Goosenheimer

A couple of my friends who own BMW's have been talking about their interior lighting mod available from www.bimmian.com . They'll send you a complete set of replacement bulbs for all of your interior lights. The before and after pictures are interesting and I think I'm going to give it a try...only problem is I have no idea what type of bulbs I need.

Bimmian will put together a custom kit for *no extra charge* as long as you supply them with the type and number of bulbs. Does anyone have an OEM repair manual that lists the interior bulbs? (everything from map lights to door pannels to dome lights to the licence plate lights)

I'd post some links, but their site works on flash or something like it and therefore won't link properly. I'd recommend you check them out though....go to www.bimmian.com and find the "Other" section from the home page title bar. From there find the "Q&A" icon and click (your mouse pointer will NOT switch to the clicky one, but the link works). There you can see their "no extra charge" quote.

Like I said, a couple of my E46-owning friends have gone ahead with this mod for their bimmers and it really looks very nice...something that's instantly noticable. They're also as far from "riced out" as one can get, so you'd be moving more towards the class, less towards the green neon underchassis lighting

A couple shots:

Paul

Damn or if anyone that knows the interior lights for the 3rd gen arre post them up.

Goosenheimer

Thanks to JGrimball and tkr128, we've got a good list of lights going:

4-doors (bulb: 168/194)
2-map lights (bulb: 168/194)
2-dome light
1- back dome light

4- running boards (optional)
2- license plate

Still need a number for the vanity mirror (for those little girls that have them) and the glove box lights. Also, has anyone noticed if their footwells are lit?

As an extra note, I had a chance to sit inside a new 325ci with this mod done and it was really something impressive. The pictures don't do it justice at all. It's very much the same idea as when you first put in the superwhite headlamps....

Andrey

Would anyone have the list of lights for 3rd gen? I'm seriously thinking about doing this mod as well...

-- Andrey

MAXbox

Just a bump...
Anyone that has a 3rd gen bulb list?
Help us out here!

lee

go to sylvania.com, consumer products, automotive lighting, then go to the guide. type in your runner and theres your list.

LSUMatt1514

Here ya'll go....

1. License Plate--168 Wedge (5W, single filament) Quantity: 2
2. Dome Light--DE3175 Quantity: 2
3. Map Light--DE3175 Quantity: 2
4. Glove Box--74 Quantity: 2
5. Rear Cargo Area Dome Light--DE3175 Quantity: 2

Hope this helps.

Matt

03TRDBlack

Just to let you know, www.autolumination.com sells those xenon interior lights as well. I have used them and they are good bulbs. Very well priced also. Probably much cheaper than that BMW place is going to sell them for. The light was much whiter than the stock interior lighting.

Just a side note, I just made my interior lights all LED's. I made them myself for the maplights and they are sooooo bright! Much more so than the xenon bulbs were. I have a Luxeon LED light for my dome light and there is NO comparison.

Bigkahuna808

I sell B1 hybrid versions at work. I have had them in my truck from 2000. The dome lights are sizes 12100 in hyper white and the map lights take the same size as well.