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BMW i3 light shows
Supported 2014–2023
3D preview on the closest 3D model we have, the X5 M (F95). Your own car may have a few more or fewer lights.
The Boring Lights app can switch the BMW i3's headlights, daytime running lights, side lights, front fog lights, indicators and more: strobe, wig-wag, double flash, chase and your own shows, from your iPhone. The first time, the app checks each light with you.
Get Boring LightsTry a light show in 3DWhat your BMW i3 can do
Headlights, daytime running lights, side lights, front fog lights, indicators, tail lights, brake lights, reverse lights, rear fog lights and number plate lights. Nothing else is switched, and every light goes back to the car when you stop.
Ready-made shows at any speed, left and right, front and rear.
Pick the lights and the pattern yourself, and see it on the 3D car first.
How it works
Any Bluetooth OBD adapter in the diagnostic port. The app finds it by itself.
The app recognises your BMW i3 and the lights it has.
Your real lights run it. Stop hands every light straight back to the car.
What you need
An iPhone and a Bluetooth OBD adapter (Veepeak BLE, vLinker, OBDLink or similar). Bluetooth keeps wireless CarPlay and your phone's internet working. No coding and nothing changed on the car.
Best adapter to leave in the car
OBDLink CX: Bluetooth, sleeps when the car is off and wakes with it, so it can stay plugged in and connects by itself, and wireless CarPlay keeps working. Cheaper: vLinker BM+.
OBDLink CX · vLinker BM+
Safety
Light shows are for when the car is parked, where it is allowed, never on a public road. Every light goes back to normal when you press Stop, and after 10 minutes at most.
Also works the same way
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