Hey, im getting fast blink when flasher is on + braking
You said u didn't use load equalizer

could it be cause i took ground from #3? (Since i dont have a ground #5

 

Hi Bobby
I thought you knew that the car still needs to be coded. The coding is simple and it uses an app (bimmercode) and a Bluetooth OBD adapter like VGate.

At default, the car thinks is in regular bulbs, so when one of the bulb is out, the car hyperflash and it will give out error codes.

 

hey mate,

thanks ya i was gonna remove my message and forgot
used my carly to code

thanks alot works great

did u try fitting the 2019 rain guards

 

Awesome, I'm glad you got it worked.

And no, I'm still using the old rain guards. I might take a look about that and see if there's a workaround. Problem is time... Its summer and my baby boy wants me to play every weekend 😂

 

@oqy1977 if you where putting a new order together would you recommend ordering the UK version of the lights instead?

 

I just want to add to this topic. No special adapters or whatso ever is required.

Follow these steps...

Remove pin 4 and 5 and isolate!
Move pin 2 to 5
on bdc move 258*5b 12 to 13

Usually adding ho-word HELC would do the trick but on this SAE lights it didnt. I think SAE lights on F60 need a different ho-word

but now you can code the bdc with date 2103 and all function on your rear light will work fine.

Compare bdc coded with factory date and coded with 2103 and apply the differences regarding taillights

because LCI mini F60 also has a different headlight you cant just use the 2103 coded bdc.

Mainly this mapping is important: Mapping_blinken_2_h_r_output = bl_r and mapping_blinken_2_h_l_output = bl_l

I wont tell all the parameters you just need to know what you are doing... good luck

No special adapters are required.

 

Sambir, could it be that they needed the adapter cause they were retrofitting with the UJ taillights USA version and not the available ECE facelift kit? . Seeing that you are in the Netherlands and we are already in April 2022, I found this: Retrofit kit number 63 13 5 A26 BF0 Facelift rear lights retrofit kit ORIGINAL MINI Union Jack Facelift Rear Lights Retrofit. MINI Countryman (F60)

1. Will 63135A26BF0 be the required part number for ECE cars? (I'm in PERU. Our BMW and MINI are ECE versions in South America)
2. Is the wiring "as simple" as it shows in the manual when coding bdc with date 2103 ? It shows:

Crimp socket contacts E to branch H1, BLUE/YELLOW cable, and connect them to PIN 13 in plug A258*5B on the BDC A258.
Crimp socket contacts E to branch I1, BLACK/VIOLET cable, and connect them to PIN 20 in plug A258*5B on the BDCA258

Again, since many months has already passed since the beginning of this thread I am trying to buy the best possible fit with the easiest wiring and coding...
Thanks!
Fred

 

Nice work! Are you in PhillyMINI? If not, you should join us!

 

Hi Fred, just going through this whole exercise myself (in the UK) and was sold the OEM retrofit lights from a BMW mini dealer and given the same instructions you have quoted. Despite following these for many hours across several days I cannot get the reverse and fog lights to operate as expected. Did you CK to ie your quest and did you go OEM?

 

i am talking a out sae (usa) units. Ece units you dont need to add or move wiring on the bdc if you dont want fog and reverse on both sides. My instructions are for usa lights. I did a retrofit on a usa car remotely and they worked fine after applying these steps

 

for uk just follow the bmw guide. If you dont need fog and reverse on both sidea you dont need to add extra wires.

 

When my daughter bought a car last year, she settled for a used 2018 Countryman, but would really have rather had a newer model with UJ taillights. I've taken it upon myself to surprise her with UJ taillights. After a pandemic related delay and mix-up (ordered the taillights from a BMW dealer last November who said they were delayed coming over from Germany, then said they had arrived (in late January) but were waiting on an unrelated part before shipping me my full order (a window shade), then abruptly canceled my order (February), reordered everything (March) and finally received everything (late April), I have everything I need to swap out the old OEM taillights for the UJ LED taillights, Blinker Genie in hand, VGate vLinker coming in 2 days.

When I first stumbled upon this thread last fall, I didn't see the posts about coding. Those posts that mention it don't go into any details, only stating it's easy, but you need to know what you are doing in Bimmercode. I, for one, could use some specific instructions as I don't know where to look to find out the simple steps that one must follow. I can't even begin the process of removing the original taillights without knowing in advance what I'll need to do to get the new taillights to be fully functional once everything is installed, or the car will basically be out of commission until I can make and save the coding changes. Is it verboten to discuss anything specific to do with bimmercode or is there a resource I can check out to find out what exactly needs to be done? I'm very technically inclined so I'm confident I can handle whatever it is, I just need to be steered in the right direction if no one can provide this information directly in a reply.

Thanks in advance.

 

I am sorry for quite delayed answer... I have not been around for quite a while.
Yes OEM, (the price was quite reasonable), instructions were pretty straight forward. My taillights originally just work like:
- Reverse: Only Right light turns on during reverse
- Fog lights: rear fog light: Only left turns on...

This has been the first time I bought a car which tail lights work like this (I mean, Bimmers tail lights both work, but Germany perhaps is different)... When I asked the dealer long ago, he told me that was the way they work in the UK. So wasn't this the way it supposed to work? How did your old lights work then?

 

"I can't even begin the process of removing the original taillights without knowing in advance what I'll need to do to get the new taillights to be fully functional once everything is installed, or the car will basically be out of commission until I can make and save the coding changes. Is it verboten to discuss anything specific to do with bimmercode or is there a resource I can check out to find out what exactly needs to be done?"

1--- YES, IMHO, you shouldn't start until u can afford the time and knowledge OR the people who can help you complete the change END TO END.
In the instructions manual, u have a time estimate without the coding, but the coding should not take more than 30 mins if u have the cable connected, laptop ready, software running, etc, etc. Everything is an educated estimate.

2--- If u allow me and being quite a newbie yet, people writing here basically assume you have been doing retrofits and stuff for a long time, and that you are to know all the acronyms, new "verbs" and MINI terminology... It is just the nature of the forum. So, for most the coding is "implicit"... it "was obvious" a part from a newer model requires coding (I think this isn't 100% true)... and keep in mind there's also the version of firmware and the BDM and so on and on... but yes, there are many things u better ask explicitly as precaution abundance (better safe than sorry).
In this later sense, my scarce knowledge is that bimmercode is quite limited, mostly end-user oriented, so there's a bunch of things that you won't be able to really "code" through it's interface.
I have been helped for all my retrofits. No way I could have done this on my own... first to install ESys... get the right Data version (tons and tons of GBs),
It is not that you can not do it... but it is "delicate"... and the people helping don't really tell you or care to explain to you what they are doing step by step... if these steps were shown on a video (watch below for an update of a Digital Cluster, just as an example) or explained quite slowly, without a shadow of a doubt u could follow the steps (but u wouldn't know why or what u are actually changing).

My safe bet and trusted recommendation is to contact users sb2002, Sambir (who has posted some stuff in this thread) and ndal (who is quite the coding genius, but not exactly the most patient guy in the world)... Hope this is still a timely recommendation and that u stick to this little piece of advice.

 

Hi. Did you manage to get around this on the uk/eu model?as there arent any wiring to be swapped unless wanting reverse/fog on both sides what was the coding required? Thanks

 

Hi everyone , can someone help me
trying to retrofit uj taillight to 2019 f60
i have eu car , but light are US with red turn lights
i updated bdc after 0321 ilevel
Followed these steps...

Remove pin 4 and 5 and isolate!
Move pin 2 to 5
on bdc move 258*5b 12 to 13

everything works , but turn light didnt work ((

 

Hola mi amigo podrias ayudarme, tengo las union jack version SAE, no prenden reversa, intermitentes ni direccionales. gracias, saludos

 

Amigo Sambir, tengo dudas espero me puedas ayudar, hice la modificacion Bimmercode y ya no me marca aviso, mis luces son SAE, solamente que no funcionan intermitentes, direccionales y luz de reversa, entiendo que si sigo los pasos que mencionas ya funcionarian las luces? mi Countryman es 2017 F60

Gracias! Saludos desde Mexico