Interior lighting lights cabin e30

[moatilliatta]

Anyone else have photos of E39 domelight in an E30?

[Ra1994gh]

Anybody have a picture of this with working links?

[pb34]

If anyone finds this thread:

I figured out how to do a e34 / e36 dome light in my e30.

Come on over to this more recent thread:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=345263

[pb34]

Hey everyone, I know this thread has been dead for a while, but I was wondering if you could possibly put some of those photos back up. I was going to try to do this to my '91 318i and any help would be great. It seems like you are the only ones talking about it on the forums.

[Ceeker]

I did the floor lights in my 90-IS; I couldn't stand dropping shit and not finding it; so I scribed the outline of the interior light onto the speaker panel as to where I'd want to position it. Took out my dremel and cut the rectangle out vertically. Did a fit test a few times to make sure it was snug. then I reinstalled the speaker panel for fit to make sure there was no obstruction; added wires and ran them through the dash to the drivers door plunger. spliced into the wires and she's all good. Awesome lighting during the night. basically lights up the whole floor well including up[to the seats.

note: the drivers side might stick out a bit due to the wiring harness. Passenger side has the body cut out so you fill the space with the back of the light.

the nice thing is...you can switch them off if you feel you don't want to use them. but they only work with the door and not the light switch for dimming.

[grantlacey11]

and would hooking the leds into the headlight dimmer fix the brightness issue?

[grantlacey11]

old thread bump,

so is picking up a e39 dome light the way to go? has anyone else found a different way/better way?

[sheefo2k]

subcribed!!
i ll try to show my work down the road. working on it right now.

[Aerton]

- it's a the modern little touches that make a car.

When you tap the turn signal switch to change lanes - it blinks 5 times for you. There are a hundred other things like that.

Great George more projects for you to work on, it sounds like a good idea, I'll take one of those...

[george graves]

Got it....

[atomic]

Actually I was talking about Bob's (aka SuperDuper) picture where his hand was really bright from the leds he retrofited into his overhead.

Sorry I should have clarified more which post I was referring too. :D

[atomic]

Someone get me up to speed on this mood lighting. Does it stay on all the time? Does it light up a certain area inside the cabin?

Sorry, i'm lost on most up to date things.

In most cars I have seen it in, you have the option to turn it on or off. And it usually puts a really soft faint lighting on the center console/center part of the dash to help aid you at night to see the dash controls and other things in general.


Pretty cool effect honestly

[JasonC]

Someone get me up to speed on this mood lighting. Does it stay on all the time? Does it light up a certain area inside the cabin?

Sorry, i'm lost on most up to date things.

[atomic]

Nice ... tone them down a bit and it would be perfect

[BeirBrennerE30]

wow nice result. This has been on my back burner for a while now too. I guess i need to get on the ball now.