Convertible dome LED issues

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  • rickycricketts
    E30 Modder
    • Sep 2008
    • 806

    #1

    Convertible dome LED issues

    After visiting multiple auto part stores looking for the 61111 bulb for my dome light I resulted in ordering some led lights off of ebay. They're a direct fit for 61111 but don't work. Does anybody have an led dome light in their convertible?
  • R1dd1ck913
    Grease Monkey
    • Jul 2014
    • 382

    #2
    Did you try rotating the light 180 degrees and reinstalling?
    Current
    99 328i (Sold)
    91 318is M50B25TU
    89 325ix (Parted out)
    87 325is (Parted out)
    95 525i (Parted Motor for 91 318is)

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    • rickycricketts
      E30 Modder
      • Sep 2008
      • 806

      #3
      Yes I did. I was hoping that was why =/

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      • R1dd1ck913
        Grease Monkey
        • Jul 2014
        • 382

        #4
        Well that is the only thing I could think of unless the new light is just bad.
        Current
        99 328i (Sold)
        91 318is M50B25TU
        89 325ix (Parted out)
        87 325is (Parted out)
        95 525i (Parted Motor for 91 318is)

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        • rickycricketts
          E30 Modder
          • Sep 2008
          • 806

          #5
          Hmm... I'm going to have to see if I'm getting a good connection. I noticed on the factory bulb the contact is slanted as the led is rounded.

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          • Semblance
            E30 Addict
            • Jan 2011
            • 433

            #6
            You won't find the incandescent except online. About $9 as I recall. Highway robbery. The LEDs have + and - wired backwards and will not work. You can't easily just rewire the light, because it has two "on" positions, with a different ground for each. One of those is switched by the door switch, the other is not switched. So you'd have to provide a constant hot for one position, and a switched hot from the door switch. OR you'd have to fabricate a new holder that reverses the polarity but still fits in the dome.

            Makes the $9 seem worth it.
            '89 lachssilber vert - Frau Blücher
            '84 alpine 2dr - gone to the great beyond...
            '00 titanium 4dr e46 - bricked

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