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      11-29-2020, 04:59 PM   #23
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Don't see the point myself. Changing to all LED bulbs is worthwhile, easy and inexpensive, so that I've done.
Agree. This mod leaves me confused, other than the value of amber turn signals if so ordered. I understand brighter, crisper lights to be more visible, apparently doable with a bulb swap, but then I see a taillamp being wrapped in smoke film? How does this affect the elderly guy's visibility behind this mod with on a rainy night?

I didn't understand your prior comments about cold/warm and pulsed vs. constant. Are these things you needed to do through coding to prevent errors being shown? Could you please identify the bulbs you used?

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You don't necessarily have to code to prevent bulb out warnings, some LEDs have circuitry to prevent that, but if you don't code the warm and cold checks off LEDs will flash every few minutes. The voltage sent to incandescent bulbs isn't constant, it's pulsed. That doesn't cause strobe effects with incandescent bulbs but it can with LEDs. These are what I have in my rear lights:
Brake https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LW2IPSR
/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Turn https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Backup https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You've got to visually confirm the bulb type, for whatever reason BMW changes them from year to year.
As for tinting any lights, that's nuts. The result is very much is the opposite of what you want lights to do, to better see where you're going at night and to keep other people from running into you when you're turning or braking.
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You don't necessarily have to code to prevent bulb out warnings, some LEDs have circuitry to prevent that, but if you don't code the warm and cold checks off LEDs will flash every few minutes. The voltage sent to incandescent bulbs isn't constant, it's pulsed. That doesn't cause strobe effects with incandescent bulbs but it can with LEDs. These are what I have in my rear lights:
Brake https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LW2IPSR
/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Turn https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Backup https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You've got to visually confirm the bulb type, for whatever reason BMW changes them from year to year.
As for tinting any lights, that's nuts. The result is very much is the opposite of what you want lights to do, to better see where you're going at night and to keep other people from running into you when you're turning or braking.
Thank you.
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Hey OP, where did you find the GT LCIs? Aren't both (head/tail)lights sized differently than the same mode year's F30. I'm looking to update both sets but haven't found any.
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Retrofit completed with success, special THANKS to Vortex8 , THANK YOU MAN .....
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