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Originally Posted by bmw_wpq31' post='421538' date='May 6 2007, 01:43 AM
Sorry for the late reply...It was actually nicely wraped with wire tapes, you know, the black ones that workshops use, i actually opened it up so that it'll show what is actually done...if you notice, there are still marks of the adhesive on the wire that i've opened up, and fyi i'm still working on it...(i'm sealing it all back with 'loytape' now...) anyway, thanks for the info on the wires, i think nick is right, the guy that did the wiring must have purposely made the wires to connect like that...
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i'll give him a call later...,i suspect that the small bulb wired up (for resistance purpose) was intended to be placed on both sides, but then when one side wired solved the problem(turn signals blinking too fast) he decided to just hook it back up...anyway before i put everything back in its place, i think i can manage to fix this by myself...thanks rodybmw.
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opened the other side of the lights...its confirmed, this side, a small bulb is connected on the same wire that was cut...i'll try connecting the left side properly and tell you what's gonna happen...
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you were right rodybmw, i wired it up properly with a little bit of soldering on the metal connectors, and nothing happened...actually a more neater job compared to before...anyway, thanks for the good advice, you know, actually i was afraid that after tampering with the connections, it wouldn't work properly, but now that it's all tucked in neatly and on top of that, works properly, i think next time i'll post other mods in the future...
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Since by now everyone knows that the lci rear lights are compatible and can possibly be installed without any programming of the car, does anybody here know whether if it's posibble or not to retrofit/mod the lci front headlights without any programming needed? i've been thinking of doing so...but, i don't know whether it's possible or not...i definitely like the clear corner looks and the new angel eyes...does anybody have any idea?
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Nick or bmw wpg31 are you able to draw the circuit between the 6 pins on the original plug and the 7 pins on the new plug. Also which pins have the resistor or hidden bulb connected between. I'd actually be able to produce a neater Retrofit cable than that. I'd actually remove the contacts from the plug and solder a resistor at the connector rather than cutting the wires and leaving open uninsulated wires.
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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda' post='421558' date='May 6 2007, 02:01 PM
Nick or bmw wpg31 are you able to draw the circuit between the 6 pins on the original plug and the 7 pins on the new plug. Also which pins have the resistor or hidden bulb connected between. I'd actually be able to produce a neater Retrofit cable than that. I'd actually remove the contacts from the plug and solder a resistor at the connector rather than cutting the wires and leaving open uninsulated wires.
I will look at my wiring if they are existed and maybe wpg31 could confirm this too.
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Originally Posted by bmw_wpq31' post='421548' date='May 6 2007, 01:03 PM
Since by now everyone knows that the lci rear lights are compatible and can possibly be installed without any programming of the car, does anybody here know whether if it's posibble or not to retrofit/mod the lci front headlights without any programming needed? i've been thinking of doing so...but, i don't know whether it's possible or not...i definitely like the clear corner looks and the new angel eyes...does anybody have any idea?
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Originally Posted by bmw_wpq31' post='421548' date='May 6 2007, 07:03 AM
Since by now everyone knows that the lci rear lights are compatible and can possibly be installed without any programming of the car, does anybody here know whether if it's posibble or not to retrofit/mod the lci front headlights without any programming needed? i've been thinking of doing so...but, i don't know whether it's possible or not...i definitely like the clear corner looks and the new angel eyes...does anybody have any idea?