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AFAIK...from all previous docs/installs, TCM is required.
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the Trailer Tow Module is required (also known as TCM). I just did this DIY with purchasing just the TTM and everything works! I also ordered a different euro switch, as I have adaptive bi-xenons.
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Which one did you buy? Was it p/n 61 31 6 930 244?

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the Trailer Tow Module is required (also known as TCM). I just did this DIY with purchasing just the TTM and everything works! I also ordered a different euro switch, as I have adaptive bi-xenons.
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Great post !!! definitely one of the best DIY jobs i have seen.
Could you please post some more pictures with rear fog lights ON. thanks
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Wish i saw this thread before i started. In my case i started with the tailgate section first. But will only do the left hand side. I didnt know i needed the TCM nor will it work for a pre-2001 build date. Hmmm... I might have to go another route to power it up
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Cool...Like I found, before you start, go to the LCM & check what type of Bushing Contact your 2 X5s use, since the origional DIY I followed from here stated a different one than I ended up needing...this will just make the front section install smoother than it was for me. An easy way to check without having to take out one of the existing bushing contacts in the blue contact strip is to look & see if there is a rectangular kinda shaped rise in the metal of the bushing contact or if they have more of a triangular shape. If it is triangular, then use the bushing contact like the other DIY states (same one used behind the Light Control Switch) or if it's the rectangular like shape, you need to get the bushing contact I found I needed.

In the pic below to see what I'm talking about...look at the metal section right under each number...see how these look more rectangular (more trapizoidal actually):


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To everyone else, sorry again! I hope to have the rest of this install (Rear Section) completed today! I'm actually waiting for my wife to get home so I can start on it...she had to get her nails done
I ran into the same problem with my 8/02 car. I took a dremel and sanded down the ridge on the pin and it worked perfectly.
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Done!
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couldnt resist to take a pic...sorry its a crappy pic

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Fellas where did you order your parts , and how much ?!
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couldnt resist to take a pic...sorry its a crappy pic
Why did you do only 1 side?
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