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Old Apr 20, 2018 | 11:45 AM
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New Spyder headlights for my R56

I'm in the way of installing a new set of F56 (Spyder) headlights with LED H9 bulbs (not included) to match the LED halo color temperature.
Actually I'm running the (awesome) Spec-D Black Halo Projector headlights with Kensun HID kit with no problems at all from more than 4 years ago.
Because my MINI is halogen from factory, I have added the proper VO code to get the HID headlights working.

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Should I delete the HID VO code in order to install the LED kit or I should/can install it with the HID VO code active?
 

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Old May 8, 2018 | 07:42 AM
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any advice guys?
 
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Old May 8, 2018 | 08:14 AM
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If the HID code is there to remove the bulb check for HID lights, I would leave it alone. Should be pretty easy to visually see if one of your LED bulbs goes out.
 
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Old May 9, 2018 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by njaremka
If the HID code is there to remove the bulb check for HID lights, I would leave it alone. Should be pretty easy to visually see if one of your LED bulbs goes out.
No, it's not related with enable/disable cold & warm checks.
It's related with the Vehicle Order.
It's halogen from factory and now it's running projectors with HID, then, I have added the VO to tell to the car that it's running HID instead of halogen (HID will shut off when engine is on if the HID VO code is not present in the config)
 
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Old May 9, 2018 | 09:47 PM
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My car was factory halogen and I didn't do anything when I switched to HID in Helix projectors. I even put HID in the fogs. I used Morimoto bulbs, ballast, and Canbus harness. No issues. Nice to be able to see the road finally.
 
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Old May 10, 2018 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by bcriverjunky
My car was factory halogen and I didn't do anything when I switched to HID in Helix projectors. I even put HID in the fogs. I used Morimoto bulbs, ballast, and Canbus harness. No issues. Nice to be able to see the road finally.
In my case I have moved to Depo Plug&Play projector headlights with Kensun HID kits.
It worked with the engine off but with the engine on.
Add the VO related to "equipped with HID" was the fix to get all working
 
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