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How To: Interior and Rear License Plate LEDs

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Post by jamie_z4 » Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:38 pm

Your not looking hard enough I can see them.
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Post by RyanB88 » Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:06 pm

jamie_z4 wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:38 pm Your not looking hard enough I can see them.
Give me a clue :rofl:

Apart from one on the left and one on the right...
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Post by jamie_z4 » Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:11 pm

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See it?
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Post by mgrlane » Tue Oct 08, 2019 3:33 pm

Hi All,

Hope this helps.

If anyone is planning to do the interior then there is a handy guide here:

http://bd8ba3c866c8cbc330ab-7b26c6f3e01 ... ht_Kit.pdf

I am not in the USA so I couldn't order from that firm direct but managed to find all the bulbs needed in a handy kit on ebay for around the £14 mark.

Alternatively if the above link doesn't work then:
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ziza-parts/ ... =JRiggsbee

and click on the instillation tab and there is a link to the PDF file.

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Post by espender » Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:41 pm

You can still fit the leds to the dome and reading lights, just take the plastic cover off and put them in from the other side. It's just a bit awkward to do.
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Post by Mr.President » Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:30 pm

In this corona virus self isolation times, ive been thinking of upgrading my e86 with interior LED lights.
My german is very poor, but ive been reading even on german forums about which leds i need and its a bit confusing.
I ordered the led bulb in 32mm for the trunk which was recommended online - https://www.cit-ltd.co.uk/product-eng-5 ... WHITE.html
For the reading lights i think i need this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3286649 ... st=ae803_3
But for the rest of the interior i have no idea what to order. Can anyone help with this please?
In this topic there were few recommendations but the posts are quite old, and now, as i understand, i should go for 4014 leds but of what design, manufacturer etc. Links would be higly appreciated :)

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Post by ZDNB » Fri Apr 10, 2020 12:20 pm

mgrlane wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2019 3:33 pm I am not in the USA so I couldn't order from that firm direct but managed to find all the bulbs needed in a handy kit on ebay for around the £14 mark.
This set by any chance? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Z4-E85-E ... 2532530645

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Post by mgrlane » Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:50 am

ZDNB wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2020 12:20 pm This set by any chance?
Looks very much like it from memory.

Be careful with the bulbs they send. I haven't read back through the thread but thre center of the three middle over head lights is slightly to big and requires you to modify the case to fit it in.

I have seen some people drill a slightly bigger hole. I personally heated up the end of a tea spoon and melted the plastic slightly to fit it in.

If I had my time again I would have bought smaller lights.

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Post by Mr.President » Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:08 pm

Mr.President wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:30 pm Links would be higly appreciated
To answer myself, i found some recommendations on german forum regarding the led interiorconversion.
https://www.zroadster.com/forum/threads ... en.138033/
I used google to translate the page.
Maybe this link will help someone else :)

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