Just installed these in my mini r56 2013, did every step required for proper installation, fuse, wires, relay, control module connection, button... no respond from the lights low or hight beam, button does lights green but no still no DRL... any suggestions or similar situation?
Thanks

 

Made a mistake, I'm talking about the Auxiliary Driving Lights (Retrofit LED)

 

Are you talking about the OEM halo kit or another after market kit?

 

OEM Retrofit LED

 

Mine only come on with high beam.

Did you double check wiring?

Are you electrically savvy enough to use Multimeter? Check relay, module?

Beyond that if you bought them from reputable vendor contact them for help or exchange.

 

I appreciate the help, yes I did check the wiring this morning double checking for right connections.

Im about to hit back out to check for voltage at the lights but other than that I'm lost.

Bought them at a mini dealer.

Thanks

 

I do have a 3amp (light purple) fuse that came in the box but no instructions of where does it goes.

 

The wiring harness of the kit has a fuse holder. Did it come with a fuse already mounted?

 

Yes. It came with a 15amp fuse already installed in fuse holder, but then i got the extra 3amp fuse, with no indication on the installation to where it should be mounted on.

 

Needs Programing from dealer.

Line of code needs to be entered "telling the car" it now has that option....

 

OMG, any idea of the cost?

 

Shops charge a flat rate of one hour, which can vary from dealer to dealer depending on location....MIAMI has highest labor rate ( $225hr ), one on Long Island is up there too, $150.00 I think, but most run around $125-130hr.

 

Thanks for the help I will schedule an appointment asap

 

Do you know this for a fact, or are you just guessing?

The instructions for R56 and F56 driving lights that I could find online say explicitly that no coding is required. Actually 1st gen MINI driving lights don't require coding either. Seems to be a consistent way MINI designs their driving lights.

R56 and F56 use the same driving light kits (literally the same part number):
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxref?q=63122288981

I could only find instructions online for R56 halogen (not LED) driving lights, but look at the first post in this thread for F56 LED driving lights:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...tructions.html
The OP found a problem in the wiring instructions. He thought it might be because his Canadian car has different wiring from US, but I believe wiring is the same and it is the instructions that are wrong. The instructions have other errors, such as talking about how to replace the H3 55W bulb (obviously wrong for an LED light).

@Edward: Seeing that R56 and F56 use the same kit, and F56 instructions are wrong, the R56 instructions are also highly suspect. If you're adept at electrical, I suggest probing what is on connector pins. Where did you get your instructions from? See if the dealer can find updated instructions on their system. I suspect that the 15A fuse was meant for halogen bulbs and 3A seems much more appropriate for LED.

 

rkw you are correct, I had looked at his original title before it was changed and thought he had installed the LED halo.

As long as he is not in Canada they should work according to directions. They have diff wiring set up due to "forward facing lights" regulations north of border.

 

I will change the fuse the fuse since the ones i installed were the LEDs but this are the instructions i followed...

 

Does the part number of your kit match those instructions?
It says 63 21 0 420 292 (chrome version) which are halogen driving lights:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxref?q=63120420292
The LED driving lights are 63 12 2 288 981 (chrome version):
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxref?q=63122288981
Were those instructions packaged with your kit?

I would ask the dealer to download latest instructions for your kit, based on part number. Then look at it and see if it still talks about changing the H3 55W bulb. If it does (like for the F56 LED kit), then everything is questionable. It would be as though MINI simply copied the halogen instructions and might not have made all the updates for LED.

 

Did you get the switch that is integrated into the left hand side knee bolster?
The LED DL kit does not include the switch, which is integrated into the left of the steering wheel knee bolster. Without that switch the lights won't work. Your image above shows the kit without the switch.

 

I installed the non-LED halogen auxiliary DL kit on my 2013 R56s. No coding required, but a switch is required that most DL retrofit kits do not include. Because of the way the control module works, you can't just use a conventional switch, you have to use a switch that exactly matches what the MINI OEM switch does. I believe it is a one-pulse type switch with an LED indicator integrated.

 

Here is the OEM LED DL retrofit kit from the ECS tuning website:
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...FUGTfgodIPEJsg
and here is the switch / bolster you need to get in addition to that kit:
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...c/51450428697/
(it comes in different trim colors)
or just the switch:
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...n/63120144134/
not sure if these are the exact ones, so please check.

 

thanks for the help, just contacted the dealer and they are going to send me the update version of the installation, i took me a while since they were saying it was the same as the halogen. But honestly, I think I blew the module or something cause I was talking in a F56 forum and some guy found this specific detail about the LED in french for UE cars, which do pointout that for the LEDs you need to replce the 15amp fuse for a 3amp. SMH

 

Thas the exact switch that I used, but placed it somewhere else since I had a dummy button bellow the ac/control

 

Thats a great idea. Yea, MINI switch the plugs location and put the ports on the bottom.

 

GOT IT!!!!!!
The connection on the FOOTWELL MODULE varies, compared to the halogens lights.
HERE'S an up to date version of the INSTALLATION!!! And of course they point out the replacement of the 15amps fuse for th 5amps.
thanks for the help guys!!!

 

So they are working now? Post some pics!