robself705

So I am just finishing up my Orion V2 install and I put the lights in and wired up a relay to the car cigarette lighter and footwell light so the lights are always on when ignition is on and when I hit my remote. However, like a dumbass, I removed the original AE's from the headlights and now I get a Parking Light Malfuntion. Is there a simple fix for this? Can I use a small resistor in place of the light? Maybe if I can NCSExpert to work is there a way to code them away?

Thanks for your input.

nomis_nehc

You'd want to remove the original angel eye rings since you're on pre-LCI anyway. There are multiple ways to rid of the error. If you don't want to take the headlight out to do some rewiring, you could throw in a resistor in each side and code out the cold and warm check.

robself705

Yeah, I took out the rings but I could have just left the bulbs in there so the car wouldn't give me an error. What resistor can be used? I'm assuming it would have to be a large wattage one to dissipate heat? Would it be easier to just code it then? How would I go about doing that?

Thanks

nomis_nehc

Ehh, you wouldn't want the bulb to just be in there and emitting light to possibly have it show in the headlight. Taking it out is the better idea to me. As for the value, go for lower value. The reason is that you can just code out the checks, but it requires something to be in place. It's different between coding out current check versus something not there entirely.

robself705

Ok. Is there a place I can read up on how to do the coding?

Thanks for your help

nomis_nehc

The info is everywhere on this board.

With that said, I didn't realize you didn't know how to code.

If that's the case, it would be easier for you to just get the right sized resistor and put it in there. I don't remember it on top of my head, but you can use Ohms Law to calculate it.

MORI3L

I too have a relay harness for my HID AE and used a 50W resistor from DDM (cost me 3 bucks at bimmerfest!) to cancel out the error. They get really hot though so make sure they're not touching anything that might melt.

This should be sufficient to simulate a light bulb.

Note that I did not do heavy research before trying this out..you can do what Simon suggested and use Ohms law to calculate it. However, I haven't had any issues.