What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by beamertruck

Puddinboo, had a feeling youd be on the outpost. I just got an alignment done, put new sylvania silverstar reverse light bulbs, little brighter then factory but not bright enough so il be picking up some 1156 LED bulbs tonight and probably get a set for the taillights. I also changed out the plugs and put in NGK iridiums and cleaned the CCV (which needs to be replaced soon). Im going to swap out the bulbs in the PIAAs for LEDs all well.

If you put LED bulbs in the tails or reverse lights, or license plate lights you will need to code off the cold monitoring and wire a resistor in line to get rid of the error.

The cold monitoring coding will take away the startup flicker. And btw, most LED bulbs will be dimmer than their halogen counterparts, I had to spend about $40 for my reverse light LED's and they are on par with stock, if not a touch brighter:

2X 60W 1156 BA15S High Power CREE LED White Reverse Rear Backup Light DRL | eBay

They look similar to those, our reverse lights shine out from the side of the bulb instead of facing backward so you need 360 degrees of LED.

[beamertruck]

Ya local shop has something like that, Im not too worried about that, I got the LEDs in my angel eyes and they flicker on startup and then its ok. Il have to see if theres anyone that does coding nearby and what theyll charge because I also want the side markers coded off as DRLs. The sylvanias are decently bright (commpared to stock) but the LEDs wont be brighter? whatr your suggestions?

[bcredliner]

Originally Posted by beamertruck

Puddinboo, had a feeling youd be on the outpost. I just got an alignment done, put new sylvania silverstar reverse light bulbs, little brighter then factory but not bright enough so il be picking up some 1156 LED bulbs tonight and probably get a set for the taillights. I also changed out the plugs and put in NGK iridiums and cleaned the CCV (which needs to be replaced soon). Im going to swap out the bulbs in the PIAAs for LEDs all well.

Based on your tag line that you will keep your guns, You would be welcome to apply for citizenship for the country of Texas.

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by beamertruck

Ya local shop has something like that, Im not too worried about that, I got the LEDs in my angel eyes and they flicker on startup and then its ok. Il have to see if theres anyone that does coding nearby and what theyll charge because I also want the side markers coded off as DRLs. The sylvanias are decently bright (commpared to stock) but the LEDs wont be brighter? whatr your suggestions?

There has to be someone local to IL who would code your car for you or maybe a member on the forum?

I had blue coated "silverstar" reverse bulbs and they were dimmer than regular halogens bc of the coating. My LED's are significantly much brighter than both sets of bulbs I used to have, but like I showed you in the link, you need to spend about $30-40 to have a bright enough set that has enough LED's and shines light sideways in addition to straight back.

[XBeast]

While troubleshooting a suspension inactive light, discovered my ride height was off by up to an inch on 3 corner. That's an inch to high. Looks nice having at the correct height. Have an arnott replacement for a leaky bag that I'm installing today.

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[puddinboo]

Originally Posted by beamertruck

Puddinboo, had a feeling youd be on the outpost. I just got an alignment done, put new sylvania silverstar reverse light bulbs, little brighter then factory but not bright enough so il be picking up some 1156 LED bulbs tonight and probably get a set for the taillights. I also changed out the plugs and put in NGK iridiums and cleaned the CCV (which needs to be replaced soon). Im going to swap out the bulbs in the PIAAs for LEDs all well.

where are you getting the 1156 led`s online or at a store near you?I`m putting the ngk laser platinum premiums BKR6EQUP3199 in this summer and going to do the ccv repair too.

[beamertruck]

Originally Posted by puddinboo

where are you getting the 1156 led`s online or at a store near you?I`m putting the ngk laser platinum premiums BKR6EQUP3199 in this summer and going to do the ccv repair too.

Im getting them from a local shop but there is a place nearby Sparkhid.com that has some nice LED bulbs in stock for cheap. I was gonna go with the the platinums but the iridiums are much nicer in my opinion

[puddinboo]

I just checked canadian tire tonight and they want $14.00 can per bulb

[Brandon002]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

There has to be someone local to IL who would code your car for you or maybe a member on the forum?

I had blue coated "silverstar" reverse bulbs and they were dimmer than regular halogens bc of the coating. My LED's are significantly much brighter than both sets of bulbs I used to have, but like I showed you in the link, you need to spend about $30-40 to have a bright enough set that has enough LED's and shines light sideways in addition to straight back.

I'm looking for someone with coding software as well. I need to calibrate my ride height. I did order the Romanian suite, but would like to get my suspension done asap.

When my software/cable show up I'll gladly help anyone in the Chicago area... as long as they buy beer and pizza.

[puddinboo]

I live in canada ont and got my Romanian software in a couple weeks max. it shouldn`t take too long