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Congratulations. That's a great color, I have the same X3 with different interior.
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08-26-2020, 05:34 PM | #24 |
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Thanks! Yours looks great too in your profile pic. What interior color do you have with yours? Pictures? I bet it looks sharp. Happy cruising.
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Interior is Oyster Nevada Leather. I personally like bright interior because it makes interior look spacious and due to summer heat, bright interior is better. |
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I have oyster in my F30 and love it. It surprisingly doesn't get dirty like I initially thought it would.
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09-22-2020, 12:47 PM | #28 |
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Howdy all. Will BimmerLink register a battery with different specs from the old battery? I know that a Foxwell N510 will do as much. But I put in a battery that has different specs from my old one and I need a way to register it. I wouldn't need a link like this for much else (but if it helps me diagnose a pesky and illusive bus code I'd be on the moon...). Any advantage with BimmerLink relative to Carly? Price? Capabilities?
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Link is good app, handy. not sure how it compares to Carly, but I do believe Carly is subscription based, BimmerLink you own, ALL upgrades are free. |
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09-22-2020, 04:33 PM | #31 |
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Did some research. Looks like Link is like the Foxwell NT 510: It’ll register a battery with the exact specs of the old one but not one with different specs. It seems that Code will let you dig in and change the battery specs in the system, but it won’t actually register it. I plan on seeing if I can recode the system with Link and then use my Foxwell to register it.
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Can't you use bimmercode to code the new capacity?
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Looks like it...this forum is forcing me to learn more about these apps - I might be dangerous in the future if I keep this up
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Better take your car to your trusted Indy shop....I'm about ready to close the doors on my garage, tho I do still change my own oil |
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I hear ya, I'm right behind you! In the past few years I've taken on rebuilding motorcycles as they are a lot easier to work on and I don't have to lay under a 4,000 car Now that I sold my X3 I don't have a car out of warranty so I'll get a break for a while. Here are a couple pix from my latest project. This bike sold two weeks ago.. .. .. . |
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That leaves the G05 X5 as it has a bit more cargo room than the X3 and I can get a spare tire without raising the cargo floor 3" like the X3 does. That means I can get rid of the run flats However, with the pandemic, it would just sit in the garage wasting the warranty if I were to buy one now. |
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Thanks for the information. My Veepeak OBD adaptor comes in today which will hopefully let me recode the DME with BimmerCode for the new battery specs...
...BUT... I noticed from your screen shots that there isn't an option for my exact battery amp hours in BimmerCode. Their website confirms this. There are only options in the BimmerCode menu to change to 90ah or 105ah. My Foxwell tells me that the car is currently coded for a 90ah battery. And I bought a 100ah battery a few weeks ago before I knew about the need to register or recode the DME. It's been a constant learning curve here; in hindsight I should have bought a battery with the exact specs of the old one... but here I am. Do I: 1. Not change the amp hours at all and just register my new 100ah battery at 90ah? 2. Use BimmerCode to code my 100ah battery higher (105ah) or lower (90ah), then register it? I know BimmerLink and Foxwell will register a battery of the same specs that the DME is programmed for... |
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I'd do #2....code at say 105ah and go from there.
As I understand it this whole coding/registering/Intelligent Battery thing is done so the cars charging system yields optimal lifespan of the battery. I think this very small (100 to 105) battery difference seems negligible to me. |
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09-23-2020, 03:10 PM | #44 | |
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Anyway, if you are stuck with the 100A battery, my preference would be to register it as a 90A as I would not want the cars DME puter to believe it was a 110A and therefore over charge your 100A and shorten its life or cause other electrical issues within the car even though it would only be 5% over. FYI.. .. Take a sharpie and write the date on the top of the battery as you install it. Let's see what other peoples comments are....if you keep your 100A, you have the option of charging it as a 90A (10% under) or 105A (5% over) its rating. |
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