[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Lot of questions here. Let's see. Yes i had buld out warnings that related to the lights NOT working. I contacted him and he dove back into it but couldn't figure out the issue. Then magically he fixed it...I trusted he actually found the issue and moved on with my life. This was back in the fall. This winter i have been getting the errors pertaining ot my turn signals not working on really cold days. But i checked them and the inner turn signal still worked so i didnt worry about it. Then when my had my Dad following me he noticed the none of the outer tail light was working which i was having issues with at install after the first coding session the he supposedly fixed. So he clearly coded them to not trigger a bulb out warning for the tail lights. The turn signal and cold weather is a separate issue and separate coding. and yes i agree that it may be a connection issue, although not sure what the cold has to do with that. I plan on just putting in some electrical paste on the pins to see if that helps next time i have the time to open up the trunk. the outer lights are a bitch to get to.

My advice to you or anyone else having coding done whether it's the first time or a repeat - check all functionality while he is still in there. Personally, I have never ended a coding session with Vic without him saying "go check".

Here is a trick for those working alone and challenged. Close the garage door and open the trunk. You can see good enough reflections off the ceiling for the inners and off the door for the outers.

[Used2be]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

So he clearly coded them to not trigger a bulb out warning for the tail lights. The turn signal and cold weather is a separate issue and separate coding. and yes i agree that it may be a connection issue, although not sure what the cold has to do with that. I plan on just putting in some electrical paste on the pins to see if that helps next time i have the time to open up the trunk. the outer lights are a bitch to get to.

Did Vic tell you he coded out the bulb failure warning? I think that’s a stretch to assume if he didn’t tell you. So you’re thinking for all of this time the lights haven’t been working, and you only found out when your father noticed the malfunction? It doesn’t seem reasonable that the coding would give you intermittent failure. Either the coding is working as it should, or it isn’t. Shown by the lights working properly, or lighting in the wrong way, or not at all. I still have to believe the problem is in the wiring connections. The access to the outer lights is a hassle….pick a day when you’re in a patient mood.

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by Used2be

Did Vic tell you he coded out the bulb failure warning? I think that’s a stretch to assume if he didn’t tell you. So you’re thinking for all of this time the lights haven’t been working, and you only found out when your father noticed the malfunction? It doesn’t seem reasonable that the coding would give you intermittent failure. Either the coding is working as it should, or it isn’t. Shown by the lights working properly, or lighting in the wrong way, or not at all. I still have to believe the problem is in the wiring connections. The access to the outer lights is a hassle….pick a day when you’re in a patient mood.

Ok i'll try again. No i have been under the impression everything was fixed. It wasn't until recently when i've discovered my tail lights were not working and i received no notification in the car that they were out. Nothing to do with the turn signals. When it gets really cold (below 40) i sometimes get a turn signal malfunction notification. Hence why i 100% believe they were coded to simply not give the error message because when i got the error message before the lights were functioning correctly at the time of coding. That was intermittent, i would drive to work, error light, i would drive home, no error light...again, more reasons why i think he just decided to code the alert off.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Ok i'll try again. No i have been under the impression everything was fixed. It wasn't until recently when i've discovered my tail lights were not working and i received no notification in the car that they were out. Nothing to do with the turn signals. When it gets really cold (below 40) i sometimes get a turn signal malfunction notification. Hence why i 100% believe they were coded to simply not give the error message because when i got the error message before the lights were functioning correctly at the time of coding. That was intermittent, i would drive to work, error light, i would drive home, no error light...again, more reasons why i think he just decided to code the alert off.

Vic is a good guy and I am sure he will make this right if it is within his power and your wiring isn't off. I would suggest you reach out an not assume he pulled a fast one on you. He has coded almost everyone's car in this thread. I have had him go in three times on mine. His first coding was before the install and was 100%. The next two times he got my rear fogs (and tails again) up and running after another coder screwed everything up and told me it was bad wiring.

The only challenge with Vic is his weekend schedule. If you want him on a weekend, you have to be on stand by.

[I3LaZeN]

+1 for Vick. He coded my LCI tails on my G30 and did other coding for me as well.

[Maverik259]

I have no problem with him and not saying he's not capable. He was at the time like 1 of 2 people who know how to do it.

Just giving my experience.

[WhiskeyGolf]

Sorry for the late post to the thread it has been a busy week. But here is an update. The previously posted pictures were after the initial install and coding by Codemycar (no error messages, but some lights were not working). I used that coder because he initially did my general non-LCI lights coding. After JakerStyle reached out to me and suggested I recode the LCI lights with Vic, everything worked perfectly except for the inner right turn signals. My installer ran the wires from the BDC to the rear lights. Vic did a firmware update on my BDC which took about 10-15 minutes to download and another few minutes to code or recode the lights. Vic was a pleasure to work with, easy to get in touch and set up a convenient time to code. I am in SoFlo so we did the coding at 8pm my time which was 9 am his time.
After the coding was done, and the inner right light was not working, Vic suggested a few things: Incorrect tap (if tapped from the outer brakes, pin not all the way in, and wrongly pinned to BDC if ran from the BDC and not jumped).
I took the car back to my installer. We checked the connections versus the awesome schematic posted earlier on this forum. While at the installer I reached out to WayneM3 on the phone and had the two talk to each other. Wiring was correct. Solution? JUMP it !! Voila it worked perfectly

Just wanted to say thank you for all of the helpful posts here, and to YOU who take the time to help a fellow enthusiast. Learning from shared experiences is priceless


I highly recommend Vic, he answered all of my questions and is a great coder. I will use him again especially if some update occurs when I take the car in for service and I lose the current coding.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyGolf

Sorry for the late post to the thread it has been a busy week. But here is an update. The previously posted pictures were after the initial install and coding by Codemycar (no error messages, but some lights were not working). I used that coder because he initially did my general non-LCI lights coding. After JakerStyle reached out to me and suggested I recode the LCI lights with Vic, everything worked perfectly except for the inner right turn signals. My installer ran the wires from the BDC to the rear lights. Vic did a firmware update on my BDC which took about 10-15 minutes to download and another few minutes to code or recode the lights. Vic was a pleasure to work with, easy to get in touch and set up a convenient time to code. I am in SoFlo so we did the coding at 8pm my time which was 9 am his time.
After the coding was done, and the inner right light was not working, Vic suggested a few things: Incorrect tap (if tapped from the outer brakes, pin not all the way in, and wrongly pinned to BDC if ran from the BDC and not jumped).
I took the car back to my installer. We checked the connections versus the awesome schematic posted earlier on this forum. While at the installer I reached out to WayneM3 on the phone and had the two talk to each other. Wiring was correct. Solution? JUMP it !! Voila it worked perfectly

Just wanted to say thank you for all of the helpful posts here, and to YOU who take the time to help a fellow enthusiast. Learning from shared experiences is priceless


I highly recommend Vic, he answered all of my questions and is a great coder. I will use him again especially if some update occurs when I take the car in for service and I lose the current coding.

Excellent!

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyGolf

Sorry for the late post to the thread it has been a busy week. But here is an update. The previously posted pictures were after the initial install and coding by Codemycar (no error messages, but some lights were not working). I used that coder because he initially did my general non-LCI lights coding. After JakerStyle reached out to me and suggested I recode the LCI lights with Vic, everything worked perfectly except for the inner right turn signals. My installer ran the wires from the BDC to the rear lights. Vic did a firmware update on my BDC which took about 10-15 minutes to download and another few minutes to code or recode the lights. Vic was a pleasure to work with, easy to get in touch and set up a convenient time to code. I am in SoFlo so we did the coding at 8pm my time which was 9 am his time.
After the coding was done, and the inner right light was not working, Vic suggested a few things: Incorrect tap (if tapped from the outer brakes, pin not all the way in, and wrongly pinned to BDC if ran from the BDC and not jumped).
I took the car back to my installer. We checked the connections versus the awesome schematic posted earlier on this forum. While at the installer I reached out to WayneM3 on the phone and had the two talk to each other. Wiring was correct. Solution? JUMP it !! Voila it worked perfectly

Just wanted to say thank you for all of the helpful posts here, and to YOU who take the time to help a fellow enthusiast. Learning from shared experiences is priceless


I highly recommend Vic, he answered all of my questions and is a great coder. I will use him again especially if some update occurs when I take the car in for service and I lose the current coding.

Nice. Glad you got it figured out! So much better tail lights than original.

[adeuel]

Do any of you know if Euro LCI taillights are direct PnP for US spec LCI tails?

Might be willing to purchase euro LCI to replace my OE US LCI only for amber flasher vs red, and sell the US LCI units.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by adeuel

Do any of you know if Euro LCI taillights are direct PnP for US spec LCI tails?

Might be willing to purchase euro LCI to replace my OE US LCI only for amber flasher vs red, and sell the US LCI units.

You would still need the 5th wire from the BDC, maybe US LCI cars have this run already? If not then you need to run it or do the jumper wire from inner to outer. I am pretty sure your LCI existing pin placement should be ok. Look for a wire occupying pin location 4 on the inner which would be the "5th wire".

You also will need coding, so to answer your question, no, not PnP.

[adeuel]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

You would still need the 5th wire from the BDC, maybe US LCI cars have this run already? If not then you need to run it or do the jumper wire from inner to outer. I am pretty sure your LCI existing pin placement should be ok. Look for a wire occupying pin location 4 on the inner which would be the "5th wire".

You also will need coding, so to answer your question, no, not PnP.

I've got the coding covered, just wondering about hardware.

We tried coding from US spec to euro spec on the US LCI units and only got as far as outer strip flashing, not inner. Maybe this is the wire missing?
But both inner and outer strips illuminate under US spec, along with the whole assembly. Perhaps lower inner strip gets signal feed from inner assembly, which if turned off like euro spec, would make sense.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by adeuel

I've got the coding covered, just wondering about hardware.

We tried coding from US spec to euro spec on the US LCI units and only got as far as outer strip flashing, not inner. Maybe this is the wire missing?
But both inner and outer strips illuminate under US spec, along with the whole assembly. Perhaps lower inner strip gets signal feed from inner assembly, which if turned off like euro spec, would make sense.

Yep, without the 5th wire the inner euro strip won't blink. This is exactly what the wire is for. The jump method basically hot wires the outer blinker to the inner to force flash it when the outer flashes. From the BDC is an individual signal to the inner. Jumping is easy.

[adeuel]

Since I have your attention, and you are knowledgeable...

Does jumping the inner throw any bulb out faults or dash lights ?

Can you point me to a primer on how to accomplish this jump?

Thanks!

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by adeuel

Since I have your attention, and you are knowledgeable...

Does jumping the inner throw any bulb out faults or dash lights ?

Can you point me to a primer on how to accomplish this jump?

Thanks!

No faults caused by the jump method. In terms of pointing you to a primer, your right on top of it. It's all here in this thread. I know it's long, but the last half of this thread is pretty much dedicated to installing euro LCIs on US cars. I think I've posted on how to jump at least 10 times in great detail. You should find schematics, wire links, T-splice links and terminal part numbers.

[alxiden]

Originally Posted by leeadam

good detailed write up, i paid a coder to do mine...looked too complex lol, i however get zero issues with my welcome lights? but such a good mod on pre lci.

Hey mate, who did you have program for you? I want my welcome lights to work. Thanks!

[A valdez]

Hey man I live in Toronto can you help me to install mine?

[A valdez]

Originally Posted by euro*

You are welcome! They definitely freshen up the look



Haha. So far im really enjoying this mod, and I'm sure you will too

Hey man, I live in Toronto too can you help me to install mine?

[KmanM3]

Has anyone purchased lights from this Original-AutoParts vendor?

https://****************************...ts/lci-g30-f90

[404boycaleb]

Originally Posted by KmanM3

Has anyone purchased lights from this Original-AutoParts vendor?

https://****************************...ts/lci-g30-f90

Following, been looking at buying from them as well

[alxiden]

Anyone figure out welcome lights in the US?

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by alxiden

Anyone figure out welcome lights in the US?

To the best of my knowledge, no. But honestly, pretty much everyone moved onto the Euro lights so I don't think anyone is trying too hard.