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[haywire]

Ori Hella Xenon colour temperature is 4300k bro

 

[alive88]

I'll keep that in mind. A pair or just one side?

a pair bro.. btw, does it plug n play even if mine is the pre-facelift one?

congrat bro, nice E39 there

thanks bro. u got even nicer e90 and e60.. saw ur advert in classified.. what's next bro? an M/// perhaps? hehe

 

[bmw7833]

Not plug and play..u need the control module.

 

[alive88]

Not plug and play..u need the control module.

where can i get that? sorry im totally new about this thing

 

[bmw7833]

The light itself is easy to get in the market but not the control module. I am not sure where to get the module. eBay is a good source for u. Without the module, i think u will have the flickering problem.

 

[JFT63]

How coincident... cikgu meet cikgu... hopefully one fine day cikgi will check in as well.... or is there one here already?

hehe, good to meet another cikgu here..ezzo369 is also cikgu..wil try to recruit cikgi soon..kekeke

 

[alive88]

The light itself is easy to get in the market but not the control module. I am not sure where to get the module. eBay is a good source for u. Without the module, i think u will have the flickering problem.

would really need your help to upgrade my rear lights.. saw the diy where u need to replace the LCM and the need to re-code.. so much hassle. but i believe it may worth the headache.

hehe, good to meet another cikgu here..ezzo369 is also cikgu..wil try to recruit cikgi soon..kekeke

if there's cikgi hopefully she's young.. cari calon oo.. haha

 

[bmw7833]

Not need to replace any module or recode if u get the correct part.

 

[bimmerholic]

im using Ori Hella facelift tail lights without the module. Works like normal except that it strobes everytime....looks cool though...lol.

 

[alive88]

how frequent does it strobe bro? does any error comes up?

 

[bmw7833]

No error, only flickering when u power on and start the car.

Happen to my fren' car, correct me if i am wrong.

 

[Psykit]

If I'm not mistaken, flickering happens when the load is not there, some will connect a load resister to the connector so simulate some load so that will suppress the flickering.

 

[alive88]

i guess ill need to look at

 

[bmw7833]

Here is the link u can refer to.

http://www.bmwdiy.info/celis-rear/index.html

They call it as LED voltage regulator instead of control module..

 

[alive88]

Here is the link u can refer to.

http://www.bmwdiy.info/celis-rear/index.html

They call it as LED voltage regulator instead of control module..

so basically if i have this LED voltage regulator, i can just buy any FL lights from the chop shop and install it according to the instructions in your link?

 

[bimmerholic]

how frequent does it strobe bro? does any error comes up?

No error. Absolutely clean when comes to Cluster Check Control. Initially when you first start, it will strobe alternately between the left and right CELIS in fast successions. Barely a second in between the succession. This lasts for approx 5 secs.

After that, it will strobe once on each side every 20 secs or so.

Why does it strobe in the first place? Simple...

In actual fact, all your others bulbs (filament type) will undergo a cold check monitored by the LCM. What the LCM does is to check if any bulbs are blown every 20secs or so. But since they're Filament type, it will not be able to light up in a fraction of a second unlike LEDs (digital...think 1s & 0s....nothing in between), therefore you will not be able to see any flickering.

However, when LCM does a cold check on the CELIS, it will flicker and of course, you can see it.

 

[alive88]

No error. Absolutely clean when comes to Cluster Check Control. Initially when you first start, it will strobe alternately between the left and right CELIS in fast successions. Barely a second in between the succession. This lasts for approx 5 secs.

After that, it will strobe once on each side every 20 secs or so.

Why does it strobe in the first place? Simple...

In actual fact, all your others bulbs (filament type) will undergo a cold check monitored by the LCM. What the LCM does is to check if any bulbs are blown every 20secs or so. But since they're Filament type, it will not be able to light up in a fraction of a second unlike LEDs (digital...think 1s & 0s....nothing in between), therefore you will not be able to see any flickering.

However, when LCM does a cold check on the CELIS, it will flicker and of course, you can see it.

thanks bro.. have done some study and they said this could be prevented via cancelling the cold check monitoring in the LCM.. but currently i want to know how those pre FL models that have the CELIS taillights to make it work without flickering.. do u know how bro?

 

[bimmerholic]

thanks bro.. have done some study and they said this could be prevented via cancelling the cold check monitoring in the LCM.. but currently i want to know how those pre FL models that have the CELIS taillights to make it work without flickering.. do u know how bro?

You already answered your own question.

Like you said....disable cold check monitoring. Can be done through BMW Scanner 1.4.0.

 

[Psykit]

a pair bro.. btw, does it plug n play even if mine is the pre-facelift one?

Went to New World BM to look for your tail lights and also some other parts, but none available.

I guess you can check for new tail lights from the spare parts dealer and see how much you can get. Should be less than RM 1k for a pair.

 

[alive88]

going to melaka right after work.. hopefully everything would be fine throughout the journey!..