delmarco Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 This is a DIY that is still coming together but not complete and I must say adding rear fogs to the E46 is fairly easy and cheap to do...read on; I got a great deal for a brand new Euro LKM (light switch module)...cost me $15.00 and about $7 to ship from UK to USA. It came as an entire unit but you only need the faceplate off the Euro LKM and not the entire back end module. The faceplate detaches easily off the Euro LKM and attaches easily onto the USA LCM or another Euro LKM. Takes about 5 minutes to get everything connected and back in the car. I had already prewired a connector in pin slot #49 on the main wire harness head connector that goes into the back end of my original USA LCM module. Again you only need the Euro LKM's faceplate and it will work on the USA LCM back end module to control your lights. My prewiring isn't connected yet to the the rear fog lamp bulb holders but when you push the rear fog button it still alerts you on the dash even though the fog lamps aren't in the car yet. As you know my USA Spec E46 came with factory Xenon lamps and the new UK LKM faceplate is from a non Xenon UK Spec car (as the LKM faceplate has the halogen non-auto leveling dial on it) yet still my Xenon lamps work fine and they auto-level when I turn them on. So the Non Xenon LKM faceplate did not affect that. Next up is running my prewiring to the rear fog sockets and everything should work. DIY coming soon. My USA E46 is now almost fully European with rear fogs and power folding mirrors; only thing I'm missing is the Euro E46 driver's side mini glove box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Nice! You must be the only one to post stuff about your USA car on our UK forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delmarco Posted September 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Nice! You must be the only one to post stuff about your USA car on our UK forum! I'm from the UK! And if it was up to me (and not my parents years ago), I would still be there driving my E46 down Edgeware Rd. So you only needed to plug the Euro LCM faceplate in to get this to work? The rear fogs were already wired from the factory? All pre 2002 E46 BMWs are pre-configured (not the same as pre-wired) and set up for rear fog lamps on both sides. All you have to do is remove the metal cover (drill or dremel) and screw the rear fog bulb in and wire the power wire up in the third pin slot on the bulb holder's female plug input (it is already grounded in the middle pin slot). Send that wire to pin 49 on your USA LCM body with the Euro LKM faceplate attached and voila you have rear fog lamps. So I didn't even have to pay BMW for the new R and L bulb holders. The ones in our cars already have the rear fog bulb socket hidden under the metal plate! The DIY is really this simple and cheap. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark330Vert Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Another great DIY from u! Lol get some pics up of them working 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delmarco Posted October 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Another great DIY from u! Lol get some pics up of them working 2! better yet here is a video clip of the finished work. DIY going up shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewok Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 just one more thing to make it euro lol steering wheel needs moved pml.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNL Remapping Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Great work, I did the 2 rear fog lights diy ages ago, why did they only put the wiring in for 1 Fog light on the rear ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bip78 Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Nice yellow mats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genuity Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 When you replaced this LCM, did the odometer tamper light illuminate? Supposedly this unit also holds the odometer count and syncs with the actual odometer according to the Bentley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delmarco Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 When you replaced this LCM, did the odometer tamper light illuminate? Supposedly this unit also holds the odometer count and syncs with the actual odometer according to the Bentley. No I did not replace the the entire LCM/LKM body. I ONLY replaced the faceplate. The faceplate is what holds the fog lamps and head lamp functions/buttons. So that is ALL you would need to replace on your car. You DO NOT need to replace the entire LCM/LKM body to add rear fog lamps. And swapping the faceplate will not set off your tamper dot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz 330 Cs Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 yet still my Xenon lamps work fine and they auto-level when I turn them on. So the Non Xenon LKM faceplate did not affect that. The self levelling you mention on start up isnt actually self levelling at all , its purely a Test function . The light dont self level until you are moving . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
