD or FOG.