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tails from ebay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Smoked-Tail...-127632-2357-0
hmmmm....?? from China though? $724 is more than I'd want to spend but much less than I've seen elsewhere. also...plug n play? doubt that! |
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Cheap, Chinese and Tacky. $724 is only a few hundred less than OEM LCI's. Do it right.
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Lol yeah. Whats the best place to get the OEMs for less than dealer pricing? eBay? sorry I know this was talked about several times in the past but my search function doesn't seem to be working
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Euro https://mpowermotorsports.org/produc...ute_models=G30 US https://mpowermotorsports.org/produc...c-genuine-bmw/ $50 off with this code: MURRAYLCI
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Thanks! Def want that Euro spec after seeing your video. Let me bookmark this and keep checking in for the next couple weeks. Maybe they'll have a Christmas or NYE sale.
So how about coding? I read somewhere that the bimmercode device/app now has the ability to code LCI tails yourself without needing someone to professionally code it? Do you know about this? I can't seem to find the thread and screenshot that I was reading yesterday. |
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Wow, I didn't realize this was in Bimmercode. Is that normal or expert mode. Wonder if it works.
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Don't forget that many dealers (if you want to go OEM) will give a discount to BMW CCA members. Including Pelican, I believe. Which bought BavAuto, but is now part of ECS. Yeah, figure that one out.
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Correct, the only issue is that US dealers will not sell you Euro tails which is the way most people are going,
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it not, that's a screen shot with a car that has the rem module the g30 doesn't have a rem I saw that screen shot somewhere else, I think they went into demo mode and thought that the g30 has a rem cause the demo mode is a f series. the g30 has all those stuff in the bdc and nothing is In the bdc for lci tails
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I confess I’m very tempted. It’s not so much the price, in fact I’d pay a premium for something that just works out of the box with no hassle. All of the various issues that people have encountered with the LCI retrofit make me apprehensive. I don’t think I’ve seen a single person report that everything worked properly on their first shot with one coding session…
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Couldn’t resist and grabbed some knockoffs from another seller on eBay. Took me around 4 hours to install with a lot of stumbling, I’m a novice at this sort of thing. But, no rewiring and no coding needed, and no issues with the welcome lights. I don’t have the 5th wire. I’m quite pleased and don’t have the eye to tell them apart from the real thing. Forgive the poor quality pictures.
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So now you HAVE TO get some better pics for us. It's really hard to tell the how good they look. Honestly, something in the daylight, a rear shot and then maybe a good closeup of one. Not too interested in how they illuminate in pictures as the lighting isn't accurate in a pic. Something like my picture on the bottom taken in daylight. Yours is the top blurry night pic.
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/23429426794...2Cchnl%3Dmkcid
Edit: the lights came with all 4 plastic rails. The old rails indeed won’t give a proper seal. Joe, will do. The only thing more embarrassing than those pics is how filthy my car currently is- snapped them in a rush while on the way to dinner. There were 3 major things that wasted time: 1. The lights came with adapters and instructions to plug both the inner and outer lights into them, and then plug the adapters into the car’s wiring. This was necessary for the inner lights but not the outer. The adapter prevented the outer lights from working. The outer lights work as is, plugged in directly, just like the oem LCI lights. I spent an hour fiddling before realizing this. 2. For some reason a couple of the pieces of weatherproofing foam came affixed to a piece of paper instead of the outer lights. I forgot to put them on at first and had to backtrack. Their adhesive also came off stuck to the paper so I used rubber cement to glue them to the lights. 3. I didn’t know how to remove the expanding rivets. Turns out it’s very easy to do with a trim removal tool.
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This is the cheapest i found from Germany( cant post full links yet) : https:// www . original - autoparts . com/products/genuine-bmw-5-series-g30-lci-led-tail-lights-retrofit-kit-g30-f90-m5?variant=40731204518083
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