What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[Joshdub]

Originally Posted by 59vampire

Wow. This is very appropriate. My son turned 17 on Tuesday his nickname is Rooster and I gave him the silver 4.4 X5. That being said on Wednesday with the door frozen and I hadn't treated the rubber yet with the gummi pflege he yanked on the passenger door and the handle carrier broke.

Being cold with no garage and lazy, I had my mechanic replace the mechanism.

Happy birthday to your son! Nothing like a warm welcome to E53 ownership like a broken door handle.

[gatojurko]

Paired old version of webasto remote T60 to the car's telestart!

[gatojurko]

Originally Posted by 59vampire

Wow. This is very appropriate. My son turned 17 on Tuesday his nickname is Rooster and I gave him the silver 4.4 X5. That being said on Wednesday with the door frozen and I hadn't treated the rubber yet with the gummi pflege he yanked on the passenger door and the handle carrier broke.

Being cold with no garage and lazy, I had my mechanic replace the mechanism.

Three options for cold winter:

1) install engine autostart with the remote for the car
2) retrofit handle bar to be heated
3) or use webasto with the remote

[OrangeFurious]

Originally Posted by semcoinc

I put 100 watt pad heaters on the back of the engine oil pan and the tranny pan

http://www.xoutpost.com/1096101-post38.html

and I also put blazing paddle LEDs in the rear luggage light housings so that I have daylight in there at any time.



Mike

I just installed these today - they are definitely brighter. Holy crap. Though now I feel a need to do a full interior LED replacement. Never been a fan of that yellow light. Anyone know the bulb sizes for the front overhead lights?

[semcoinc]

I did a full interior LED makeover and for me it is a fantastic look. Brighter and whiter.

Festoons go in the bottom door panels and rear seat base and front footwells and glove box and also in the visor mirrors.

The overheads are conventional T10s and do OK with conventional single LED facing downward as well as the side view mirror puddle lights.

Something like this is what I have in my T10 overheads and mirror puddle lights



10x T10 194 168 W5W COB LED White Car Side Wedge Lamp License Light Bulb DC 12V | eBay

Mike

[OrangeFurious]

Originally Posted by semcoinc

I did a full interior LED makeover and for me it is a fantastic look. Brighter and whiter.

Festoons go in the bottom door panels and rear seat base and front footwells and glove box and also in the visor mirrors.

The overheads are conventional T10s and do OK with conventional single LED facing downward as well as the side view mirror puddle lights.

Mike

Sweet, thank you. Ordering today. My biggest concern is being too bright. My ideal is about a 20% increase in brightness with a shift to white (~6000k) light. I saw a few kits online promising surface-of-the-sun brightness.

[semcoinc]

I'm running 6smd festoons in the footwell and lower door panels and I believe they are 36mm.

Check your housing to be sure they will work for you I may have stretched the contacts in my housing to fit the 36mm but no harm was done to the connector

20X White 36MM 5050 6SMD Festoon LED Dome Map Interior Lights DE3423 6418 12V | eBay



Here is an SMD spec guide to see what wattage and lumen ratings the various SMDs have

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMD_LED_Module

Mike

[OrangeFurious]

Twenty bulbs for $7? Say what you will about globalization, consumerism, trade politics and the American manufacturing economy - I love cheap electronics.

[semcoinc]

Originally Posted by OrangeFurious

Twenty bulbs for $7? Say what you will about globalization, consumerism, trade politics and the American manufacturing economy - I love cheap electronics.

But it is a US Seller! :thumb up: and right in your neighborhood :thumb up:

You'll be putting them in on Monday!

Mike

[OrangeFurious]

Originally Posted by semcoinc

But it is a US Seller! :thumb up: and right in your neighborhood :thumb up:

You'll be putting them in on Monday!

Mike

With enough left over to update my 750il too! This might be the first time I picked up eBay parts that weren't China or Latvia.