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  • e30:)
    Mod Crazy
    • Oct 2008
    • 728

    #1

    tricking check panel

    is there any way to trick the check panel? i wasnt getting any power to my license plate lights so i spliced into the running lights for power and they work good now. the only problem is that my check panel knows that the stock wiring is not getting any power so it flashed so im trying to trick it.
  • HarryPotter
    No R3VLimiter
    • Jan 2010
    • 3642

    #2
    Don't ghetto rig your shit?


    "Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed."

    John F. Kennedy

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    • e30:)
      Mod Crazy
      • Oct 2008
      • 728

      #3
      its not getto rigged, i followed the wires and couldnt find why i wasnt getting power so i got it from somewhere else. but thank you for the smartass comment, deffenitly a big help;)

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      • BeirBrennerE30
        R3VLimited
        • Oct 2003
        • 2740

        #4
        Originally posted by HarryPotter
        Don't ghetto rig your shit?
        Im with this guy. Instead of fixing the problem you created another one?
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        • jeffesaurusrex
          Advanced Member
          • Mar 2010
          • 118

          #5
          There isn't a way to trick it. The check panel will go off even if there isn't a correct load on the socket, i.e. if you put a LED bulb in any of the sockets related to the check panel, the light will trip.

          EDIT: I take that back, there are ways to trick it, but they are much harder than it would be to just fix it right. You could hunt down resistor that replicates the load of a real bulb then put it in the line somewhere before it loses power.
          WTB late model, anywhere on the east coast will go as far west as Texas for the right car at the right price. 5 speed 6cyl only.

          "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid." - Han Solo

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          • Kershaw
            R3V OG
            • Feb 2010
            • 11822

            #6
            take the led in the check panel out.

            bam. done.
            AWD > RWD

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            • zmt325
              Member
              • Oct 2009
              • 86

              #7
              Originally posted by Kershaw
              take the led in the check panel out.

              bam. done.
              that will deff complete your ghetto rig for shure.

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              • e30frosh
                R3VLimited
                • Dec 2004
                • 2170

                #8
                In before car fire.

                Every day I wake up we drink a lot of coffee and watch the CNN
                Every day I wake up to a bowl of clover honey and let the locusts fly in.
                Lobsterbacks attack the town again
                Wrap all my things in aluminum
                Beams of darkness streak across the sky
                Pink rays from the ancient satellite
                Every time I look out my window same three dogs looking back at me.
                Every time I open my windows cranes fly in to terrorize me.

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                • e34john
                  No R3VLimiter
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 3599

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Kershaw
                  take the led in the check panel out.

                  bam. done.
                  dude, thats probably too much work, I say either electrical tape or a sharpie over the offending bulb(s).
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                  • StereoInstaller1
                    GAS
                    • Jul 2004
                    • 22679

                    #10
                    Test the grey/red off the light switch. If it has voltage report here. If it does not have voltage, replace switch...then report here.

                    Luke

                    Closing SOON!
                    "LAST CHANCE FOR G.A.S." DEAL IS ON NOW

                    Luke AT germanaudiospecialties DOT com or text 425-761-6450, or for quickest answers, call me at the shop 360-669-0398

                    Thanks for 10 years of fun!

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                    • e30:)
                      Mod Crazy
                      • Oct 2008
                      • 728

                      #11
                      i have power to the grey/red wire but this could be contributing to my problem, the po had an alarm that i have never gotten a keyfob for so i dont know if it wirks or not.

                      this is the situation

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                      • jeffesaurusrex
                        Advanced Member
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 118

                        #12
                        Originally posted by e34john
                        dude, thats probably too much work, I say either electrical tape or a sharpie over the offending bulb(s).
                        They you get the "CHECK" in the gauges flashing at you all the time.
                        WTB late model, anywhere on the east coast will go as far west as Texas for the right car at the right price. 5 speed 6cyl only.

                        "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid." - Han Solo

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                        • bimmer_E30
                          R3V Elite
                          • Dec 2007
                          • 5001

                          #13
                          Originally posted by e30:)

                          this is the situation

                          LOL
                          Originally posted by e30e
                          lose the old man bmwcca badge.

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                          • kid325e
                            R3V OG
                            • Sep 2007
                            • 6421

                            #14
                            love the gray wire with red stripe. fix it right the first time junior!
                            clutchCTRL!
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                            - 1976 2002 SlickTop/2.7i M20/G260
                            - 2000 323i AT
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                            • StereoInstaller1
                              GAS
                              • Jul 2004
                              • 22679

                              #15
                              No, the alarm is not causing an issue.

                              Well, at least not that issue.

                              Closing SOON!
                              "LAST CHANCE FOR G.A.S." DEAL IS ON NOW

                              Luke AT germanaudiospecialties DOT com or text 425-761-6450, or for quickest answers, call me at the shop 360-669-0398

                              Thanks for 10 years of fun!

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