Recent content by TriggerFish

That's the thing though - OP's USA car doesn't have the side light! Crazy, right? I make no promises, but give this a try. If it's worse, then upload your original trace and it'll revert back to how things were. I struggled to find anyone else who has done this (facelift LCM into prefacelift...

OK, I just took a quick look at this - and here's something interesting! Your car is a 2003, I think you said? You have coding index of 37. This is from the very last of the E85/E86 models, so your LCM has defo been swapped. I totally missed that on your print screen of the part number, where...

This is correct - no code needed. For what it's worth - rather than using a code - the BMW radios of this generation listen for messages on the 'k-bus' network within the car. If they get a signal/message from that network, then it'll enable/work. If it doesn't get that message (such as testing...

Wouldn't that be great if it was as simple as the plugs being backwards... If they swap over, I'd give it a try, but I don't think it'll fix anything, as only the projectors should be on when it's dark/in auto, not all for. What's been throwing me, is that for the UK/EU cars, we have a 3rd bulb...

No worries! If you get stuck, paste your trace (the file you pull with NCS Expert) here and I'll have a look for you

Sounds like good progress! The headlight module is there - it's the ALSZ. I guess LCM is the English translation - the ALSZ is BMW's/the German word. Likewise, the HVAC (English) is IHK (German), for example...

If it helps save some £, you may be able to replace just the ABS reluctor ring: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175599001341 (You'd need to check if the E9* ones are the same - I suspect they are as it's the same platform, I just have this in my watch list for my wife's car so it was easy to find...

Projectors = main/low Other lights = full The main and low beams won't change between projector/not projector with coding. (But you can make the full beam be on at 50% brightness on its own as a DRL, but that would extinguish the projector if that were the case, so it is possible you'd have the...

You're probably in luck tbh - this stuff was all made in the Windows XP era, and trying to install it on anything later than Windows 7 is actually a total pain! (Driver compatibility/signing and other stuff like that) https://z4-forum.com/threads/diagnostic-tool-bmw-scanner-1-4-review.133704/...

Oh good points! This is interesting! You don't have the leveling motor... And here's a US manual - it doesn't include the levelling wheel - just the dash brightness one. Please accept my apologies - I had no idea this was a thing...

Taking this eBay one for example... https://ebay.us/m/oa41qs (although the part number in the photos doesn't match the listing, so probably worth checking they are selling the object in the photos...) It's prefacelift, and has rain sensor and fog lights (I assume you're in Europe with both...

I don't think you need to get toooo hung up on the exact part number. I know you can fit later switches (to get extra software features, for example like triple-flash for lane changes), so you should be ok to upgrade. The thing I don't know if is you need one for a prefacelift, or if the...

The bottom two 'load sensors' will be because xenon headlights adjust their vertical aim automatically, based on the readings from the suspension position. Those sensors (front/rear load sensors) are not present on halogen equipped cars (the adjustment on those is done manually from the light...

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1800496-Dummies-Guide-to-Basic-coding-with-NCS-Expert I've found that to be the best guide to coding. I still refer back to it as I keep forgetting the German translation for read and write! You also don't need a powerful laptop - this is...

It's hard to answer exactly what lights come on when, as you can change it with coding to an extent, but a standard factory UK/EU model car: - off: no lights - side lights: rear lights, interior lights, small sidelight bulb at the front - main beam: as side lights + halogen projectors (outer) -...