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      05-20-2018, 12:32 PM   #1
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Halogen to led

Hi have a 2017 x3 with halogen and would like to source out some led's is this just a plug and play thing or is it more to it. Thanks for all.
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Hi have a 2017 x3 with halogen and would like to source out some led's is this just a plug and play thing or is it more to it. Thanks for all.
There is more to it. You will need code out error messages that you will get once you change the bulbs. You can also buy "error free" LED lights that supposedly take care of the error messages but I've heard people having the error problems even with those.

You will want to research "coding out LED error messages" and go from there.
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I think he wants to do LED headlights
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Yea led highlights is what I want. Can I buy them on eBay seen a few sets with minor scuff marks that are on the bottom and can't be seen. I want to know if these are plug and play.
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I think it’s more complicated than that
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I think they need to be canbus led lights.
I just picked up my daughter's X3 from the stealership yesterday and they handed me a pamphlet with led lights for bmw's - apparently they change these (for a fee, probably substantial).
The car has the cold-check enabled for bulbs, and usually led's have a very small resistance, and therefore you will get a bulb error on the dash.
To fix this, one can either disable the bulb cold-check feature (coding), or you find the correct canbus led bulbs. These have integrated resistors and don't give the error when cold-check is performed.
I might be wrong, but this is how I think it works.
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So this is what I want to get. The whole head light unit not just a bulb. Sorry if I didn't explain it correct. So will it just plug and play or is more needed. Also please let me know if I should look for anything specific when buying.
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So this is what I want to get. The whole head light unit not just a bulb. Sorry if I didn't explain it correct. So will it just plug and play or is more needed. Also please let me know if I should look for anything specific when buying.
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