What's ambient lighting in 2008 premium package?
 

I ordered 2008 X5 3.0si with premium package...

Noticed that 2008 premium package has ambient lighting, which is not found in 2007 catalog...

Anyone knows what it is?

Thanks!!

I have ambient lighting on my 2007 X5 3.0.

What is it???

X5FX's page shows it nicely.

http://digitalfx.tv/listings/x5fx/de...fx/default.htm

scroll down 75% of the page and look for the 2 dark pictures. I definitely want this feature but it's not available as a standalone option. Since I want leather also, I guess premium package it is.

It's the lighting in the door handles.... as I quoted in my post.
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those puddle lights look nice

Interesting. If that's it then things have changed because "Ambient Lighting" in the past was been used to refer to the LED's inside the vehicle that bath the interior with an orange glow. Note this quote from this article........

"BMW has used ambient lighting it its cabins for years. Hold your hand under the front dome lights of the late model 3-series and you will notice a beautiful amber glow, which illuminates the audio / climate controls when the lights are on."

This same lighting is in most BMW's. It's in my X5, it's in my brother in laws 7 series, and it's been in the 3 series cars i've been given from the dealer as loaners. There is a degree though to which it is implimented though. Cabin "Ambient Lighting" in a 7 series is all over the place in comparison to the 3 series and our e60 and my X5. Maybe these days the application could be different and i wouldn't be surprised.


http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:...&client=safari

I think its refered to as "pathway Lighting"...see this thread:
http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e70-forum/...bient+Lighting

If we use the link you just provided here's what it says.

"Interior:

Main interior lights: operate when doors or opened. Include lamp in overhead console, and above the rear passenger doors.

Map/Reading lights: located next to the main lights

Ambient lighting: small, faint, orange LED in every interior door handle. Small, faint, orange LEDs in front and rear door bins. No overhead ambient lighting like in the E53.

Pathway lighting is something different. If you hit the flasher after turning off the car, the headlights stay on for the specified amount of time you set it to in the iDrive menu.

So the bright white door handle exterior lights... do we get that if we don't have the "ambient lighting" in the premium package?

I thought this is what is ambient lighting. These pics are of the E92 interior from the press release.

http://www.bmwusa.com/NR/rdonlyres/1.../0/0733_09.jpg

http://www.e90post.com/forums/upload.../P0024426a.jpg

From what I read on other posts the ambient lighting is only available with the premium package and cannot be ordered as a stand alone option.

I've got orange LEDs inside my 2007 X5 4.8i. They give the interior a very faint but noticeable warm glow at night. If I put my hand overhead near the SOS button, I can see where the orange LEDs are. I haven't looked to see if there are any orange LEDs in the doors like in the E92 photos above. I suspect the E92 has them in the doors while the X5 has them overhead.

The pathway lighting has to do with the headlights. And although the exterior door handles have white/blue lights, as shown in the photos on X5FX's website, I don't know if those are considered part of the ambient lighting package.

Ambient lighting is just one of those extras that makes you appreciate why a luxury car feels different.

The ambient package (on the E70) is amber lights in each interior door handle, front and rear door pockets, and the white LED's under the exterior door handles. I think there has been discussion before that non-premium pack guys do not have any of these (including the exterior ones on the outside door handles).