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can 2108 OEM Union Jack tail lights be used in a stock 2015 F55?
I purchased used OEM 2018 Union Jack tail lights from a fellow MINI owner that was changing over to the blackout style. These are not plug and play as I have found out. There is also a lot of conflicting info about how to retreofit the UJ tail lights. I have attached pictures of the stock ones and the OEM 2018 ones. The wiring harness in the car has 5 wires; if I do the wire move I found on YouTube the lights work somewhat normally after coding but the 'running lights' light up all of the segments and I still get a turn signal error on the dash. The turn signals and the brake lights light up the "T" bar (or vertical and horizonal) part of the light brighter but I was under the impression that the "T" part should be completely off until the turn signals or brakes are used. Is that not the case?
I am using BimmerCode V 2.02 from a desktop MacBook Pro through an OBD-II cable (not a plug in dongle) although that shouldn't matter, should it? This verison of BimmerCode doesn't seem to have a separate section for the warm and cold monitoring unless you go into the expert part; I did that and it was already set as if changing the type to LED turned off the voltage monitoring.
I've put $$ into the OEM lights and don't want to buy aftermarket lights as I have seen way too many bad aftermarket lights and ones that don't last.
Any help would be appreciated- thanks.
Original "halogen" tail light 2018 UJ OEM light; this is what lights up when the tail lights are on before coding and without the wire moved over. Back of UJ lights Back of OEM original lights Part number of OEM original lights Part number of OEM UJ lights
