Cluster Brightness

[e30mpower]

Do you not have the BMW WDS? I think I have it somewhere around here. It's a huge file (>16gb if I recall), and I never had much use for it. I'll see if I can dig it up.

[TECN1K]

Dude. From Bimmerforums.

Although I have a brand new battery - This cinches it - the initial draw from the ballasts must scramble the LCMs brain. Do you have a relay harness on your HIDS?

A battery that has been deeply discharged will more than likely be permanently damaged. And if the battery's voltage has dropped very low multiple times...weird electrical issues can occur (like emerg flashers coming on by themselves or other strange electrical issues that seem random and unrelated).

You need to give your car's battery a good long recharge (low amps like 2-5 amps for a good 24 hours is best). And if you've unlocked your OBC...you can run TEST 9 to quickly check your battery's voltage (if you don't have a meter to measure it).

If your car's battery is a 0% state of charge when it reaches 11.89 volts.

And yes, Gurt Anlegen means fasten your seat belt. Your car's battery is so weak that the car's brain is so woosy...it is reverting back to it's native German language.

[e30mpower]

I honestly have no idea.... I installed the HIDs myself but took it to a local indy to wire up the corona rings because I didn't trust myself to do it, since it involved tapping into the LCM or GM itself.

I remember having to replace the battery shortly after I did the headlights. I do know that Gurt Angelen hasn't popped up in quite a while. So my LCM could be fried?

[TECN1K]

I doubt it's fried - perhaps confused. It appears I can "reset" mine, but it gets confused again once my ballasts overload it.

This is what we should need to take the brunt of the initial ballast draw off the LCM

*Edit

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/di...ess-guide.html

[e30mpower]

This is how mine are wired. And beg pardon, it's 7:30am, I'm not exactly awake, so forgive the poor quality photos.






And a video of how my lights are AT THE MOMENT:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6kqjk460ud3lig/IMG_0323.m4v

[e30mpower]

I don't know how to make those pics show up.

[e30mpower]

And looking at the diagram, I have all of those I believe. I know my rings are on their own circuit with their own fuse, drawing from the + terminal in the engine bay. Not sure about the ballasts for the HIDs though. And though it's been a while, I distinctly remember telling the dude that he had to put the trigger wire for the rings on the parking light circuit. He tried to just attach it to the turn signal lead, and we all know how that turns out. So I took it back and had him wire the trigger directly to the parking light signal from the LCM. I think. God it's been so long.

[TECN1K]

Ummm......


PA Soft just came back with this. The whole time, after dicking around with my light switch - it's a wire? I need that pinout more than ever, so I can inspect and trace.

(rest of the errors I know, I installed LEDs and disabled, and my oil sensor is toast)

[e30mpower]

Originally Posted by TECN1K

Ummm......


PA Soft just came back with this. The whole time, after dicking around with my light switch - it's a wire? I need that pinout more than ever, so I can inspect and trace.

(rest of the errors I know, I installed LEDs and disabled, and my oil sensor is toast)

They put it online now. I'll be damned. LOL

http://www.bmw-planet.com/diagrams/release/us/e53/index.htm

[TECN1K]

So, that wire error was just from me unplugging the shit out of it while the truck was on. Duh.

So I just coded Xenon lights - get this - Now the cluster is at FULL Brightness with the ignition ON/not running. And stays BRIGHT for count 1..2...3.. 7 seconds... Then fade to dim again.

Perhaps the Xenon option puts a delay in the LCM - I'm going to experiment more.