facelift E60 LED lights installed!
05-18-2007, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda' post='426092' date='May 18 2007, 10:21 PM
Guys, I'm just back from holiday only to find my lights waiting for me. Still haven't opened the HUGE boxes.
Just wanted to say that I'll spend the weekend trying to make an LCI look cable. The circuit I'm using has been designed and will retain all the original functions of the taillight i.e. brake, BFD and fog. However it will look like the LCI lights on the normal tail light setting. Those who are interested in the currently release plug and play cables should not worry because if/when I make the LCI look cables I'll upgrade your cables for the price difference, so you'll get it for the same price.
My only problem at the moment is I'm relying of parts from UK so the over all cost is working out quite high. If people know good contacts to get BMW OEM parts cheap please PM me with the details.
Just wanted to say that I'll spend the weekend trying to make an LCI look cable. The circuit I'm using has been designed and will retain all the original functions of the taillight i.e. brake, BFD and fog. However it will look like the LCI lights on the normal tail light setting. Those who are interested in the currently release plug and play cables should not worry because if/when I make the LCI look cables I'll upgrade your cables for the price difference, so you'll get it for the same price.
My only problem at the moment is I'm relying of parts from UK so the over all cost is working out quite high. If people know good contacts to get BMW OEM parts cheap please PM me with the details.
PM me the part numbers that you need. I will check the prices for you with my contacts.
Take care,
Alex
05-20-2007, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Alex.br' post='426117' date='May 19 2007, 11:23 AM
Bruce,
PM me the part numbers that you need. I will check the prices for you with my contacts.
Take care,
Alex
PM me the part numbers that you need. I will check the prices for you with my contacts.
Take care,
Alex
Any updated info?
05-23-2007, 10:51 AM
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Guys, progress is very slow because I'm catching up on work having been away last week. Will get down to the project shortly. In the meanwhile I'm offering people interested in the plug and play cables an upgrade option. Buy the set I sell currently and then I'll upgrade them to the LCI look for the price difference later. That way you can proceed to install your new lights.
05-23-2007, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda' post='427616' date='May 23 2007, 09:51 PM
Guys, progress is very slow because I'm catching up on work having been away last week. Will get down to the project shortly. In the meanwhile I'm offering people interested in the plug and play cables an upgrade option. Buy the set I sell currently and then I'll upgrade them to the LCI look for the price difference later. That way you can proceed to install your new lights.
Bruce, let us know once LCI look adapter is developed, thanks!
05-30-2007, 02:35 AM
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Guys, the rain over the weekend has meant that I've not done any work on the car with regarding to my circuit. The moment I open the boot the rain water gets into the battery bay (bad design). Infact on Sat my boot was left open so now I have a very very wet boot!!
The added complication to this whole circuit is the fact that the LCM keeps switching to other lights the moment it 'thinks' that the Brake lights are fused. This intelligence is not helping my study at all. Plus the fact that there is both an AC and a DC component to the power the LCM is supplying is causing a whole lot of noise that needs to first be filtered out.
I'll ofcourse report here the moment I have a working circuit.
The added complication to this whole circuit is the fact that the LCM keeps switching to other lights the moment it 'thinks' that the Brake lights are fused. This intelligence is not helping my study at all. Plus the fact that there is both an AC and a DC component to the power the LCM is supplying is causing a whole lot of noise that needs to first be filtered out.
I'll ofcourse report here the moment I have a working circuit.
05-30-2007, 08:55 AM
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May I know what is the part# of the OEM LCI plug that we have to get to do the retrofit? I checked the dealership, and the 61 13 3 333 333 won't get me anywhere....
05-30-2007, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Saridi' post='429904' date='May 30 2007, 07:55 PM
May I know what is the part# of the OEM LCI plug that we have to get to do the retrofit? I checked the dealership, and the 61 13 3 333 333 won't get me anywhere....
But anyway, I have done this, so there is no problem, they're all the same, I'll be your assistance.
