[TJBentley]

Hey anyone know where to order LED reverse light bulbs that have built in resistors and do not need to be coded? Met a guy with an M5 last week who had them in his car so I know it's possible. He said he didn't have his car coded. He said he got them from Amazon. Anybody else have these bulbs without having their car coded?

[spyroz]

well sorry to break the new buddy, you have to code it.

[Teddylongtooth]

Originally Posted by TJBentley

Hey anyone know where to order LED reverse light bulbs that have built in resistors and do not need to be coded? Met a guy with an M5 last week who had them in his car so I know it's possible. He said he didn't have his car coded. He said he got them from Amazon. Anybody else have these bulbs without having their car coded?

Yes, I got mine from Amazon and they are "alla lighting t10 18 led bulbs" they claim to be error free canbus bulb. I would pop one of your stock bulbs out first to make sure this is the style bulb you have as there are 2 different kinds. I should also mention my car is coded but it's only $12 to find out. Here is the link,

http://www.amazon.com/Alla-Lighting-...92+w5w+led+t10

[TJBentley]

Originally Posted by Teddylongtooth

Yes, I got mine from Amazon and they are "alla lighting t10 18 led bulbs" they claim to be error free canbus bulb. I would pop one of your stock bulbs out first to make sure this is the style bulb you have as there are 2 different kinds. I should also mention my car is coded but it's only $12 to find out. Here is the link,

http://www.amazon.com/Alla-Lighting-...92+w5w+led+t10

Thanks teddy for that price what do I have to lose. I'll order it and let you guys know

[mragarg]

How would this be coded in? I want to change a lot of bulbs in the F10 to LED especially interior and the reverse lights.

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by mragarg

How would this be coded in? I want to change a lot of bulbs in the F10 to LED especially interior and the reverse lights.

For the interior I don't think they need to be coded? Check in the DIY

[Teddylongtooth]

Originally Posted by mragarg

How would this be coded in? I want to change a lot of bulbs in the F10 to LED especially interior and the reverse lights.

They basically program the car to not look for burnt out bulbs by checking the resistance, LEDs have a different resistance then the stock bulbs and then the car thinks a bulb is out and it creates a fault. That's what I was told by someone, so since my car is coded I'm wondering if a bulb burns out, will the Idrive still show a bulb out warning.

[lsturbointeg]

I guess my reverse lights seem not that important to me other than when I'm in reverse for 5 sec? Now the fogs are a different story.

[B58BULLY]

When upgrading mine my shop just used an led bulb with resistors i paid 30 bucks installed for the set

[TJBentley]

Nice I noticed your also from NYC where is the shop you go to at? Bronx?

[B58BULLY]

Originally Posted by TJBentley

Nice I noticed your also from NYC where is the shop you go to at? Bronx?

The shop that did it is called is tuning in new rochelle

[TJBentley]

Originally Posted by elg0rd0yadigg

The shop that did it is called is tuning in new rochelle

Thanks man. What else did you get done by them? Also, I'm in Brooklyn do you know of any good spots closer to me

[cm048]

Originally Posted by TJBentley

Hey anyone know where to order LED reverse light bulbs that have built in resistors and do not need to be coded? Met a guy with an M5 last week who had them in his car so I know it's possible. He said he didn't have his car coded. He said he got them from Amazon. Anybody else have these bulbs without having their car coded?

You can use any LED you like together with external resister.
Standard halogen bulb draws current more than 1.5 amp, in order to fool bulb detection, load resisters is used to emulated the halogen bulb load. LED bulb can have its own resister but can never match the current draw by real halogen. It might be able to handle 50-150 ma depending on the type of the bulb. This is why "CANBUS error free" is not 100%. It is totally depending on the detection threshold from the vehicle.

External load resister is getting close to 100% as it can draw current much more than internal resister without heating problem.

Nevertheless, even with external load resister, you would still notice LED flickering from bulb check signal when you start vehicle. The pulse is too short for halogen to glow, but long enough for LED to emit.

Here below is the picture of external load resister I got from bimmian.

[EL Jeffe 5]

Originally Posted by TJBentley

Thanks teddy for that price what do I have to lose. I'll order it and let you guys know

Hey man did you ever oder them lights?

[TJBentley]

Originally Posted by EL Jeffe 5

Hey man did you ever oder them lights?

no haven't got around to it yet

[EL Jeffe 5]

Originally Posted by TJBentley

no haven't got around to it yet

I just ordered my today $18 I will let you know

[TJBentley]

Originally Posted by EL Jeffe 5

I just ordered my today $18 I will let you know

Nicee looking forward to it

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by EL Jeffe 5

I just ordered my today $18 I will let you know

Definitely let us know how it turns out!

[EL Jeffe 5]

Just received Bulbs today


Didn't have to take interlinear out i just took some clips out and folded liner down press clips and easy swap


looks good



its very bright


and it doesn't work Error comes up


This was ordered form amazon link form earlier post

[TJBentley]

Originally Posted by EL Jeffe 5

Just received Bulbs today


Didn't have to take interlinear out i just took some clips out and folded liner down press clips and easy swap


looks good



its very bright


and it doesn't work Error comes up


This was ordered form amazon link form earlier post

Ahh man sucks that it isn't error free but if you can code it out then it's worth the extra brightness

[EL Jeffe 5]

Originally Posted by TJBentley

Ahh man sucks that it isn't error free but if you can code it out then it's worth the extra brightness

yeah I know I probably will be coding down the road First I like to get some springs and Wheels.
I did find some white halogen bulbs in AutoZone $9.99 I will give a try this week. I will update results.

[TJBentley]

Originally Posted by EL Jeffe 5

yeah I know I probably will be coding down the road First I like to get some springs and Wheels.
I did find some white halogen bulbs in AutoZone $9.99 I will give a try this week. I will update results.

Same here I wants some springs too but I'm working on my audio upgrades first. Getting my subs installed this week