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OEM Halo bulbs - LED - coding warnings out

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OEM Halo bulbs - LED - coding warnings out

Post by Scooba_Steve » Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:27 pm

Think Carly is just BMW, you'll also need a compatible obd interface (cable/bluetooth).
If you're up near NW London I can do it with NCS.
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Post by dhobbs » Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:04 pm

An old thread but....

I've finally got round to fitting the led angel eye bulbs.
As expected I have the dash light on and also the front indicator lights are permanently lit.
I've got Carly but not sure exactly what to disable.
The sidelight ( or was it parking light ) monitor was already switched off.
Low beam and high beam are selected, but I presume they are the main xenons.

These are in the lights module (comfort and cabriolet modules present but nothing in there)

Anyone used Carly who can help advise what to select??
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Post by Scooba_Steve » Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:49 pm

There are 3 checks: hot, cold and dash. I've not used Carly but can only assume that, if the dash warning is still on, it has disabled one of the other checks.
If you're near NW London then I can do it with NCS.
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Post by dhobbs » Sat Dec 16, 2017 6:08 pm

Thanks for the offer. I'm in Sussex on the coast.
I bought Carly to do this myself cause I'm a stubborn bugger!
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Post by Scooba_Steve » Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:28 pm

I'm sure it can, I just don't know how to use it.
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Post by dhobbs » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:36 pm

Just been on the Carly website and they recommend deactivating some of the other lights (not parking) as they may not be aligned perfectly in the software!
Worth a try.
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Post by Scooba_Steve » Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:11 pm

Turn them all off and give yourself something to do before every drive :lol: I have a set of LED brake and indicators in the rear, they're much more effective.
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Post by Buckz » Mon Dec 18, 2017 12:28 am

dhobbs wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2017 6:08 pm Thanks for the offer. I'm in Sussex on the coast.
I bought Carly to do this myself cause I'm a stubborn bugger!
What you need to do is disable them all. Silly but that's not Carly seems to go around it. Had to do it on mine, not fussed as it's easy to check. Rears can be left as is of course.
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Post by dhobbs » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:28 am

That's what I did. Deactivated all the front, left the rears alone. :thumbsup:

Now to look at replacing some of the others for LEDs now.
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Post by gerardgt » Sun Dec 19, 2021 10:23 am

Just wanted to update on this thread helping me out with the same issue. I deactivated all the front lights tension monitoring checks with carly, error gone.

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Post by dhobbs » Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:33 pm

I actually went back to normal bulbs for the halo bulbs, went to 20w osraam bulbs, originals were 10w. I found the LEDS to be very dim and saw an old thread about the higher wattage bulbs. Much better but still got the yellow hue
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