E90 LCI back converstion on a pre-LCI

Aritaurus · 06-30-2011, 03:26 PM

I'm going to pick up the LCI trunk lid and tail lamps from this sale here and I have a few questions.

http://www.maxbimmer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142900

1) Is there anyone in the GTA who will be able to do install it for me
2) Do I need anything else other than the LCI trunk lid, inner tail lamps and outer tail lamps and coding to make it error free? I hear you need a harness as well.
3) When I get this done, will the horizontal red lines light up as well when the car is moving? I know the LCI 323i tail lamps do not have this feature and this is from a 328xi.
4) How much will it be to paint the trunk to Monaco Blue? I drive a 2006 325i

Aritaurus · 07-01-2011, 01:53 PM

Anyone? If someone in the GTA has done this mod before, please PM me.

DimSumE90 · 07-12-2011, 04:35 PM

yes you will need coding

dzenno · 08-22-2011, 02:30 PM

If you haven't yet talk to Peter at Doboy's Autobody..he's just recently installed an LCI carbon fiber CSL trunk on my pre-LCI with the new tails...still trying to get it coded to get rid of the bulb error in the dash but they work...

DimSumE90 · 09-01-2011, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dzenno

If you haven't yet talk to Peter at Doboy's Autobody..he's just recently installed an LCI carbon fiber CSL trunk on my pre-LCI with the new tails...still trying to get it coded to get rid of the bulb error in the dash but they work...

I've coded the lci conversion for Aritaurus a month back! The car looks great!

maxq · 08-13-2015, 06:07 PM

I just did mine... looks awesome. The key cylinder extraction from the old trunk lid was a bit of a doozy but all worth the great LCI look! Total damage with tail lights, trunk lid and paint, 650 bucks...

Ali-323i · 02-25-2017, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Aritaurus

will the horizontal red lines light up as well when the car is moving? I know the LCI 323i tail lamps do not have this feature

Are you sure about this? I think I've seen them on before... they come on with the parking lights or headlights... they're not always on by default (like DRLs).

**dbworld4k** · 02-25-2017, 01:05 PM

All E90 LCI cars have the running bars in the tail lamps on as DRLs, so they're on all the time regardless of the position of the headlight switch.

It can be enabled/disabled via coding, but it's default coded as enabled from factory.

Ali-323i · 02-25-2017, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dbworld4k

All E90 LCI cars have the running bars in the tail lamps on as DRLs, so they're on all the time regardless of the position of the headlight switch.

It can be enabled/disabled via coding, but it's default coded as enabled from factory.

Good to know, thx!

Prefer how my Pre-LCI light bars only turn on with the lights (including auto lights when it gets dark), but as mentioned, easy to toggle via coding (even for Pre-LCI I imagine).