25 ohm will be too high, it would need to be lower than that, lets see what livefour2day comes up with and we can take it from there.

 

This is correct, as the wires become colder, resistance drops, so hopefully we are on the right track here.

 

I'm wondering if the earlier LCM's are different from the later ones. From what I understand, the OEM LCI retrofit only works for later built cars. Out of curiosity, what years are your cars Livefour2day and Jas_r_1?

 

My car was built 10/2006 and I think Livefour2day said his car is also 2006 but don't know what month.

IIRC cars built after 2005 don't need a new LCM for the proper LCI retrofit but just need programming

 

Guys could only get a 15ohm 10watt hope this will be ok the guy in the shop said they don't do a 14.5ohm its dark and cold here now, so I am going to do this tomorrow.

jas_r_1 I have 4 of them so if this works don't buy them I will post you the other two.

B6S4 once again even if this doesn't work thank you for your help,

My car build year is 2006,I think June and I have not fitted the LCI rear lights they are still Pre LCI.

hope this is the correct resistor ...

 

"jas_r_1 I have 4 of them so if this works don't buy them I will post you the other two."

Thanks. Fingers crossed it works.

 

B6S4 you are the man

It works perfectly put the resistors in line at the point on the loom where the two AE wires become one.

Just took it for a drive its also cold outside today, sat there with the brakes on for a good 10 mins nothing put it in reverse and held the car with the brakes on nothing.

I am going out again now with the wife so got the chance to give it another test, but I have to say I think B6S4 has found the solution.

just to recap I bought 15ohm / 10watt resistors and wired them in line at the point on the new loom that the two AE wires become one so one end of the resistor it has the two AE wires and the other end it has the one AE wire

jas_r_1 if you PM your address I will post you the two resistors I have left over.

B6S4 thank you for your help on this, I think there will be loads of people on this Forum who will be gratefull that this now works.

 

Nice,a great thank's to B6S4 for giving the boy's an indication as to what the problem would be,i've been keeping an eye on this post daily,let's see a final cable produced error free for forum member's(mine are pre-lci adaptive xenon's) and I need a cable for pre-lci adaptive>lci-adaptive xenon's!

 

This is excellent news and thanks to BS64.

I'll pm you my address and big thanks to you as well.

Where did you place the resistors? From what I read they can get quite hot so it's bot recommended to put near plastic. But that could be in relation to higher watt and higher ohm resistors.

Also, did you tap the resistor into the two wires before they join into one or the single wire after the two wires are joined?

 

All I can say is:

Respect to BS64

And a big thanks to Sas for making the cables. Thank you also to the UK guys on here who've really stayed on top of this to make it work.