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by mikem69 905 days ago
What car do you drive? Go replace the headlights in a modern vehicle and see what happens. You have to code the module to the vehicle.
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Not a Tesla, this is for sure. As long as there are any cars with physical controls and replaceable lightbulbs on the market, those are the ones I'll be driving. Fortunately, this is still very much the case, especially if a car for you is a means of transportation, not the expression of your ego.
Doesn’t really seem like you even know what we’re discussing.

You don’t need to do any coding when replacing bulbs (assuming the car has bulbs) - we’re talking about the entire headlight, which has modules that require coding. This has been true as far back as 1999, when my BMW needed its HID module flashed.

As for bulbs themselves, even a base corolla now has LED headlights that you won’t be replacing yourself.

I suppose one could consider a Toyota Corolla to be an “expression of your ego”, but I’m not sure who would.