DIY - E36 window switch retrofit

[dude8383]

My switches never ended up working. Crap switches I guess. $40 down the shit tube.

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

[Bimmerfanatik]

Looking at the switch plug with the sunroof switch facing up. (The 123 number row are closest to the top of the switch)
1 2 3
4 5 6

The e30 wire colors are...
1 - Purple
3 - Both Browns
4 - Black
5 - Green

Hope this helps someone

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

PS - greatest sig ever :)

[soliver]

Unfortunately just listing the wire colors does not help at all. The e36 switches do not use universally colored wires. I had a pair of white based e36 switches and both of them had different colored wires.

It is more important to list where the wire was possitioned in the base of the switch, rather than the color of the wire. For example, if you look at the back of the switch, and number each wire in a certain order, and list what color e30 wire goes to which numbered wire...

-Erik

Looking at the switch plug with the sunroof switch facing up. (The 123 number row are closest to the top of the switch)
1 2 3
4 5 6

The e30 wire colors are...
1 - Purple
3 - Both Browns
4 - Black
5 - Green

Hope this helps someone

[vt.bimmer]

My switches never ended up working. Crap switches I guess. $40 down the shit tube.

[erik325i]

If anyone is interested in using the sunroof switch I just put them in. Lights up and works great.
E30 - E36
Browns - Brown
Green - Red
Purple - Black
Black - Green

Unfortunately just listing the wire colors does not help at all. The e36 switches do not use universally colored wires. I had a pair of white based e36 switches and both of them had different colored wires.

It is more important to list where the wire was possitioned in the base of the switch, rather than the color of the wire. For example, if you look at the back of the switch, and number each wire in a certain order, and list what color e30 wire goes to which numbered wire...

-Erik

[moatilliatta]

If anyone is interested in using the sunroof switch I just put them in. Lights up and works great.
E30 - E36
Browns - Brown
Green - Red
Purple - Black
Black - Green

werd

[soliver]

If anyone is interested in using the sunroof switch I just put them in. Lights up and works great.
E30 - E36
Browns - Brown
Green - Red
Purple - Black
Black - Green

[dude8383]

that could be a possibilty...i mean if you have everything wired up correctly and the fuse is good. lol i doubt it could be anything else but the switch then..

[vt.bimmer]

try reversing the brown wires...and also check the fuses.

Hmm, I tried that too. I didnt get a chance to mess around with it today, but I loosely hooked up the old switch to roll up the window and it worked fine. Fuses are OK.
Is it possible the switch is fucked?

[dude8383]

try reversing the brown wires...and also check the fuses.

[vt.bimmer]

Just so you know, you can't wire them up by wire color because each e36 switch does not use matching color wires.

-Erik

I have the same exact colors on my blue base switches and e30 harness as the strictly eta write up.

[vt.bimmer]

Actually thats exactly how I have it wired in my pic.

[AndrewBird]

yeh that write-up confused the shit outta me. heres how it should wired up


Green/Blue = Green
Black = Black
Blue/Green = Brown
Black/Yellow = The other brown
Blue = Purple
Im going to check the way i wired everything up just to be on the safe side.

I'm pretty sure this is how its supposed to be wired up.

This is correct and SHOULD work. See pic below.

[dude8383]

yeh that write-up confused the shit outta me. heres how it should wired up


Green/Blue = Green
Black = Black
Blue/Green = Brown
Black/Yellow = The other brown
Blue = Purple
Im going to check the way i wired everything up just to be on the safe side.

I'm pretty sure this is how its supposed to be wired up.

[erik325i]

I would appreciate it. I hooked them up according to the pics on the strictly eta tech write up. Im trying to get this done tomorrow.

Just so you know, you can't wire them up by wire color because each e36 switch does not use matching color wires.

-Erik