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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) -...

They look like factory halogen headlights. My first thoughts are that your LCM (light control module) has been changed, and that's why you only have the one dial (which should be for interior illumination brightness), and whoever changed it put in a xenon unit instead. You don't have headlight...

Yes. they're LHD, and I am in a RHD country :) At the time I bought them, they didn't do ECE in RHD

https://retrofitlab.com/collections/bmw-z4-e85/products/bmw-z4-e85-2002-2008-bi-xenon-xenon-headlights Hi all, I've seen some posts about these projectors before, and recently bough a set to fit to my own headlights, and thought I'd share my experiences... Firstly - import tax... They charged...

Is the fault for both headlights, or just one? Another question which might narrow down your problem... When you turn on the ignition, both headlights should move up/down and then back to where they started. If only one moves, it could be the motor failed, or that the motor has popped it's...

Hi all, I suspected the low horn on my E86 wasn't working, and I was just working on my R53 (which is parked next to my E86), and suddenly saw the horns, and thought 'i wonder if they fit?', and... They do! A Mini R50/R53 horn is a direct replacement for an E85/E86 horn. You need to change the...

I just fired up NCSDummy (the program that translates the options from German for you), and found these two - which I think should do what you want. There's some other options around accessories too, but they are more ambiguous at a glance. I think changing SPERRE_KLRAUS_SST to activ/enabled...

If it helps, it doesn't look genuine. Here's mine for comparison Edit to add - both sides taper in like that, it's not shrunken (or if it has shrunk, it's done it evenly!)

I have a set of Focal 165AS3s waiting to go in (just waiting on a 3d printer to arrive, so I can print some adapters - cos it's obviously cheaper to buy a new printer than pay someone for them! :? ). But other than removing the door cards/kick panels to fit those, that's pretty much it! All...

As for the rest of the interior, that just sort of went back together as-is from the factory. The only things of any real note were adding another rear boot light (somehow, I told my wife the wrong measurements for cutting out the hole!) It also turns out that the boot carpet is different in...

On to the interior next... As said before, I got the car with basically nothing, so had to source every little trim (door speaker covers, the surrounds to the heater controls, the air vents, the cover for the rear view mirror wiring etc - literally everything!), so it was a good chance to clean...

All Hydrate 80'd: Primed and painted: I am waiting on new jacking points to arrive (they have a rubber gasket in them - mine were old and perished, so not worth reusing). I have gone around the jack front pad area with Bilt Hamber UB, and once that is dry/the jack pads arrive, I will...

After everything was all painted, I applied a liberal covering of Bilt Hambers UB (UnderBody) wax. I applied this with a brush, rather than from a spray can. If it still rusts, I applaud its tenacity! (^ Yes, spot the overspray/bad masking! Luckily it is coming off easily with a clay...

Final update for today... the outside of the chassis... As said, there were no outward signs of rust, but better to be safe... So I removed the rear quarters, and found a load of bubbles in the paint (there are waaaay worse than the ones on the inside of the floor pan). Again - all clean metal...

Next up, let's talk about the chassis... When I got the car, it had seatbelts, door cards, seats and the hazard light. Literally nothing else. No rubber grommet around the gearstick, no DSC control button, no headlining - anything! Sourcing these parts took a while, but I got lucky coming...

Time for a bit of a long overdue update... this won't be in chronological order, but I'll try to group it by job/task. My main aim here was to restore/replace the interior of the car, and to do some basic servicing. This has kinda grown in scope, and is basically replacing everything consumable...

Hi all, Thought this would be of interest to people... My E86 came with the panel above the ashtray with the aux port cut out. I have Bluetooth audio, so don't need an aux port. I do need somewhere to charge phones etc though, and thought that panel would be ideal... After some googling, I...

Hi all, In my slow quest to add an interior to my previously stripped/track car, I've just spent the evening tackling the boot. I can't work out how the carpet is meant to go, though, and was wondering if anyone has any photos of theirs? You can see the problem here: My guess (as now I...

Hi all, after one of the above, otherwise I'll get a primed one from BMW and just spray it as home. In black sapphire/475, please! Right hand side (UK driver's). Or I guess any other colour if the price is right :)...