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      11-22-2012, 02:22 PM   #33
ReturnZero
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Drives: 2013 X3 35i M-Sport
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Dallas, Texas

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Originally Posted by snowboardjoe View Post
Ahh, OK, and you programmed you car to ignore the errors. I thought you found CAN-enabled LED's. I may have to look more into this. Good to have the video and pictures! Looks like these are equivalent or a little brighter than the original incandescents?
They appear that way to me, they seem very bright. The surface mount LEDs are pretty good.

I didn't find any no-error LEDs. To be honest, I wouldn't trust any. I've wired in resistors in past vehicles to get around the error and it's always worked well, but the resistors get very hot and it's actually melted nearby plastic. If a bulb has resistors inside to give a fake load to the body computer they will heat up (that electricity has to go somewhere, in this case converted to heat energy) and could possibly damage something. The steps to code away the error are so easy, the cables are easy to build or cheap to buy from other members and the software is all free. That's the way to go.
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