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      07-21-2021, 07:52 PM   #23
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this it? I looked it up too this is what I was trying to show
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Very good DIY Guide if you are thinking about it, I will pass after seeing how involved this it:

https://f90.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1804297
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Very good DIY Guide if you are thinking about it, I will pass after seeing how involved this it:

https://f90.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1804297
Yea this is an excellent DIY write up.
The person I used to code everything was found in that thread.

I used Vick from fb.com/bimmercoder or 

www.bimmercoder.com

 His whatsapp: +60 12-396 9654 I highly recommend him.

The person I used to install was having issues to code my tails to work correctly -- When I braked, only the outer tails lit up. When i put on the turn signals, only the inner tails were flashing.

After reaching out to Vick, he remotely coded my car and within minutes, my tails were working 100% correct with the exception of course of the welcome lights.

Looking at my installer, its mainly removing a ton of the clips to remove the inner panels. The biggest thing was the repinning that I'm not comfortable doing.
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Yea this is an excellent DIY write up.
The person I used to code everything was found in that thread.

I used Vick from fb.com/bimmercoder or

www.bimmercoder.com

His whatsapp: +60 12-396 9654 I highly recommend him.

The person I used to install was having issues to code my tails to work correctly -- When I braked, only the outer tails lit up. When i put on the turn signals, only the inner tails were flashing.

After reaching out to Vick, he remotely coded my car and within minutes, my tails were working 100% correct with the exception of course of the welcome lights.

Looking at my installer, its mainly removing a ton of the clips to remove the inner panels. The biggest thing was the repinning that I'm not comfortable doing.
Funny, repinning is the only thing in the DIY I am comfortable doing! I just don't want to rip apart my trunk. I may change my mind if this becomes popular and the pictures people post suck me in (known to happen!).
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So I may be eating my own words. The more I see a 2021+, the more I love the tail lights. I just wish install was easier and coding wasn't needed.
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So I may be eating my own words. The more I see a 2021+, the more I love the tail lights. I just wish install was easier and coding wasn't needed.
I felt the same way initially when I had my oem tails smoked and my friend told me about the LCI. I said i'm okay with mine but the more I saw them, i had to get it! Go for it! If you are comfortable with the repinning, you can just reach out to vick for coding.

Recent pic testing out the look with a spoiler
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I felt the same way initially when I had my oem tails smoked and my friend told me about the LCI. I said i'm okay with mine but the more I saw them, i had to get it! Go for it! If you are comfortable with the repinning, you can just reach out to vick for coding.

Recent pic testing out the look with a spoiler
Go ahead, tease me with your sexy tails!

I need to see some close up pics of pre-LCI and LCI. I really want to study what they changed. I think the black around the edges appeals to me the most.
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I felt the same way initially when I had my oem tails smoked and my friend told me about the LCI. I said i'm okay with mine but the more I saw them, i had to get it! Go for it! If you are comfortable with the repinning, you can just reach out to vick for coding.

Recent pic testing out the look with a spoiler
Go ahead, tease me with your sexy tails!

I need to see some close up pics of pre-LCI and LCI. I really want to study what they changed. I think the black around the edges appeals to me the most.
I saw them in person up close and took these pics right before i decided to order it.
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I felt the same way initially when I had my oem tails smoked and my friend told me about the LCI. I said i'm okay with mine but the more I saw them, i had to get it! Go for it! If you are comfortable with the repinning, you can just reach out to vick for coding.

Recent pic testing out the look with a spoiler
Go ahead, tease me with your sexy tails!

I need to see some close up pics of pre-LCI and LCI. I really want to study what they changed. I think the black around the edges appeals to me the most.
I saw them in person up close and took these pics right before i decided to order it.
Thanks. I had a thought that maybe it's just the black border and maybe some kind of wrap could emulate it, but it's more than that.
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Well that's that then, after seeing the pics of other cars with them I think i'll have to it also
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@I3LaZeN, are your welcome lights working?
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@I3LaZeN, are your welcome lights working?
Nope - still no fix yet for that.

And yea, its more than just the black border. I actually saw a vinyl selling to give the pre-lci a border but its not the same lol.

These LCI tails have 3d type of glass.
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Well that's that then, after seeing the pics of other cars with them I think i'll have to it also
Go for it lol.
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So I may be eating my own words. The more I see a 2021+, the more I love the tail lights. I just wish install was easier and coding wasn't needed.
I felt the same way initially when I had my oem tails smoked and my friend told me about the LCI. I said i'm okay with mine but the more I saw them, i had to get it! Go for it! If you are comfortable with the repinning, you can just reach out to vick for coding.

Recent pic testing out the look with a spoiler
You got my ocd going because if I had a pre Lci I owned i would probably do what your doing. Looks good.

So couple questions
Did you change the diffuser also ? It Looks nice
What do the wheels look like ?
Will you be changing the chrome exhaust to dark ? I think the darker would blend more

And with that who needs a 2022 model. I wouldn't be able to tell what year That was.
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So I may be eating my own words. The more I see a 2021+, the more I love the tail lights. I just wish install was easier and coding wasn't needed.
I felt the same way initially when I had my oem tails smoked and my friend told me about the LCI. I said i'm okay with mine but the more I saw them, i had to get it! Go for it! If you are comfortable with the repinning, you can just reach out to vick for coding.

Recent pic testing out the look with a spoiler
You got my ocd going because if I had a pre Lci I owned i would probably do what your doing. Looks good.

So couple questions
Did you change the diffuser also ? It Looks nice
What do the wheels look like ?
Will you be changing the chrome exhaust to dark ? I think the darker would blend more

And with that who needs a 2022 model. I wouldn't be able to tell what year That was.
Thanks!

I changed the diffuser, pretty easy job and gave it a way better look than the oem dark gray color it came with.

Wheels are OEM 19's M, not sure the # but ill attach a pic. Added 15mm spacers in the rear and 12mm up front. Plan on getting some BBS wheels down the road. I'm dropped on MSS adjustable springs, really nice ride.

As for the exhaust, I'm still debating on upgrading to an aftermarket one or maybe go with the M performance. Still not sure yet.

I love the rear tails with my pre-lci headlights, maintaining the "angel eye rings"

IDK why my pics keep flipping lol
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Just pulled the trigger on the lights. My shop is going to do the install and pin reassignment ($300) and the will work with a coder of my choice. Reached out to Vick yesterday and have not heard back.

Anyone else know coders familiar with the LCI retrofit?

On the welcome lights, just confirming these are the lights that stay on for a few minutes, correct? Do the fronts still work?

I couldn't resist after doing a little comparing. Top is my car, bottom is someone else's. I added the badging back if you are wondering. Both Carbon black but different lighting.
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Just pulled the trigger on the lights. My shop is going to do the install and pin reassignment ($300) and the will work with a coder of my choice. Reached out to Vick yesterday and have not heard back.

Anyone else know coders familiar with the LCI retrofit?

On the welcome lights, just confirming these are the lights that stay on for a few minutes, correct? Do the fronts still work?

I couldn't resist after doing a little comparing. Top is my car, bottom is someone else's. I added the badging back if you are wondering. Both Carbon black but different lighting.
are you doing the US coding or you doing the euro coding on them?
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Just pulled the trigger on the lights. My shop is going to do the install and pin reassignment ($300) and the will work with a coder of my choice. Reached out to Vick yesterday and have not heard back.

Anyone else know coders familiar with the LCI retrofit?

On the welcome lights, just confirming these are the lights that stay on for a few minutes, correct? Do the fronts still work?

I couldn't resist after doing a little comparing. Top is my car, bottom is someone else's. I added the badging back if you are wondering. Both Carbon black but different lighting.
Looks great. Worth the upgrade.
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Just pulled the trigger on the lights. My shop is going to do the install and pin reassignment ($300) and the will work with a coder of my choice. Reached out to Vick yesterday and have not heard back.

Anyone else know coders familiar with the LCI retrofit?

On the welcome lights, just confirming these are the lights that stay on for a few minutes, correct? Do the fronts still work?

I couldn't resist after doing a little comparing. Top is my car, bottom is someone else's. I added the badging back if you are wondering. Both Carbon black but different lighting.
are you doing the US coding or you doing the euro coding on them?
Well, I am kind of trying to figure things out and am doing more research. The options seems to be:

-US spec lights with US Coding
-US spec lights with Euro Coding
-Euro spec lights with ? Coding

After I placed the order for US spec lights I heard back from the coder Vic. He said if I hadn't ordered them yet to get Euro spec as there will be no welcome lights issue. I followed up with a series of questions on installation and pin assignments, but I haven't heard back yet. I then read a few threads here on the options I mentioned above and my head is spinning. At first I thought the Euro lights were the way to go and would behave like US lights after coding, but I'm not sure.

The place I bought the US lights from said it will be 6-8 weeks (even though on checkout it said two weeks). So I cancelled which is a good thing because I need to figure this out. I can get the Euro lights for $100 bucks more and supposedly I'll have them in a few days.

I can't find any tutorials on the Euro lights installed on a US car. Wondering if the pin reassignment is the same? I'm having my shop install them but I think I will need to take them to school. There also something about an extra wire the Euro lights need but from what I've read it should be sitting there.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll have this all sorted out. Kind of feel like the coder Vic can answer most of my questions as he is the one that sent me off in the Euro spec direction.
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From my understanding the euro lights turn signal lights up amber instead of red and instead of the entire tail light flashing as the turn signal, only the thin amber line flashes. (at least i believe this is the way it works)

For Vick, try using Whatsapp to contact him. He responded quickly and we actually had a convo.

Not sure on wiring/pinning for the euros.

And the welcome lights light up for like 15 - 20 seconds when you unlock the car. With the US version, you gotta disable them completely from iDrive so fronts nor rear are on.
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From my understanding the euro lights turn signal lights up amber instead of red and instead of the entire tail light flashing as the turn signal, only the thin amber line flashes. (at least i believe this is the way it works)

For Vick, try using Whatsapp to contact him. He responded quickly and we actually had a convo.

Not sure on wiring/pinning for the euros.

And the welcome lights light up for like 15 - 20 seconds when you unlock the car. With the US version, you gotta disable them completely from iDrive so fronts nor rear are on.
Thank you. I heard back via email and asked a few more questions on how the lights work. He did answer my question on pin reassignment and it is the same. He did say an additional wire is needed but he didn't say where it was or if it needed to be run. Pretty sure I'm going to pull the trigger on the Euros. Amber blinker is fine. I just need to tell my installer the details of the install like the wire. I'll try what's app tomorrow.
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Not sure if this is new, but it seems like there is an OEM retrofit available, part number 63135A2AEC0-S (Euro spec). Deliveries starting in August, 700€ for a pair, seems quite cheap.

https://shop.bmw.de/bmw-de/de_DE/p/o...ft/PID_724351/

I have also attached a picture of Euro spec turn signal for anyone too lazy to google
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