What's positive? What's negative?
12-28-2010, 02:00 AM
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My Ride: BMW E60 520d SE Saloon M47 2.0dTitanium Grey II, Grey−Dakota Leather, Visibility Package, Media Package, Through Load System, Lumbar support − fr seats, Automatic Air Conditioning−Advanced, High beam assistant, Hi−Fi Loudspeak
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are you sure Brown is positive? Brown is negative everywhere else in the car.
12-28-2010, 02:10 AM
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My Ride: 2006 530 d M-sport e60
Bruce is correct I have just looked on the WDS, brown is negative earth, do not run a positive feed on the brown wire 
, some thing may go BANG! 
, some thing may go BANG!
12-28-2010, 08:17 AM
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that would have been a simple test but i don't have a multimeter. I read a write up on another thread and someone seemed to have the same kit as me. He had a problem, connected brown to red and yellow to black and got nothing. swapped round and it worked. I took the gamble that i'd have the same problem so i connected brown to black and it worked perfectly. I'm really pleased with the install.
thanks everyone, i've finally found my forum.
for the cars i've had it's been easy......lancerregister.com for my evos, skylineowners.co.uk for my skylines, brickyard for my transporter but it was a different kettle of fish my good lady bought an e60, it just wasn't obvious what was the best forum, well that's us here now.
thanks very much.
thanks everyone, i've finally found my forum.
for the cars i've had it's been easy......lancerregister.com for my evos, skylineowners.co.uk for my skylines, brickyard for my transporter but it was a different kettle of fish my good lady bought an e60, it just wasn't obvious what was the best forum, well that's us here now.
thanks very much.
12-28-2010, 08:46 AM
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My Ride: 04 545i - Titanium Silver/Black, Sport pkg, Comfort Seats w/ Lumbar, Premium Sound, power rear sunshade, Adaptive Xenon Headlights, Steptronic, Park Distance Control, Fold down rear seats w/ski bag, Aux jack, 6-disk changer, puddle lamps...
Engine: Custom Remus cat-back exhaust w/chrome square tips, K&N Air Filter, Charcoal Filter Removed, Sprint Booster :-), 50/50 mix of 91+100 Octane, EuroRev ECU Remap (coming soon lol), Dinan High-Flow Throttle Body (coming soon...maybe lol)
Interior: Portable Sirius Stilletto 100 w/car kit, Garmin Nuvi 680 mounted below rear-view mirror, LCI-style I-drive knob, Dark Poplar Center Dashboard Trim.
Exterior: E60 forum clings, 5% rear tint, ACS roof spoiler (painted black for distinct look against limo tint), ACS trunk spoiler, ACS add-on front spoiler and rear apron (awaiting installation), "18 Black Staggered BeBeS Style OER (emergency replacement for cracked sport 124 rims), black kidney grill, white accessory lighting (including license and trunk lamps), Angel-eye upgrade, AIB xenon-matched fog lamps, AIB V3's on order, red rear reflectors
Mr. Bruce_Miranda is extremely knowledgeable in E60 wiring, as evidenced by his successful (and highly used) cable adapter applications.