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Old 09-13-2022, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by chasers36 View Post
So, basically, to my understanding, my model is a "pre facelift" and was simply not coded to use the brake lights as side lights, but the option is there, so it should be safe to attempt to turn that option on, but i can expect that to flicker like the upper taillight is currently doing.
I guess so.. I've not goofed with a pre-LCI setup (as I don't own one) but it seems like that would be the result.

It also depends on a number of other unknowns - like how the LED tail lights are wired, how they internally current limit the LED forward current (series LEDs plus simple resistors most likely).

As Clavurion stated, adding some capacitors to smooth out the the PWM "signal" is a popular way to address the flicker.
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