Ok, so I got my car all buttoned up with the LED DRLs in there... but I can't get the ring light to work (the fog and parking light functions work fine; just not the full ring). I'll thrown NCSExpert at it later, but it's not as simple as de-selecting the DRLs in the user-accessible options menu.

 

Good luck! Maybe conger just above can help you since his are working.

 

Maybe... but he's also in the UK. Might be a bit different to sort out.

 

Its the blue wire that turns the DRLs on. As a test, connect that directly to the 12V socket in front of the gear lever. That should be an ignition switched 12V source.

I gave up on the footwell module Pin 12 connection and used the 12V socket. It is both easier and less disruptive to hook it up.

The coding of the car has nothing to do with the operation of the LED DRLs.

 

Hi, I am from Mexico, and just install them this weekend, the instructions are very different from the totalmini forum, the blue cable has to be installed as the original instructions are, no matter the language German or English. The problem is to identify the X14261 plug , this one has a black color and the x14260 is grey, the pins have the number in the socket. S this means that the guide from the uk user will be different from the right handed minis, NO MATTER if is LCI or previous models, mine is an LCI and a user no LCI found The same conclusion. ALSO the battery is on the other side. Hope this helps some one, I discover this because the retrofit driving lamps are connected to the X14260 and was installed on the dealer , so the cable was on the other one, different from the uk guide.

 

Yeah, the drawing in the instructions is weird... it shows the wires coming up out of the floor (it doesn't), and the target connector being further from the wire bundle (it's not). So, the drawing in the instructions and the correction in the guide on totalmini are both wrong.

The correct connector is as you described. Of the two larger connectors at the back of the module (as shown below), it's the one on top.

 

Ok, I got my issue figured out.

Turns out the blade of that red crimp clip that joins the blue wire with the gray one wasn't pushed in far enough to make a good connection between the two wires. I un-latched the red crimp clip, used some pliers to push the blade down as far as it would go, then rolled up some electrical tape to wedge between the top of the blade and the swinging door of the crimp clip so the blade wouldn't work itself back out over time.

A multimeter confirmed that where there wasn't any continuity between the two wires before, there was now.

 

Good for you!!!

 

And this is why I hat scotch-lok connectors, tee taps are ehh too. I have recently tried different connectors from posi-lock. They seem to work great and you know there is continuity. http://www.posi-lock.com/posiplug.html

 

I agree. Scotch Loc connectors are far from ideal and the cheap red copy that was included with my DRL kit was badly made. It didn't work for me.

 

This may be a dumb question but would these work for those that do not have fog lights?

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Where would you mount them?

 

The same spot , I have the parking lights only in the circles

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I believe the problem would be that the control box is coded to work with cars that have fogs, since there are three different lighting modes. Maybe no though. Lets see what others say

 

You would need at least the mounting bracket that holds the old fog/side light assembly as this needs to be used with the new DRL LED light assembly.

I would expect it to work even if you don't have fog lights from an electrical point of view. It would be exactly the same as if you didn't switch the fog lights on.

 

I read on Outmotoring when they were selling their DRL's that you can't buy the mounting brackets without buying the fog lights from MINI. I might be mistaken, but you better double check.

 

I had to buy a new fog light because I broke the latch on the bracket that holds the light assembly in place. $125-ish each.

The instructions for the LED DRLs say the kit is only for use on vehicles with the front fog light option. But that doesn't mean there's not a way to make it work.

Parking lights I believe only use 1 connector on the wire harness down there, while the fog lights use 2 (fog and sidemarker/parking). If cars with parking lights don't have that 2nd connector on the wire harness, that's a problem. If they do have both connectors, you retro-fitting fogs would also probably require some re-coding of your vehicle options in the FRM and CAS modules.

Though maybe... just maybe... you could hook up the LED DRL units and you'd get 2 of the 3 functions they provide (full-ring DRLs and partial-ring sidemarker/parking lights)... maybe.

 

Here it's less expansive:
http://www.bmw-kirsch.de/onlineshop/...D-R55-R61.html

 

Hmmm, $402.00

 

Ok. I forgot you have dollars.
So, depending on the change from $ to £ and from € to £.
For me it would be cheaper.
Sorry.

 

Hey, you tried,thanks!
I'm looking for a deal on these. I really want to get them.

 

Anyway £ 297 would be approximately $ 450

 

Yup, it's def a little less $$

 

They've had them listed (but out of stock) for a while, but I don't think they ship to the US anyway.

 

I'm at the dealer now. They are showing July 18th for US inventory.