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05-22-2009, 05:35 PM | #1 |
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&*@^% RD LEDs
So, I finally got my car back today...(yay) and decided to install the RD LED kit I got from kmarei.
After about an hour of fighting vainly with the passenger headlamp assembly cover, I gave up and fired the car up. Excuse the language about to spew forth from my mouth, but i was not expecting a fucking bulb out code. I spend an hour and a goddamned half fighting with the insanity that is BMWs "user replaceable parts" vainly and then have a fucking bulb out. awesome. just thought I'd share. thank you, BMW, for making life easy. |
05-22-2009, 06:19 PM | #2 |
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Have you given up for good, or just for now?
Be interested to see it if you decide to get back at it.
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05-22-2009, 09:05 PM | #3 |
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were you doing it from the top cover??
i use a quarter and it works fine on the M3 it took me seriously about 5 min per side just twist the oem bulb pull it out disconnect oem connector from bulb connect the RD ballast and twist the RD led in the socket |
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05-22-2009, 09:22 PM | #5 |
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i know they work for the 1 series
http://www.rdash.com.tw/en/product_d...ber=CE1102979W i wonder if anyone has them installed that might be able to shed some light on how he got them in so you did get one side in and it works but gives a bulb out warning? |
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05-22-2009, 09:31 PM | #6 |
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both sides are in...they both worked initially. now the passenger side doesn't, and I'm sure its something I fucked up, but I don't feel like cutting my hands up any more today.
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05-22-2009, 11:32 PM | #7 |
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my only guess is one of the 2 plugs fell out
either the yellow and brown going to the ballast or the red and black going to LED if you are getting a bulb failure then its probably the yellow brown cuz thats where the resistor is to fool the car into thinking there is a bulb if it was the one for the LED, you would not get a bulb failure but the LED would not light up |
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05-23-2009, 12:37 AM | #8 |
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lol~~
i am agree w/ u ~~~ the cover so hard to remove and so hard to put back |
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05-23-2009, 08:26 AM | #9 |
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see if this helps
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212882 |
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05-23-2009, 06:30 PM | #12 |
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update...got the bulbs working, no codes, but I cannot, for the life of me, get that damned passenger headlight cover back on. sdkljfha;lsdjfdasf. i've tried everything suggested here. i'm about to take the damned bumper off to get at the headlight.
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05-24-2009, 01:59 PM | #13 |
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goddamnitall.
got the cover back on, everything was great. until today. washed my car, turned it on... adaptive headlights out. fucking a. the warning comes and goes. any ideas? this is causing more trouble than it's worth. |
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05-24-2009, 04:43 PM | #14 |
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I battled against the cover on passenger side for 2 hours the first time...decided to just leave it halfway on and f*k it... After a few days i gave in to the "worry" and after another hour and a hand full of cuts, I was finally able to get it back on... with someone holding a flashlight while u use both hands to just push the shit out of the tabs into the holes its only half as hard...yet still: WORST. INSTALL. EVER.
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little update....my headlight has fog and condensation in it...and both the adaptive system and the lamp itself are out.
this just keeps getting worse. |
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replaced under warranty bad news is you have to out the oem bulbs in again so they don't say it was due to the LEDs |
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