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

[andrewwynn]

Unless the car is off then hid


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[FRod1981]

Originally Posted by PropellerHead

Yes. The halogen bulb fires more quickly than HID which needs a warm up when cold. If you pull the stalk forward to flash high beams, the halogen bulb fires, not the HID bulb.

Interesting. I’m starting to like my setup a bit more. Simpler. One bulb for low. One for high. No DRLs

[sroth004]

I am a little late to the party but also had to replace a rear brake line recently; about 80K miles on an '05 4.8is.

Steve


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[StephenVA]

Welcome to the family of brake line repairers!

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by FRod1981

Interesting. I’m starting to like my setup a bit more. Simpler. One bulb for low. One for high. No DRLs

The bulbs are the same whether DRL's are coded on or off. DRL's are simply dimmed halogen. They can be coded on/off in every E53.

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

Unless the car is off then hid

I think you mean activating pathway lighting. Pull the stalk forward after it's off and the HID will fire for a set time (I forget how long) That is an option that can be coded on/off as well.

Interestingly, I noticed that my pathway lighting doesn't work any more after screwing around with my IBus app and DRLs. I may have inadvertently disabled it. I need to snoop around the LCM options.

[andrewwynn]

Yes I call it walk me to the door lighting. You can program which lights come on such as tail. You can also set how long


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[semcoinc]

Originally Posted by PropellerHead

Yes. The halogen bulb fires more quickly than HID which needs a warm up when cold. If you pull the stalk forward to flash high beams, the halogen bulb fires, not the HID bulb.

This is why I chose an LED replacement for my halogen high beam bulbs. The LED fires nearly instantly as opposed to the HID.

I also have stopped using the auto headlight setting because coming in and out of the garage during daylight hours causes additional start up cycles on the HID ballasts and bulbs. IMHO, not a good recipe for HID longevity

Mike

[FRod1981]

Can parking sensors be disabled depending on direction? With a scanner of course. In my garage I have no reason to know if something is in front of me when I back up. A single beep is all that’s necessary

[andrewwynn]

That seems duh logical but I'm betting the answer is no. You would probably have to disable the sensor until you backed out a few feet every time.

I think the reasoning is a kid could walk between you and the car in front of you while backing up and it's designed to alert you that something is worth looking at on the other side.