[Walkabout]

Hi,

Has anyone successfully swapped their reverse light from halogen to LED bulbs without getting an error code?

In case, I'd appreciate if you could give me some advice on where to buy.

[spyroz]

I did, but it must be coded

[txoid]

Which one did you buy?

Originally Posted by spyroz

I did, but it must be coded

[spyroz]

you can buy any led bulb, but it have to be coded in order to work.

[lsturbointeg]

hey guys is this so it's just brighter as you back up?

[txoid]

I understand coding after. Could you let us know which one you bought?

[cm048]

There are two type of blub for f10 reverse. W16W and BAY9S
Which one is in your car?

The key factor is to choose the blub which is bright but not running too hot.
Also buy the one with wide operating voltage such as 12-24volt. This means that blub has regulation not a simple resister.

I would suggest that you replace both reverse and fog blub beside the reverse lamp.
I replace for blub with red led blub to make it fully led.

Codding is highly recommended. Although you can buy led with separate load resister, you can still notice
a short blink for lamp check.

Coding at module FRM 3090
Reverse => AUSG_24_RFS_L_IS_LED. AUSG_25_RFS_R_IS_LED
Fog => AUSG_13_NSL_L_IS_LED AUSG_14_NSL_R_IS_LED

I wold suggest bimmian blub as they carry high quality blub with separate load resister.
However I recently replace bimmian blub with this one as they are much brighter and not running too hot.
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32463375768.html
For the red fog lamp, I use this one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Red-BAY9s-car-50W-2-Cree-xbd-High-Power-120-Offset-H21W-LED-lights-bulbs-/261508447934?hash=item3ce31e3ebe:g:liUAAOSws65ToCH r&vxp=mtr

[txoid]

Originally Posted by cm048

There are two type of blub for f10 reverse. W16W and BAY9S
Which one is in your car?

The key factor is to choose the blub which is bright but not running too hot.
Also buy the one with wide operating voltage such as 12-24volt. This means that blub has regulation not a simple resister.

I would suggest that you replace both reverse and fog blub beside the reverse lamp.
I replace for blub with red led blub to make it fully led.

Codding is highly recommended. Although you can buy led with separate load resister, you can still notice
a short blink for lamp check.

Coding at module FRM 3090
Reverse => AUSG_24_RFS_L_IS_LED. AUSG_25_RFS_R_IS_LED
Fog => AUSG_13_NSL_L_IS_LED AUSG_14_NSL_R_IS_LED

I wold suggest bimmian blub as they carry high quality blub with separate load resister.
However I recently replace bimmian blub with this one as they are much brighter and not running too hot.
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32463375768.html
For the red fog lamp, I use this one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Red-BAY9s...5ToCHr&vxp=mtr

Both of mine are the BAY9S. I changed the reverse ones and coded it. Works great.

The ones you suggested for the rear fogs state "this is not error free led". Are you getting errors or flickering?

Shouldn't I just get the same ones as the reverse (White)? The current bulb is clear.

[Teddylongtooth]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

hey guys is this so it's just brighter as you back up?

I like how they all just ignored you, WTF! I changed mine to LED tonight and I got mine from amazon, they are AllA LIGHTING T10 super bright 18 led bulbs they claim to be canbus error free. As you know I had my car coded last week so I don't have any errors, so I cant say for sure if they are error free. They were only $11.98 with free shipping.

The answer to your question from ME is yes, I put them to help see better at night. I haven't had a chance to see how bright they are because I can't see the back of the car while it's in reverse because I'm in the car. I need to have someone else put the car in reverse so I can see how bright they are. I'll report back when I can check it out, also I haven't been in any dark places to check in reverse how bright they are.

[Teddylongtooth]

Update, the LED reverse lights I have aren't any brighter than the stock bulbs. They are about the same, but they look better than the stock bulbs. I will put a stock bulb in and take a pic to compare, from what I can tell the led bulbs I got are no brighter.

[cm048]

Originally Posted by txoid

Both of mine are the BAY9S. I changed the reverse ones and coded it. Works great.

The ones you suggested for the rear fogs state "this is not error free led". Are you getting errors or flickering?

Shouldn't I just get the same ones as the reverse (White)? The current bulb is clear.

I prefers "this is not error free LED" because it does not have internal load resister.
Why ? load resister make the bulb unnecessary not. I prefer the one without load resister. This will make a bulb error on iDrive, but it can be easily overridden by abm coding. Flickering caused by BMW's bulb checking. It just injects a short pulse to check if a bulb is there, once your coded bulb type to LED, it will be no more short pulse bulb checkking.

I also change T10 bulb in the cabin to LED. I bought CANBUS (with load resister) LED. In the end I have to use rework station to remove load resister to keep it running cool.

White led will not work in fog lamp. It will be just too dim after red lens, it does not emit sufficient red spectrum. Only red LED or standard halogen works with rear fog lamp.

[cm048]

Originally Posted by Teddylongtooth

Update, the LED reverse lights I have aren't any brighter than the stock bulbs. They are about the same, but they look better than the stock bulbs. I will put a stock bulb in and take a pic to compare, from what I can tell the led bulbs I got are no brighter.

After many time buying for trial an error, the LED bulbs mentioned above are brighter than standard halogen bulb.

[Teddylongtooth]

Originally Posted by cm048

After many time buying for trial an error, the LED bulbs mentioned above are brighter than standard halogen bulb.

I haven't put the halogen in yet to see a side by side difference yet, hopefully you are right. In your last post you mentioned led with load resistors making the build hot, I don't think it will be a problem for the reverse light since it's only on when in reverse and that might only be for 10-30 seconds. But for the interior or turn signals I could see it getting hot.

[ed4]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

hey guys is this so it's just brighter as you back up?

A small amount brighter but the light spread isn't as good. I picked up a pair from eBay and it came with built-in resistors. At least it looks cool haha.

Mine was plug and play without any coding.

[B58BULLY]

My local shop jus put led bulbs with resistors that cleared the reverse light malfunction error for me been good for 4 months now

[TJBentley]

Originally Posted by ed4

A small amount brighter but the light spread isn't as good. I picked up a pair from eBay and it came with built-in resistors. At least it looks cool haha.

Mine was plug and play without any coding.

Do you still have the link from where you purchased it?

[txoid]

I replaced mine with the one in the link

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161384748580...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

They are better then the stock bulbs. I did need coding.

I also tried the same ones for the rear fog lights but they were not as bright for those lights.

[TJBentley]

Originally Posted by txoid

I replaced mine with the one in the link

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161384748580...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

They are better then the stock bulbs. I did need coding.

I also tried the same ones for the rear fog lights but they were not as bright for those lights.

That's weird that u needed coding as it states canbus error free in the link. You replaced the lights to the LED ones and saw an error message and then got it coded?

[John H.]

I just installed a set of LED reverse lights. Did not need to code with these bulbs...

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



Satisfied with hue and brightness. No problems with install.

*Please note that my bulbs are H21W/BAY9S.

[John H.]

UPDATE: Past weeks, received a few errors. With Bimmercode, I coded rear reverse lamps to "LED."

[Houranimd49]

I did this too. I went through the retrofit source. I've had good luck with them in the past. I used bimmercode as well. No problems since, much brighter...

[jonobro]

Originally Posted by Houranimd49

I did this too. I went through the retrofit source. I've had good luck with them in the past. I used bimmercode as well. No problems since, much brighter...

Can you show me a picture of how this looks ?