DIY - E36 window switch retrofit

[BDSax]

i think anyswitch would work as long as you use a DVM to figure out what does what

[YAN-3]

true by b. now i just did a quck search for them on ebay and found ones with yellow, green, white and blue backings. ONLY white and blue will work for us correct?

why? i mean whats the reasoning behind it?

[ZinRot325i]

e32/34 REAR switches MAY work. They aren't the same,
They don't have a bezel so it would be hard to mount them in the console.

The front switches are in a pack of 4, all together. They don't separate.

[YAN-3]

ok kinda resurecting this but would e32 or e34 switches work? ill try them out but thought i would ask, maybe someone knew. they look almost the same.

[Bimmerfanatik]

I'm pretty sure the blue base switches, otherwise known as E36 sedan rear window switches from the rear doors, don't light up. Other white base switches (console, sunroof) light up.

[Jand3rson]

The pics on the write up coming back ever?

I don't have them hosted anymore, Curt. They're hosted permanently, along with the write-up and wiring schematics at strictlyeta.net.

[Justin B]

For everybody saying that some of their e36 window swithces light up and some dont because they're "burnt out", check your wire colors. Not neccessarily your wiring routes to make htem work, but the actual wires coming from the base of the switch. I have four E36 switches that I recieved from Jordan back when he was selling off his last sets, and 2 light up, while the other two do not. The ONLY difference between the two pairs is that the two that do not light up have a different wire color coming off in place of another on the other switches. Otherwise, they are hooked up identically (cant make much exceptions when only one wire is different and everybody else has hooked them up this way) and the two that light up have the same colored wires. They all have white bases.

One example of this I THINK is Matt Russell's switches, I seem to recall he has one wire color on the drivers side that lights up, and the other on the pass that doesn't. Different colored wires on both sides. I believe I used a picture he posted back a ways to wire up mine. Same symptoms, perhaps they just dont light up with the base and certain wire color combo. tired...going to stop rambling now.

[matt]

Click one of the dozen links to strictlyeta.net in the thread.

[Van Westervelt]

The pics on the write up coming back ever?

[DEV0 E30]

One worked down. The other did nothing.

lol

Are these the ones I just bought from you?

Haha either way ohwell, if they don't work for me I'll put them in my friend's car and steal his.

[Van Westervelt]

Pictures on the write up dont work... anyone?

[soliver]

mine work but don't light up, I am planning on the sunroof soon.

To clarify my previous posts...
The setup I did is to install e36 sunroof switches in place of the e30 window switches. I haven't done anything with the e30 sunroof.

[delatlanta1281]

mine work but don't light up, I am planning on the sunroof soon.

[soliver]

Thanks for adding that - I'm almost ready to do mine..

PS - greatest sig ever :)

Deformed singing gerbils. Talk about brilliant marketing. :D

[vt.bimmer]

damn that sucks..so they didn't work up or down?!

One worked down. The other did nothing.