7/23/2014 F30 DIY US Headlight Switch Modification for Rear Fog Lights + Coding

F30  DIY  US  Headlight  Switch  Modification  for  Rear  Fog  Lights  +  Coding

I  took  the  headlight  switch  out  of  my  stock  US  spec  328xi  and  modified  it  to  add  rear  fog  lights.
The  button  hardware,  the  lighting  circuit  and  the  button  are  all  in  the  switch  assembly,  there
are  just  little  plastic  tabs  that  are  preventing  the  button  from  moving.  After  modifying  the
button  you  just  need  to  code  5  new  values  to  tell  the  car  what  to  do  with  the  new  button  and
everything  will  work  perfectly.

The  first  step  is  to  pull  the  left  vent  out  of  the  car,  basically  you  just  grab  it  and  pull  it  out.

Next  remove  the  headlight  panel,  there  are  little  clips  that  you  have  to  pinch  while  pulling  the
panel  out  at  the  same  time,  there  are  no  clips  on  the  bottom,  the  panel  will  tip  out  from  the
top.  The  clips  are  circled  in  red.

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Once  you  have  the  switch  out  pull  the  wires  out  of  the  back,  there  is  no  button  or  catch,  just
pull  them  out.  Then  you  need  to  remove  the  back  of  the  switch,  there  are  6  clips  that  you  need
to  release  while  simultaneously  pulling  the  back  off.  The  clips  are  circled  in  red  below.

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After  you  have  removed  the  back  you  have  to  pop  the  button  out  of  the  switch  assembly.  Do
this  by  pinching  the  four  clips  circled  in  red  below  and  pushing  the  button  out  of  the  front.

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Now  that  you  have  the  button  out  you  need  to  cut  the  retaining  tabs  off  and  smooth  everything
out.  The  tabs  are  circled  in  the  pictures  below.  I  used  a  box  cutter  to  cut  most  of  the  tab  off,
then  used  a  small  flathead  screwdriver  to  smooth  everything  out.  It  doesn't  look  pretty,  but  it
works,  and  no  one  will  ever  see  it,  so  it  doesn't  matter.  

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Tabs  cut  off  and  everything  smoothed  out.

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After  you're  all  done  modifying  the  button,  push  it  back  in  the  front  of  the  switch,  clip  the  back
of  the  headlight  assembly  back  on,  plug  the  wires  back  in,  put  the  panel  back  into  the  car,  then
put  the  vent  back  in.

Now  you  have  to  code  the  button  to  work,  refer  to  this  thread  to  learn  how  to  code  or  find
someone  in  your  area  to  help  you.  The  values  you  need  to  code  are:

FEM_BODY  /  3060  LCEMaster  1C  /  NSL_Verbaut  =  Verbaut

REM  /  3063  LCELampMapping  2  /  Mapping_Nebelschlussl_L_output  =  nsl_l

REM  /  3063  LCELampMapping  2  /  Mapping_Nebelschlussl_L_Function  =  nebelschlusslicht
REM  /  3063  LCELampMapping  2  /  Mapping_Nebelschlussl_R_output  =  nsl_l
REM  /  3063  LCELampMapping  2  /  Mapping_Nebelschlussl_R_Function  =  nebelschlusslicht

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