illuminated door sills
 

i was thinking of installing these myself...its it possible? has anyone done it till now? is it easy?

labours crazy where i live...

Approx 2hrs labor in the instructions, but the dealers hardly ever follow that! They will probably charge you at least 3 hrs! Labor for the non-illuminated set is only 0.5hrs. It is quite a bit of work to run the wiring harness from the driver's side rear door to the driver's side front door and then under the carpet behind the console over to the passenger side two doors! Don't forget there's four doors to connect, not only two!

I will see if I still have the instructions...

damn sounds complicated, i thought they get their power from each side their on and each two are linked together...

I ordered them when I got the car and the dealer installed them. I think parts were $700-800, installation maybe $400-500. They are not necessary, but they are great- came standard on my 6.

Nope. It's one wiring harness which links all four illuminated strips and to make things even more complicated, it connects to the module in the passenger footwell and one end also plugs in behind the glovebox!

Anyone have real life pics of these in their X5?

I ended up just installing the non illuminated ones...

I had them installed on my X. don't remember the pricing tho..

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...5/CIMG0156.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...5/CIMG0167.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...5/CIMG0160.jpg

Rear:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...5/CIMG0175.jpg

Thanks for the pics

real hot...just wish it ddnt take so much labour....thanks for the pics...

How far up the rear do they go? Do they cover any of the vertical section of the door sill by the weather stripping?

-jr

What kind did you get?.... any more info, pics.... TIA!

Here are 2 better pictures showing where it is placed.

Front
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...5/CIMG0155.jpg

Rear
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...5/CIMG0172.jpg

I likey

Thanks for the pics

How are they powered? off the interior lights somehow?

Dubs