Merdashti

Root,

This was what I understood from all the notes the mechanic had on the installation manual;

Right:

X13421:
1.Brown 1.Brown/Yellow - Park light
2.Yellow/Blue 2.Yellow/Blue
3.White/Blue 3.White/Blue
4.Gray/Blue 4.Gray/Blue
5.Blue 5.Blue - High Beam
6.Red/Blue 6.Brown/Blue - Signal Light
7.Brown 7.Brown/Yellow - Park light
8.Yellow/Black 8.Yellow/Black

x10609:
1.Yellow/Black 1.Yellow/Brown
2.Yellow/Brown 2.White/Green
3.Blue/Black 3.Blue/White
4.Blue/Brown 4.(empty)


His color map

Right:

X13421:
1. Gray/Blue
2. Brown/Yellow
3. Yellow/Blue
4. Brown/Yellow
5. Blue
6. White/Blue
7. Yellow/Black
8. Yellow/Brown
9. White/Green
10. Blue/White
11. (Empty)
12. Brown/Blue

I hope this works for you - I will be passing by him on Saturday again and will ask.

Regards,
M.

bmw_wpq31

Congrats M on the successful retrofit! Please post pictures...
Just knowing about it being done successfully makes me jealous!

Merdashti

Guys,

as promised here you go - Part 1.....

I took several pictures with the lights all on, just the park lights, fog lights, signal lights, angel eyes....

Merdashti

Part 2....

RootKit

Nice lights and one hell of a nice ride!! I'm so anxious now to get those lights to work on my car!

Merdashti

Root,

Thanks - am going to be with you all the way until you get the lights to work! Its a very tough upgrade not as initially advertised as just a plug a play! not that easy.. and this is probably the reason BMW put it on hold. My dealership had to call Germany 13 times to get eveything to work right! I think that when BMW put this kit out they did not realize that the manual was so not clear, they also did not address the issue with different wire colors on the pre 2005 production cars.
For instance the software for recoding the LM is not available on BMW's system under retrofit as with any other update. They have all the software for this specific kit under Conversion (no mention of that in the manual). Another puzzling issue is Brake Force Display - when you install this kit, you will have to recode with the software that includes BFD or the lights will not work right (again this is not clearly mentioned in the manual)

This is probably why they now have the whole kit on hold - whoever put this kit together did not think out of the box when producing the manual for it.

BMW Germany even asked my dealership about where they got the kit from since no kits were sent to kuwait!

Take care
M.

sideeffects

Hey ECF where did you buy your LCI taillights? I want to buy a pair but don't know where to get a good price on them... The dealer prices seem rediculous.

EuroCarFan

I got them as part of the group buy that was set up by Alex.br through Roveractive. I think total cost was about $420 shipped. They are the eurospec LCI taillights with the amber turn signals. The group buy has been long over but you might want to check with Garry Romani from BMW of Newport since he's offering 25% discount for E60.net members:

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...t=0&start=0

Then you'd have to get the retrofit cables from Bruce which will run you approx $350 due to the exchange rates.

Merdashti

Hi Sideeffects,

I have a pair of the new LCI tail lights which are brand new - the left one was used for testing on my other car but is in a mint condition. if you might be interested, will be glad to sell them to you.

Take care
M.

Merdashti

Hi EuroCarfan,

I have a pair of the pre-LCI AHL headlights in mint condition - with the protective plastic film. They are complete with the xenon bulb and ignitor / ballast, and LCM. They are the Euro spec lights that have the white corner signal lights. Will give you a good deal on them if you are interested.

Will post a pic for you if you would like.


Take care
M.