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BMW DIYer with a lot of experience in E/F/G series diagnostic and repair. I'm hoping to learn a lot about coding/retrofitting and modding electronics within this group.
I own an E36 M3, e92 335xi and e90 328 that I repair and maintain myself. Very limited experience using NCSExpert and coding software but heavily experienced using ISTA, AIR, TIS and OEM BMW software.
I am an ex professional BMW dealer tech with a lot of experience using the software at that level but I absolutely hate the cost of the dealer and how they gatekeep solutions for the community. Now I make basic ISTA+ laptops for my local community and help out wherever I can both locally and online.
Please ask me any questions, I'd be happy to help if I can!
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(07-02-2025, 10:58 PM)hurst01 Wrote: Hi Guys,
New member here. I found this site from a post that was made by a member on bimmerpost and I am desperate for help.
I backed into my Wife's 2011 F10 a few months ag and broke the driver side headlight. BMW body shop wanted over $9600 to repair. My insurance would not pay that without totalig the car out (For a broken headlight?) They paid me $3900 to have it repaired at a lower class body shop using used parts. I have fixed it all except for painting the bumper cover and blending in the hood for about $1500.
Now for my latest problem. Since the car is a 2011, trying to find a really nice headlight that would match the other side would be very hard. I elected to replace both headlights with the same type aftermarket headlight and do an LED conversion. Because the headlight was destroyed, even though it was still working, it got wet and ruined all the modules.
I replaced the modules with used ones and when I first lit them up I was very impressed. Turned them off and later while showing my wife how they looked, everything went to crap. The Angel Eyes are very dim on the driver side and the turn signal won't come on. I bought new TMS modules specifically for Adaptive Headlights and 4 new modules for the Angel Eyes from Amazon. and the left side Angel Eyes are still dim and the signal still wont work.
Someone on Bimmerpost told me I needed BimmerCode. I found after I bought it that it will not initialize / code the modules. I actually don't see anything on it that I can use or would be interested in.
Probably too much information but now you know the story. I NEED HELP! I was looking at some of the coding options om this forum and I don't have a clue what is is saying. I am computer illiterate, so to speak, and I just don't understand what most of that is saying. I have had two strokes that don't help my situation any and I have trouble reasoning like I used to
If someone could find it in their heart to point me in the right direction and offer a bit of help I certainly would appreciate it.  To make a long explination short, you basically have 2 options at this point. You can either download ISTA+ with SDP programming files enabled and cover your F series (most of them out there will) version 4.3x and newer, even some older versions, will have what you need but you will need to be somewhat computer literate to be able to download and configure ISTA+ to read fault codes and potentially do a full vehicle program. OR you can get a working version of ESYS, some launcher or token generator, and PSDZdatafull to be able to code and program the modules to the rest of the vehicle. Regardless of either option you will also need a version of ISTA to initialize the headlights after coding/programming.
Both options require computer literacy, the 2nd option is much more advanced. Im sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Someone here may be able to remotely code it for you, not me unfortunately, which might also require some computer literacy to be able to setup remote viewer or some other form of external control of your computer.
No matter what you do, you will need to code these new/used headlight modules to the car, pending they are working as intended, and then initialize both since you replaced both sides with new modules.
You may have more going on but with something as complex as f10 adaptives, you will certainly need the ability to read fault memory before proceeding.
You could also try towing it to a dealer and having them perform diagnosis and program the new modules to the car, but that is kind of last ditch as you are here on this forum.
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