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Old Nov 22, 2010 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by livefour2day
Don't understand what you mean Sas can you explain more please ...

Jas finished one cable doing the second later tonight, should be getting my car back tomorrow. ( hope so they have given my the new Merc E320 cdi and it drinks fuel likes there's no tomorrow)
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Old Nov 24, 2010 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Sas
Just a thought:
Instead of putting the resistor between the feed wire to the AE's (that dims the bulb a little), why not draw extra current from the feed to the AE's (like you would add a extra 5watt bulb sort of speak). Is this duable or am i wrong on this?
Hi Sas can you explain your idea in more detail please, I would like to try what you are suggesting.
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by livefour2day
Hi Sas can you explain your idea in more detail please, I would like to try what you are suggesting.
Gonna try:
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 08:50 AM
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Sas,

I pm'd you about giving me a bit more time to get your cables back to you i need a refund (hopefully we'll get this work but
Just in case)

Are you able to give me an extra few weeks?

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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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finally got mine up and running no errors using my old LCM module, and bruce miranda rears...but when i find a 2006 LCM i will do the full retrofit and have the full functions but this will do for now

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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 01:45 PM
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finally got mine up and running no errors using my old LCM module, and bruce miranda rears...but when i find a 2006 LCM i will do the full retrofit and have the full functions but this will do for now

Nice Job, what bulbs have you used for the AE
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jas_r_1
Sas,

I pm'd you about giving me a bit more time to get your cables back to you i need a refund (hopefully we'll get this work but
Just in case)

Are you able to give me an extra few weeks?

Thanks
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OK
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by d4rkchocolate
finally got mine up and running no errors using my old LCM module, and bruce miranda rears...but when i find a 2006 LCM i will do the full retrofit and have the full functions but this will do for now
Nice

I'm also thinking more and more to do the full retrofit.
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Old Nov 29, 2010 | 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by livefour2day
Nice Job, what bulbs have you used for the AE
Hi mate,

got the factory 4300k and the H8 is 6000k

it looks amazing, so far nobody's flashed me, just loads of stares from other E60's saying what da F$rigg is that!!! lol
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Old Nov 29, 2010 | 10:50 AM
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I fitted the cables with the resistors added to them.

Now I get rear light right faliure as soon as the low beams are turned on and it jus stays there. I didn't get any other errors when I was driving. There are no errors when the lights are off or the angel eyes are on.

Also, the angel eyes are very dim - possibly dimmer than pre-LCI halo angel eyes.

I'll try John's HID kit tomorrow and if I the error stays the same, I'll think about whether I can live with the permanent error. It's certainly better than coming on everytime I brake.
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