[Shinchan]

The Follow are the LED stuff I have on my car. These will work even with engine on. and best of all, all my LED solution don't need resister.

Many have PM me directly, and I have decide to put current setup in the DIY forum and update this as any new things comes.

[Shinchan]

Center Console,

24 LED (US version of Luxer 1) Purchase from www.bavauto.com

You will need 2 of these. One for front center, and one for back.

the Luxer 1 comes with various adapter, you will need the 168 adapter for center console.

[Shinchan]

For the under dashboard and under door (E92). It uses 168 bulb. the trick is that the 168 is install horizontal. the regular bulb has no problem shinny 360 degree. BUt since LED is forward facing... a regular LED in horizontal position will shine directly into the black plastic housing .. and most of the light will be absorbed.

On my earlier experiment, i choose the 194 Flank from www.v-leds.com

This bulb is implement in 90 degree. Which is perfect.

Also, www.v-leds.com also have the 5 face SMT that will work.

1 under each door and 1 under each dashboard. Total of 4 is needed for the coupe.

[Shinchan]

I have E92. which in the lower back seat area, there is 2 small 74 bulb installed.

For those, each side uses 2X 74 LED. You will need total of 4 for the coupe.

I got those from www.v-leds.com

I notice that they start to sell High Power SMT. I would suggest anyone to use those.. as i am in the process of purchse them.

[Shinchan]

For the License Plate, i uses Luxer 1. The adapter is 39MM festoon. It comes with the package.

YOu will need 2X. I suggest www.bavauto.com instead of Ebay.

in Bavauto, it is the 12LED.

Here is the DIY Link.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...&highlight=LED

[canucklion]

wow, so they work without any need of resistors and cause no error messages? that is awesome, shinchan, thanks for posting! I'm going to order the lights

[canucklion]

shinchan, on Bavauto, I only found the 12LED and 6LED

[ejazbmw]

damn those are maybe a bit to bright

[NaViT]

nice thanks alot for sharing

[SpecC]

Originally Posted by ejazbmw

damn those are maybe a bit to bright

is there even such a thing?

nice write up. my friend recently did this in his legacy wagon and it looks AWESOME

[calvino]

thanks for sharing

[Shinchan]

give them a call.... they had them before.... on teh web.. it was back order for like a month... they took it off.. but the last i heard from customer support is that they order 500set of these .. adn 60 ppl back order it...

[Shinchan]

LOL.. bright? Never..... I had 3 set of 24 LED in my wife's Inifiniti FX... with all LED interior.... even more complete then my 335..... and best of all .. Infinitii don't check stupid resistance like Bimmer...

[heatfan03]

do they make these in red if so where can i find them ?

[noktekniq]

got a question. i have a e90 328i. is there any modding needed to have these to work? do i get the same bulbs?

are they all plug and play or do i have to put on resisters?
if i need to put on resisters, how would i do so?

[Shinchan]

on E92.. most of the bulbs are 164... not too sure on E90.

for the center console, its the same 164 for the center... so get the 24 led from bavauto.

for the rest, like under the door and under dash.. check first....

All my LED are plug and play.. no resister..... thats my goal.

[BimmerFan61]

+1 on this setup. Copied it to the T and the interior looks so nice at night, the light is nice and white. Looks great on black interior

[Mattscott]

Originally Posted by Shinchan

All my LED are plug and play.. no resister..... thats my goal.

So this hasn't been tested yet?

[dragonxyz]

Originally Posted by lifo

+1 on this setup. Copied it to the T and the interior looks so nice at night, the light is nice and white. Looks great on black interior

Same here, although I think I spent too much.

Here's what I got.

1. Center Console [24LED]
2. Rear Console [12LED]
3. Driver Under Door [9 LED SMT Tower II]
4. Driver Foot Area [HID White High Power Flank]
5. Passenger Foot Area [HID White High Power Flank]
6. Passenger Under Door (9 LED SMT Tower II)
7. Glove Box [6 LED]
8. Trunk [6 LED]
9. License Plate [2x 12LED]

With the exception of (2) visors and (4) map reading lights, everything else is LEDs.


What/Where to buy

2x Super White 9 LED SMT Tower II 194 $9.99 ea from http://www.autolumination.com/



1 pair HID White High Power Flank Bulb $9.99/pair from http://www.v-leds.com/


6 LEDs at $14.95 ea from www.bavauto.com


12 LEDs at $17.95 ea from www.bavauto.com


24 LEDs at $19.95 ea from www.bavauto.com



Also a sidenote, while it's tempted to replace your map reading lights with high power flank, don't do it... the main lights (center and rear console) will not work with engine on if you do this.

[Kev]

So, I just orderd my own LED combo as well:

Here's what I got:

1. Front Center Console [24LED]
2. Rear Center Console [24LED]
3. Driver Under Door [9 LED SMT Tower II]
4. Driver Foot Area [6 LED]
5. Passenger Foot Area [6 LED]
6. Passenger Under Door [9 LED SMT Tower II]
7. Glove Box [6 LED]
8. Trunk [42mm Festoon with 2X6LED matrix]
9. Map / Reading Lights [PIAA H-491]

[BaLLzZz]

So all these lights are just take out and put in correct no upgrades to soldering no cutting? And please do you have more pics like the ones under the door and in the back seat?

[Bizout77]

You can get a 16 Bulb set off Ebay for $30. I put it in mine and it looks great.