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      06-15-2012, 11:30 PM   #1
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anyone try these LED tails?

Was thinking about ordering some depo blackline taillights off ebay and saw these..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E90-06-0...f34ac5&vxp=mtr

anyone try these? I'd love to see a pic of them lit up both day and night.
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i dont have them, but you will need to code out the bulb check for them as the will flicker.
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      06-15-2012, 11:58 PM   #3
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I have dealt with this seller before and warn you to stay away. Does not stand behind what they sell.
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I have a brand new set of smoked Depo LED's with anti flicker kit from **********s. i still havent had a chance to put them on. i prefer to get the bulbs coded out but cant find a local to code car for me. i will add the kit if i dont find anyone soon. im usually iffy about buying certain things off ebay and would prefer too buy from a sponsor here on the forums. heres a pic of mine.
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I have a brand new set of smoked Depo LED's with anti flicker kit from **********s. i still havent had a chance to put them on. i prefer to get the bulbs coded out but cant find a local to code car for me. i will add the kit if i dont find anyone soon. im usually iffy about buying certain things off ebay and would prefer too buy from a sponsor here on the forums. heres a pic of mine.
yea I wouldn't have to buy them off ebay, just the first ive seen them. I would much perfer to order from a vender here like **********s.

I just need to know exactly "what" I need to do to get these tails to work... other than coding? I assume the dealer can't do that so I need to find an indy?

Any issues with swap the reverse bulbs from old to new?

I still want to see a pic of them lit up...
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      06-16-2012, 11:59 AM   #6
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dont do it

I bought these off of ebay and returned them. They looked cheesy and as the other have said they throw errors and need to be coded as well as flicker without the correct modules. Another thing to consider is when you do add the anti flicker module it adds a delay to them lighting up after the brake is touched.
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Mod bargains also sells the anti flicker kit.
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They are not good. Just get used OEM tails.
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.... staying away from these.

what about thre regular depo black lines? they seem legit?
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I got the non smoked full led depo lights from jlevisw with the anti flicker kit and they work great. Never had an error code from them and I've had them for about a year! I think they look good IMO.
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Jlevisw used to sell ones that look like these (they still might).

I recall hearing a few people have trouble with flickering when the LEDs would fire over the course of a few months if they lived in colder climates. Jlevisw would claim the anti-flicker "modules" that they could include were installed by the owners incorrectly, despite having a few months of initial success.

I almost bought a pair.
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I got the non smoked full led depo lights from jlevisw with the anti flicker kit and they work great. Never had an error code from them and I've had them for about a year! I think they look good IMO.
pics on and off both day and night?

prob just going with regular blacklines, but would love to see what these look like
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i think i saw a video on youtube for them. search Depo LED tail lights.
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Just noticed the auction says Depo in the title but then lists the manufacturer as Helix?

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Just noticed the auction says Depo in the title but then lists the manufacturer as Helix?

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either or, I didnt care about the manufacturer at the time, i just never saw LED blacklines at all, and wonder what they looked like.

Im not buying the LED ones now, so I dont care... will be purchasing regular DEPO blacklines I am pretty sure...
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I will take a video today and upload it tonight so you can see how they look like etc.... I personally LIKE them a lot just because I prefer LEDs much more but the ones that I have right now were a pain to install, in particular getting the light bulbs to fit into the housing...there are only 2 light bulbs each side anyways but it was a pain nevertheless.
Check back tonight I'll post the link...
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I have them but i had no problems like everyone else is saying. When my car was being repaired after a big tree branch fell on it..I just told them to throw them on while they're at it. No problems. except sometimes the flickers go crazy like once a month but 10 secs later it goes back to normal. Thinking of switching to blacklines because they kind of do cheesy during the day but at night they look sexy IMO sooo haha no point in spending more for a small reason.



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Yea, not a big fan of the way the look in the daytime. regular blacklines FTW!
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looks cheap.
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I like to see these on a black car..

from **********s...

http://www.**********s.com/Smoked-Cl...lights-E90.htm
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