Blank panel to Check panel (not the usual question)

[trigtm]

I have a 318iS, meaning the blank panel. That panel also is missing the front cover, meaning all I see is the bulbs. I have a check panel from a m20 car and I want to use that instead.

I know that you need a harness and the work is not worth it at all to get the complete panel to work, but since it also has the SRS and seatbelt lights in it, I want to use my existing board with the new panel to allow only those indicators to work.

I found a diagram online a while ago which detailed the wiring from the blank panel board to the check panel lighting, but I cannot find it anymore. Anyone have details? I'm no not a wiring genious by any means and don't want to fry the boards I have.

Goals: Illusion of a check panel but only the lights from the blank panel work (SRS and Seatbelt)

[blackhawkimpact]

I got the 318is blank panels for sale.

[glucklich21]

Or could just get rid of it all together. This is an overhead panel out of an early model 318i I have in my late 318i.

[trigtm]

I don't want to get rid of it, and I like to customize things.

I need to figure out how to wire the old board and connector to the new chech panel indicators for the SRS and seatbelt lights. I can solder, but I am am not about to jstu start sticking wires all over the place. I know this has been done but cannot locate the article.

[bmwman91]

I reverse engineered the full check panel a few years ago. Honestly, it is probably not worth the work to try to get the seatbelt & SRS light functioning. All the other ones will be lit up unless you mess with those circuits since they won't be connected to anything. I guess you could just remove those LEDS though.

Anyway, I'd just find a working 318iS panel. They are super cheap.