BMW Auxillary fog light maker company change

knutk said:
Not without modifications.
On my -15 GSA I disconnected the AUXlights and hooked them up to my CAN-Switch. The -15 never gave a faultcode of any kind when I disconnected the lights.

I suspect the newer lights to be different. My plans are to once again hook them up to the CAN-switch. It remains to bee seen if this may be done without te bike throwing a fault code. I may end up having to use a couple of dummy loads.

While the fault code might seem like a none issue, the catch is, if you ever are to upgrade software, the BMW computer will not initiate updates as long as there are fault codes in the system. A friend of mine disconnected the AUX lights, sealed the cables and replaced the AUXlights with Denalies, using the same brackets. For the bike to be updated he ended up having to again hook up the AUX lights.

My ultimate aim is to use the CANswitch to dim the AUXlights for daylight driving as well as low-beams and allow them to go full bright at high beam and Light flash only. This will be part of my winter project. Additionally they will flash when I hit the horn and flash opposite of the signal at the selected side. (They are so bright that it makes it hard to see the signal LED whit AUX lite on))
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Why not use the Hex ezecan or the Smart from Denali instead? Does all that and more as standard.
 
ReGenesis said:
Why not use the Hex ezecan or the Smart from Denali instead? Does all that and more as standard.
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I prefer the CAN switch because it can do soooo much more.
The above mentioned switches are fine as long as you are happy with their options. The CANswitch do come with pretty much the same options pre-programmed. But you may reprogram the CAN switch totally free and add you own options.
In my case I used the CANSwitch to the mentioned light functions, but also used one output to trigger my garage door opener, one output for a relay that triggered on ignition on and one relay that would only be active when the engine runs (for Gerbing gear).

If the lights and possibly a horn is all you want to do Hex EZcan is ok. If you want to add your own stuff, I prefer the CANswitch.
 
The hex does more than just lights and a horn. Dimming, strobing on horn etc are standard. Your "winter project is to be able to..." so you need to start altering things.
 
Denali, hex Ezcan or canswitch, all very good toys, but in all honesty I never even used my Denali,s in anger so simple on off looks like the way forward for me.
 
Interesting something I cannot find yet, is an adapter cable, to go to the new NANO lights and back to the older loom, rather than having to buy a new loom, maybe a little market niche, for someone sparky.
 
Smogbob said:
Interesting something I cannot find yet, is an adapter cable, to go to the new NANO lights and back to the older loom, rather than having to buy a new loom, maybe a little market niche, for someone sparky.
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Easy enough to do if someone has the connector type codes?
Can knock a few up here.
 
ReGenesis said:
Easy enough to do if someone has the connector type codes?
Can knock a few up here.
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The connector number is printed on the connector-somewhere. Often in VERY small print, so a magnifying glass will be required.

However, there might be a catch. BMW usually use known companies to make their stuff. However, more often than not, part of the deal is to not sell outside the BMW system. Some of the connectors are sold as spareparts, (take at look at realoem.com). However, by the time you have purchased the connectors and gotten hold of the required crimping tools, making up the cable DIY vs buying the complete cable from BMW will cost nearly the same.
 
ReGenesis said:
The hex does more than just lights and a horn. Dimming, strobing on horn etc are standard. Your "winter project is to be able to..." so you need to start altering things.
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If the EZ can does what you want, stick to it. It is smaller and cheaper.

The CANswitch does stuff that the others can't touch. But if you don't need the extra features nor want to learn how to program it, it may not be worth it.
 
knutk said:
The connector number is printed on the connector-somewhere. Often in VERY small print, so a magnifying glass will be required.

However, there might be a catch. BMW usually use known companies to make their stuff. However, more often than not, part of the deal is to not sell outside the BMW system. Some of the connectors are sold as spareparts, (take at look at realoem.com). However, by the time you have purchased the connectors and gotten hold of the required crimping tools, making up the cable DIY vs buying the complete cable from BMW will cost nearly the same.
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Yep makes sense unless you want to sell a few, however, you could be right hard to find connectors, if FER are making the new lights for BMW I wonder if they are doing the cables also, must dig a little.
 
Looking at the fronts of the new NANO headlights they have a different lens also in regards to the older models

Older model that keeps standard cable.



New NANO model that requires new cable

 
Just back from the dealers, and dealer says takes 20 minutes to activate the lights and point them in correct direction, and when chatting showed me a bike that had installed some Italian auxillary lights, and the bike was black, the cabling had caught fire, would not like to pay the repairs.
 
Smogbob said:
Just back from the dealers, and dealer says takes 20 minutes to activate the lights and point them in correct direction, and when chatting showed me a bike that had installed some Italian auxillary lights, and the bike was black, the cabling had caught fire, would not like to pay the repairs.
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So you are saying, the moral of the story is use only genuine bmw parts. :green gri:rob:D
 
Smogbob said:
Nope as the Denali lights are brilliant kit, they are the only one,s I can make a judgement on, as I had them on my bike, and no problems at all.
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Yeah fair enough, but im not paying nearly £900 for a pair of spots and a bloody horn. ! Sorry but where do they come up with such ludicrous prices ?? :nenau:nenau:blast
 
Smogbob said:
Looking at the fronts of the new NANO headlights they have a different lens also in regards to the older models

Older model that keeps standard cable.



New NANO model that requires new cable

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I think BMW went from the older style to the newer in 2017? This was partly prompted by the number of warranty claims (and complaints) due to water ingress of the earlier ones. As has been said, the socket into the back of the new lights is different. I haven't heard any complaints about water getting into the new style so perhaps they have finally cracked it!
 
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