02-09-2015, 05:59 PM | #1 |
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LED fog lights
Has anyone tried or considered trying LED bulbs for your fog lights? I am intrigued with trying these out when my current bulbs kick the bucket but I suspect that they won't work that well for cars with the adaptive lighting package (pre-LCI). When the fogs light up with the turn signals or upon turning the wheel, they fade in and out rather than simply flip on. I'm guessing that the LED bulbs aren't designed with dimming in mind so they may misbehave a bit when the car tries its neat fade on/off trick. Other possible hangup coulds also be error codes and flicker from the automatic bulb tests that normally don't show up for incandescent bulbs.
For cars without adaptive lighting, there appears to be some benefit that comes from the added lumens you get from the LED bulbs (non-adaptive lighting vehicles use 35W H8 whereas adaptive uses 55W H11). H11s have the same plugs as H8 where the only difference is in wattage. Since the LED bulbs only draw around 10W you can use the same bulb while benefiting from the additional lumens. |
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Why not retrofit the LED fogs from the LCI? It should be possible going how people have done it with F30s, etc.
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02-10-2015, 01:38 AM | #3 |
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Ah never knew that would be an option but even if it were it would likely be more involving than I'd like (vs. just swapping a bulb). I'll look into it though. So far the LCI doesn't seem to be on realoem.com yet.
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02-10-2015, 07:58 AM | #5 |
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Can't speak to whether this can be done, but the LED fogs in the LCI most definitely can handle the dimming/fading in with the adaptive lighting when turning or putting the blinker on. They work great and definitely have the same fading behavior. ('15 LCI with adaptive xenon package). Good luck!
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But going from what I read for the F30s, etc. The full housing needs to be changed, not just a bulb. And then there is coding after that. The LEDs are on realoem, check the latest production date. Costs about $180 per side from what I looked up. |
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I have xenons with LED and they function same way as pre lci
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But the LCI's Fogs also serve as Cornering Lights... Here in the Middle East and Europe/Asia.. I don't know about the US! I still however believe that they don't illuminate a corner as well as the Cornering Lamps on my 640 GC with Adaptive LEDs... On the Pre-LCI it did illuminate a good amount but the LCI doesn't really (i think) because it doesn't have that piece of plastic over the Bulb in the housing that reflects the light... Am i Right? I've never seen it in there on the LCI
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on my LCI X3 my fog lights are significantly brighter then my xenon headlights would it great if they both had the same power ie my headlights have the same strength.
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02-10-2015, 01:51 PM | #12 |
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Yep I assumed that a full housing replacement would be necessary but the coding change would be a deal breaker for me. As for the bulbs I suppose I could give it a try and return 'em if they error out or act weird since its only about a 5 minute process but the color temp of the Philips bulbs means that while I gain lumens I may actually lose visibility in inclement weather. Non-starter for me.
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seff5677 fogs are not HID. they are LEDs on 2015 x3
back in the days when fogs were halogens, and tried matching with xenons. HID kits of 5k and 6k were used lol . alot of guys were running 6k hids to match xenons. this was back in 2008.. now we have to match our headlights with fogs, the only thing is bumping up to 6k bulb u might cut short the distance of light output. Last edited by nyalpine90; 02-11-2015 at 11:04 AM.. |
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Haha yes your right they are LED i totally missed that. I need those LED headlights.. next car i will have lol
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LED retrofit X3 pre LCI
The fog lights will work on pre lci X3's but you need to change the bracket that holds the fog lights. I have a 2014 3.5 with adaptive xenon lights and I plug them up and it work no coding. The issue I had is that I didn't want to pull the bumper off to change the bracket and also needed the part numbers for the holders.
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