[M5_1of400]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

$150-$250? Are they knockoffs?

Didn’t you over tighten them? The stress of that could cause this. Assuming they are OEM, they should be under warranty.

$150-250 for just the inner light that cracked. I was looking at OEM ones from junk yards. ECS sells them for $275, have to assume it is OEM if it comes from ECS.

Maybe I did over tighten them, but no luck with warranty, I got them from the forum.

[eecsdude]

Do the LCI lights have any brake force display feature like the non-LCI lights had? This is where on US cars, the area of the brake light changes depending on how hard you brake.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by M5_1of400

$150-250 for just the inner light that cracked. I was looking at OEM ones from junk yards. ECS sells them for $275, have to assume it is OEM if it comes from ECS.

Maybe I did over tighten them, but no luck with warranty, I got them from the forum.

Got it. Good luck.

[hb7779]

Originally Posted by hb7779

Thank you. That’s what I thought. I have sent a message to Vick yesterday. I am waiting for him to respond.
I hope he can fix it.

Response from Vick in case someone else has this issue.

“For usa tail lights some times there will be this issue. Its a short circuit counter. I tried something else now.”

He recoded something.

Let’s see if that works.

[hb7779]

Does anyone know what happens if you “exceed the allowable short circuit resets” caused by LCI tail lights?

Are they permanently disabled? I am curious since this issue is common with US spec LCI tail lights.

Thank you guys

[M5_1of400]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

Got it. Good luck.

eBay, $128, and 15 mins later... I got this resolved.

100% G30 OEM light too.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by M5_1of400

eBay, $128, and 15 mins later... I got this resolved.

100% G30 OEM light too.

Awesome and nice find. eBay is still good for stuff like this.

[klepic]

Hello guys.

I will retrofit EU spec taillights next weekend and I was wondering..

I saw official documentation that you need to move wires from inner lights to BDC. However, I also saw that someone just taps that wire into outer brake light. What is the difference here? Are pins in BDC empty or you also taps into existing wire in BDC?

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by klepic

Hello guys.

I will retrofit EU spec taillights next weekend and I was wondering..

I saw official documentation that you need to move wires from inner lights to BDC. However, I also saw that someone just taps that wire into outer brake light. What is the difference here? Are pins in BDC empty or you also taps into existing wire in BDC?

You can do either and they accomplish the same. If you run from the BDC, the terminals are empty and there is a schematic in this thread on which to use at the BDC and where they go on the inner connector. If you use the jump method, you will run a wire from an empty pin location on the inner connector to the outer tail and spice into one of the wires. All documented in this very long thread.

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by hb7779

Hi guys,

Something strange has happened and I would like see if anyone has experienced it. About a month ago I got my US spec LCI tail lights installed. They were coded by Vick who did an excellent job. Everything was fine until this afternoon. While driving when I used my turn signal I notice it was hyper flashing. I got out and checked and saw my outer lights on both sides were not lighting up. When I turn the lights on they did came on but signal were still only flashing the interior part. They also don’t light up when I step on the breaks. Does anyone know why? Is it a coding issue or wiring? I mean wiring was nice and tight. I just want to ask before I go tearing up the trunk again which is pain.

Thank you for your thoughts and ideas in advance.

Ive had this happen seeral times now. one time required the dealer to replace the light. Solved. Then again on the other side. Dealer said they just had to unplug the battery. Solved. Now a few months later, my right turn signal is hyper flashing. Tried the battery trick, nothing. Guess i'll reach out to Vic to have him take a look one night this week. If he can't fix it, then i'll be looking to replace on eBay.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Ive had this happen seeral times now. one time required the dealer to replace the light. Solved. Then again on the other side. Dealer said they just had to unplug the battery. Solved. Now a few months later, my right turn signal is hyper flashing. Tried the battery trick, nothing. Guess i'll reach out to Vic to have him take a look one night this week. If he can't fix it, then i'll be looking to replace on eBay.

OEM US Spec LCI's?

The Euro's have been rock solid.

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

OEM US Spec LCI's?

The Euro's have been rock solid.

Good ole US of A

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Good ole US of A

Yeah, I have definitely seen more issues with US lights losing coding or faulting over time. Maybe something to do with the welcome light errors even if disabled?

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

Yeah, I have definitely seen more issues with US lights losing coding or faulting over time. Maybe something to do with the welcome light errors even if disabled?

Got a hold of Vic. He says a simple Reset of the coding should fix. Hopefully will know tonight.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Got a hold of Vic. He says a simple Reset of the coding should fix. Hopefully will know tonight.

Vic to the rescue. That guy is a fucking coding savant!

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

Vic to the rescue. That guy is a fucking coding savant!

Ya what always surprised me is that it doesn’t result in a bulb out dash light. Just rapid blinker. I remember when I was having issues awhile back where the inner tail lights weren’t even on and I didn’t know until my dad happened to be behind me one evening and he brought it up when we got to our destination.

EDIT: coding done, and error counter reset. Honestly i need to figure out how to do this myself. it took vic 30 sec.

[hyri]

Anyone did this on G31 ? im actually making mine

[AmooManiak]

Been a while since I've looked at these. I'm back into an M5 now and looking to do the conversion. When I had the M550i, I installed one of the first aftermarket ones. While they worked fine, I'll try to stick with OEM for the M5.

Question (without reading 37 pages) - has the "pinning" become easier? I noticed ebay has retrofit harnesses now. Do these eliminate the need to manually pin anything?

[hb7779]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Ya what always surprised me is that it doesn’t result in a bulb out dash light. Just rapid blinker. I remember when I was having issues awhile back where the inner tail lights weren’t even on and I didn’t know until my dad happened to be behind me one evening and he brought it up when we got to our destination.

EDIT: coding done, and error counter reset. Honestly i need to figure out how to do this myself. it took vic 30 sec.

Did you ever figure out how to reset this error on your own?

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by hb7779

Did you ever figure out how to reset this error on your own?

Nope

[M5_1of400]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Ya what always surprised me is that it doesn’t result in a bulb out dash light. Just rapid blinker. I remember when I was having issues awhile back where the inner tail lights weren’t even on and I didn’t know until my dad happened to be behind me one evening and he brought it up when we got to our destination.

EDIT: coding done, and error counter reset. Honestly i need to figure out how to do this myself. it took vic 30 sec.

So a few days ago I experienced the rapid blinker on the driver rear outer taillight, it wouldn't even come on, I figured the connector came unplugged so I left it alone that day until I had more patience and time to take the damn thing apart again to check, days past and I forgot all about it, but when remember again the issue was gone, no rapid blinker and all lights working as expected. Should reach out to Vic and ask?

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by M5_1of400

So a few days ago I experienced the rapid blinker on the driver rear outer taillight, it wouldn't even come on, I figured the connector came unplugged so I left it alone that day until I had more patience and time to take the damn thing apart again to check, days past and I forgot all about it, but when remember again the issue was gone, no rapid blinker and all lights working as expected. Should reach out to Vic and ask?

Are you running US or Euro lights? Just trying to keep track of things.

Personally, if all is working fine, I would wait to see if it returns.