Halogen LCI headlights on pre-LCI car. Wiring and coding.

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07-31-2018, 10:22 AM

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My Ride: 2003 E60 520i M54

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Halogen LCI headlights on pre-LCI car. Wiring and coding.

Hi, I have a 2003 E60 with halogen headlights. I want to upgrade to the LCI headlights. I know I can keep the LM1 and wire the headlights in with the retrofit cable kit.
What I don’t understand is why people experience that the iDrive shows a fault code, even though they have disabled the parking light bulb check. I don’t want to solder in a resistor, making the orion rings dimmer.

I know there has been written a lot about this retrofit, but I can’t seem to find out why some people have issues.

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08-26-2018, 12:27 AM

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Now I have installed the LCI headlights, and I have tried coding the bulb check but it seems to keep checking the parking lights bulbs anyway. I have LED reversing bulbs and LED licence plate bulbs, and disabling the bulb check for the reversing lights and licence plate lights works just fine. But I can't understand why the disabling of the parking light bulb check doesn't work.
This is what I have set to nicht_aktiv:
FEHLERMELDUNG_CC_SL_V_L
FEHLERMELDUNG_CC_SL_V_R
KALTUEBERWACHUNG_SL_V_L
KALTUEBERWACHUNG_SL_V_R
WARMUEBERWACHUNG_SL_V_L
WARMUEBERWACHUNG_SL_V_R

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