LED Interior and License Plate
 

Here are some pictures of my LED solutions for interior and License Plate.

No bulb out error and they also works when the engine is running... for those of you who may not know.. Interior BUlb are very picky....

Some interior LED may work when the engine is off.. but as soon as engine is on... its different story.

Now, I have not found a solution for map light... but the center counsol and two side one above the rear works..

Looks cool ! Which LEDs did you use ?

Damn those are bright.

Wow those are indeed VERY Bright! Lights up the whole car!

What type of bulbs did you use, and where can we find them? Also did you have to do any mod to the wiring?

Thanks!

1X Front Center Console: BAVAUTO 24 LED.
http://www.bavauto.com search for LED24

2x Rear above door: BAVAUTO 12 LED
http://www.bavauto.com search for led12

10X 4 under door, 2 under front foot wall, 2 rear foot wall, 2 on trunk.
http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/D...68086-1-2.html


License Plate is a self modified OEM housing with BAVAUTO 2X 12LED.

with the exception of the license plate light, everything else is Plug and Play.

and They don't give out any error on my 2009 X5 at all. they all work when the engine is on.... Its very important that you test LED solution when the engine is on.... since on my E92, all LED worked.. until the engine is on.. only few will stay on... and error free... when engine is running...

I have the bavauto left over from my last car.. before i trade in for X5. now, there is a new led out there.. I am think will work..

V-LEDS HID WHITE 8 M-SMT 4W HIGH POWER BULBS 194 168 158 921 912

4 Watt.. with warning.. that these should not left on for long period of time.. so... its perfect for Center console.... which just need to turn on and off when the door is open... and since there 2watt application is super bright.. 4 watt prob is blinding bright...

I put some leds in the overhead lights and they flash , but same leds in footwell are ok.. is there some reason for this ?

nice, I actually like the low ambient lighting that goes with the saddle brown interior, but I will swap out the 4 under each door. I didn't even know those existed till I took a look just now - the stock lights there are useless. Thanks for the links.

EDIT>> BTW, v-leds.com has a few different coupon codes to apply if you just use google... good for 10-15% off (they don't stack) which amounts to free shipping.

mind to share some Coupon code?

Center console light are very picky... they check amp.... and wattage.... So not every LED works...

Map light are even worse.... very very hard to find one that works....

map light is the 2 round onces..... Same thing on my E92...

(found on other forums via google)
CLUBLEXUS
TOYOTANATION

Yes I agree the map lights are impossible to find.. I left the 6w originals in...

Has anybody changed the bulbs on the exterior door handles to brighter LED's yet or any of the colored dash or cockpit lights

The Flank leds work great in the rear overhead lights (not map) as well...:thumbup:

:wow: That looks great Shinchan. :thumbup:

I will have to try and find these bulbs in Europe.

Have you tried this place?

They're quite a bit cheaper and they have a Great selection. I used them for LED's in past cars, but I knew what the bulbs looked like. BMW's are new to me and A LOT more finicky as far as anything electrical.

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are they really that bright? or just long exposure times on the camera?

It's pretty damn close to that, I have the under-door lights from this thread. If you look at the door handle lights and these, it's actually very similar too... works well.

I'd thought about this too.

here I ran outside just for you guys:

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This shows the under-door LEDs. 2nd pic is a little blurry but you can compare with the intensity of the door handle lights (which don't project to the floor themselves). These LEDs are bright.

After reading all your posts, I am thinking of replacing the interior bulbs with LEDs. I had a look at all the light and have figured out how to remove all of them except the front centre light housing. I would appreciate it if someone could enlighten me on this. Thanks.

Gentally pray on the clear plastic from the side, it will came out.

Tower the front end of of the housing, you should see two opening..

If you closely at those opening, you should see that there are two metal clips that snap in place. Use a really small flat screwdriver, and gentally unlatch one at at time. When unlatching, try to pray it with your finger while ur are unsnapping it.

There used to be instructions in the Owner manual for when you needed to manually close the sunroof manually with the supplied tool...?

Thanks. I found the instructions for manually closing the sunroof. Looks simple enough. Will give it a go later.

Just be careful... there are two tabs at the front of the small trim piece at the front that you remove.. I broke mine off but can still clip it on ok... from what I could gather the trim piece is not separate .. if you break it you are up for a whole switch console ... in excess of $250 USD...!!!

That sounds expensive. How can I be careful? Should I be careful pulling the small trim off or should I be careful with the clips? Sounds to me like you probably bent the clips too much.

Take it slow and follow the instructions in the manual.. I forced it a bit and it was about the 4th time I had taken it off... If they do break off you can still clip it on... just remember there are two long "prongs" at the front of the trim piece near the windscreen.....these are the ones I broke off they fit into the holes that you push the clips backward to remove the switch cluster...:cool:

Will bear that in mind when I have a go later. Thanks for the advice.

I like the puddle lights.

BTW, how do you like the seat organizers? I was thinking of getting them to keep my child's toys in and to keep their shoe marks off the back of the seat.

Do you Guys have any pictures of the actual lights that you replaced them with?

I'm curious to see how big the bulbs are.

Thanks Alot! :beerchug:

I bought 5 sets of the Vled's that the OP suggested. I have to say...they are VERY bright.... brighter than the door handle leds. I love them but for $22/pair... I suppose it's worth it. The halogen bulbs just don't do it for me

Edwin

Simchan,

how did you change out the front center console? Also, when you say rear above door, did you mean the rear license plate light or the two map lights above the rear door? Thanks

Edwin

I saw options of turning on/off voltage reading for lights on the Carly App. If I change to any correct fitting LED's can I just turn them off on the Carly app to not get any error codes?

This is exactly what I did (used Carly to turn off voltage monitoring). I dont think the interior lights are monitored but the licence plate lights are. I used these lights.


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