NON-OEM LCI Type Ebay Tail Lights
12-16-2009, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by pjinca' post='1074611' date='Dec 16 2009, 10:19 AM
No you don't Mike, I'm getting mine this week. Maybe, if I don;t just say "screw it" and install em, I can send you my set to play with and see what "mad scientist" shtuff you come up with? 
EDIT: nah, screw it, I'll pay for shipping them BACK, you pay for shipping here - too much PITA trying to figure out how to pay you back and sh!t
12-16-2009, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by nigxdoof' post='1074608' date='Dec 16 2009, 10:17 AM
LOL Vlad....
The thread would start like that, but I have to hold off. Xmas gifts kind of stopped me from buying it and buying the Orion V2 Angel eyes... Ugh!
So I have to wait till next year. =(
The thread would start like that, but I have to hold off. Xmas gifts kind of stopped me from buying it and buying the Orion V2 Angel eyes... Ugh!
So I have to wait till next year. =(
I'm just teasin, you know (I hope by now you know LOL).
Happy Holidays to you and yours, brother! My best wishes!
12-16-2009, 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by v_therussian' post='1074614' date='Dec 16 2009, 07:22 AM
Hell, I'll pay for shipping them here!
EDIT: nah, screw it, I'll pay for shipping them BACK, you pay for shipping here - too much PITA trying to figure out how to pay you back and sh!t
EDIT: nah, screw it, I'll pay for shipping them BACK, you pay for shipping here - too much PITA trying to figure out how to pay you back and sh!t
Paying shipping would be worth it for a set of "Nixgdoof original" modded tail lights
Happy holidays Mike
12-16-2009, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by redEYEjedi' post='1071709' date='Dec 10 2009, 07:21 PM
Yes to Bruce.
For reference:
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200415938547
Non tinted:
190356619614
Call 6269599140 to order.
For reference:
Tinted:
200415938547
Non tinted:
190356619614
Call 6269599140 to order.
12-16-2009, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by bjsbuds' post='1074678' date='Dec 16 2009, 12:42 PM
I just called this number and it says it's out of service. Are you sure this is correct?
Just ordered mine. I too will probably wait to see what Bruce comes up with before installing.
12-16-2009, 11:30 AM
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Curious: How does the LCM manage the intensity of the 7506 bulbs? Does it merely adjust the voltage to the bulb? As in, does the LCM only deliver 12V when braking, and deliver less voltage as a running light?
12-16-2009, 11:50 AM
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...anyways, if the intensity of the 7506's is managed by the LCM using a duty cycle (versus voltage), a filter could be built to prevent the running lights from interfering with the CCFL's if the duty cycle is within a certain range... If nobody has an answer, I'll confirm this by scoping the LCM.
12-16-2009, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bjsbuds' post='1074696' date='Dec 16 2009, 01:13 PM
Correct number is 626-956-9140
Just ordered mine. I too will probably wait to see what Bruce comes up with before installing.
Just ordered mine. I too will probably wait to see what Bruce comes up with before installing.
Bruce will have my lights ver.y soon. I am sending them on Friday. We'll see what he can do!
12-16-2009, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by LBimmer' post='1074916' date='Dec 16 2009, 04:01 PM
Bruce will have my lights ver.y soon. I am sending them on Friday. We'll see what he can do!
Thanks L, between Bruce and Mike we should have some really nice lights - they will come up with something.
12-16-2009, 05:10 PM
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For those like myself who already have their ebay lights and are interested in DIY-type approaches, a probe hooked up to the LCM during lunch verifies that it manages the intensity of the 7506's with a PWM. My co-workers and I didn't have a scope handy, so I bread-boarded a small circuit to test whether the voltage from the LCM was repeatedly jumping from 0-12VDC- and it was, in both "running light" and "brake light" operation with varied duty cycles. "Brake light" operation is not a constant 12VDC on my 2007 550i (unsure on other platforms). Instead, it just had a longer on-time than the "running light" signal. I guess the easy/cheapest route to getting this to work is to get a clock running at the same duty cycle as the LCM along with a comparator comparing the clock to the actual signal sent to the lights by the LCM when in "running light" mode, to effectively remove the "running light", but I don't have my own scope to calibrate this sort of thing. I'm going to go a bit overkill and use an Atmel uC (roughly $7 with external oscillator/regulator parts) to sample the LCM signal (by measuring the on-time for the "running light" and "brake light" signals), then have the Atmel uC switch power to the 7506's as brake lights if the on-time exceeds that of the "running light" time.