Unexpected Mod...

32til4 · 11-17-2009, 01:12 AM

I installed my LED Blacklines last weekend with both signal and reverse LED bulbs installed. This weekend my father asked me "why I put strobes in the back of the car" and I told him I didn't know what he meant. He started the car for me so I could stand behind it and saw what he was talking about...

Needless to say I have replaced the signal and reverse bulbs back to stock. I'm not tryng to get pulled over for something stupid, but wanted to share this with everyone before I reversed it.

The car was flashing bulb errors even though there were resistors installed. I guess this was the result of the start up diagnostics the car runs on all bulbs. Interesting.

-Matt

balance · 11-17-2009, 01:15 AM

hahhahah
yep i installed led sidemarkers and they do that too!

just4kickz · 11-17-2009, 01:16 AM

uhh normal. get led angels and sidemarkers so you and your dad can enjoy the strobelights from the front, back, and side to side

Mahhvinn · 11-17-2009, 01:21 AM

not sure if you know but led's do that...

Jeef · 11-17-2009, 01:23 AM

weirdd i dont think leds match e90's

Ender514 · 11-17-2009, 08:37 AM

coolness

Craig@SupremePower · 11-17-2009, 08:48 AM

nice light show!!!

32til4 · 11-17-2009, 08:50 AM

This was surprising to me when I saw it. I have installed LED's in probably 5 other vehicles and this has never happened. Although none of those vehicles ran full bulb diagnostics on start-up either. Who knows maybe that effect will appeal to some owners?

-Matt

BSME90 · 11-17-2009, 09:16 AM

This happens to me as well. I have been told that my LED tail lights strobe while I am driving.

xsb00st · 11-17-2009, 09:20 AM

LOL, those lights make your E90 look like an undercover squad car.

I've got the sidemarker LEDs and they flicker when I turn on the car too. Has to be BMW diagnostic thing checking to see if the bulbs are still good.

lonestar22 · 11-17-2009, 09:29 AM

do they only do it on startup? or just on startup and then randomly after that?

32til4 · 11-17-2009, 09:45 AM

I'm not sure. I'm in the process of making a sign to hang in my rear window so the guy behind me in traffic on the way home from work calls me if it happens while I drive. It was either that or a bunch of mirrors and that would've made the car hard to park.

-Matt

Easternedge · 11-17-2009, 09:47 AM

Wooop wooop! Under cover e90 WTF?!?!

My PIAA angel eyes get confused when they are in the off position and sometimes flash... After market parts

datbimmerdoe · 11-17-2009, 10:17 PM

That was really cool.

Belarus · 11-17-2009, 11:18 PM

Dirnegrey · 11-17-2009, 11:36 PM

cool

BillLee · 11-17-2009, 11:44 PM

lol nice

teleopti · 11-18-2009, 12:38 AM

lmao i dont think thats normal. careful u burn ur wiring that goes into your housing!

SES_D · 11-18-2009, 01:51 AM

the car is testing led's. put your lights to off position. Provided you have opt out to LED's on turn signals/side marker bulbs, all will blink. Even your angel eyes are tested...go check, they blink as well.

11-17-2009, 01:12 AM	#1
32til4 The pool guy. 7 Rep 22 Posts Drives: 2007 e90 328xi Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 328xi (E90) [0.00]	Unexpected Mod... I installed my LED Blacklines last weekend with both signal and reverse LED bulbs installed. This weekend my father asked me "why I put strobes in the back of the car" and I told him I didn't know what he meant. He started the car for me so I could stand behind it and saw what he was talking about... Needless to say I have replaced the signal and reverse bulbs back to stock. I'm not tryng to get pulled over for something stupid, but wanted to share this with everyone before I reversed it. The car was flashing bulb errors even though there were resistors installed. I guess this was the result of the start up diagnostics the car runs on all bulbs. Interesting. -Matt __________________ 2007 E90 328xi Monaco Blue 6MT/COLD/PREM/Nav/Brushed Aluminum/Xenon/Sat Radio 20% Tint/09 NAV Disk Upgrade/Rear Plate PDC/Smoked LED Blacklines/Smoked LED Sidemarkers/WeissLicht LED Halo's/Front LED Signals/Black emblems
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11-17-2009, 01:15 AM	#2
balance Colonel 122 Rep 2,090 Posts Drives: F32 435i Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: OC iTrader: (6) Garage List 2014 BMW [0.00]	hahhahah yep i installed led sidemarkers and they do that too! __________________
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11-17-2009, 01:16 AM	#3
just4kickz boku no namae ha... 336 Rep 11,025 Posts Drives: 2006 BS 330i Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: S. Bay Area, CA + Newark, NJ + ChiCity + True Blue iTrader: (11) Garage List 2006 E90 330i [0.00]	uhh normal. get led angels and sidemarkers so you and your dad can enjoy the strobelights from the front, back, and side to side __________________ looking for a PreLCI Black Sapphire e90 front bumper without license plate holes "Akimbo shotguns. Broken wrists anyone? And don't give me that 'it's just a game' bull**. Where the are my akimbo interventions then?! One scope on each eye mother**er!!"
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11-17-2009, 01:21 AM	#4
Mahhvinn EUROPROJEKTZ 187 Rep 7,958 Posts Drives: backwards Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Jose, CA (Bay Area) iTrader: (15) Garage List 2008 E90 335i [7.00]	not sure if you know but led's do that... __________________ LTMW\|SPEEDELEMENT\|EUROPROJEKTZ #TeamStretchNPoke
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11-17-2009, 01:23 AM	#5
Jeef Lieutenant Colonel 388 Rep 1,945 Posts Drives: AW E92 335i Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego, CA iTrader: (6)	weirdd i dont think leds match e90's
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11-17-2009, 08:48 AM	#7
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11-17-2009, 08:50 AM	#8
32til4 The pool guy. 7 Rep 22 Posts Drives: 2007 e90 328xi Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 328xi (E90) [0.00]	This was surprising to me when I saw it. I have installed LED's in probably 5 other vehicles and this has never happened. Although none of those vehicles ran full bulb diagnostics on start-up either. Who knows maybe that effect will appeal to some owners? -Matt __________________ 2007 E90 328xi Monaco Blue 6MT/COLD/PREM/Nav/Brushed Aluminum/Xenon/Sat Radio 20% Tint/09 NAV Disk Upgrade/Rear Plate PDC/Smoked LED Blacklines/Smoked LED Sidemarkers/WeissLicht LED Halo's/Front LED Signals/Black emblems
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11-17-2009, 09:16 AM	#9
BSME90 Captain 42 Rep 757 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: MN iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 328xi [9.00]	This happens to me as well. I have been told that my LED tail lights strobe while I am driving.
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11-17-2009, 09:20 AM	#10
xsb00st Lieutenant Colonel 185 Rep 1,640 Posts Drives: Slow Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Earth iTrader: (21)	LOL, those lights make your E90 look like an undercover squad car. I've got the sidemarker LEDs and they flicker when I turn on the car too. Has to be BMW diagnostic thing checking to see if the bulbs are still good.
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11-17-2009, 09:29 AM	#11
lonestar22 Ground Clearance? 232 Rep 1,651 Posts Drives: 540i & X5 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: DFW iTrader: (-1)	do they only do it on startup? or just on startup and then randomly after that? __________________ E90 330i - E90 335i - E92 335i
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11-17-2009, 09:45 AM	#12
32til4 The pool guy. 7 Rep 22 Posts Drives: 2007 e90 328xi Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 328xi (E90) [0.00]	I'm not sure. I'm in the process of making a sign to hang in my rear window so the guy behind me in traffic on the way home from work calls me if it happens while I drive. It was either that or a bunch of mirrors and that would've made the car hard to park. -Matt __________________ 2007 E90 328xi Monaco Blue 6MT/COLD/PREM/Nav/Brushed Aluminum/Xenon/Sat Radio 20% Tint/09 NAV Disk Upgrade/Rear Plate PDC/Smoked LED Blacklines/Smoked LED Sidemarkers/WeissLicht LED Halo's/Front LED Signals/Black emblems
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11-17-2009, 09:47 AM	#13
Easternedge Major 129 Rep 1,243 Posts Drives: 2012 Mini Coupe S JCW Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Aventura, FL iTrader: (4) Garage List 2011 BMW 335is [0.00]	Wooop wooop! Under cover e90 WTF?!?! My PIAA angel eyes get confused when they are in the off position and sometimes flash... After market parts __________________ Back again after 10 yrs! Daily: 2012 Mini coupe S JCW Baby: 2007 BMW M6 Vert Wifey's: 2006 BMW 650I Family: 2007 Chevy Suburban LTZ
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11-17-2009, 10:17 PM	#14
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11-18-2009, 12:38 AM	#18
teleopti Banned 152 Rep 2,056 Posts Drives: 07 328i Sport Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: South Florida iTrader: (2)	lmao i dont think thats normal. careful u burn ur wiring that goes into your housing!
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11-18-2009, 01:51 AM	#19
SES_D pewpew 479 Rep 21,165 Posts Drives: F10 535i Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (26)	the car is testing led's. put your lights to off position. Provided you have opt out to LED's on turn signals/side marker bulbs, all will blink. Even your angel eyes are tested...go check, they blink as well. __________________ LTMW
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