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Dan
07-01-2005, 01:08 AM
Driver side door plug... don't see what could plug in there..i plugged everything in there already. so WTF is this??

http://www.thetkehouse.com/540/m5/WTF%20is%20this.JPG

Bill
07-01-2005, 01:11 AM
speaker

Dan
07-01-2005, 01:18 AM
speaker

can't be.. the plug doesn't fit properly. this has the extra tab on the bottom left while the speaker is on the bottom right. the speaker plugs into a plug that's with the window switches... that's what i thought at first until i realized it doesn't fit at all.

Bill
07-01-2005, 02:23 AM
what was it connected to before?

Bill
07-01-2005, 02:24 AM
btw twisted wires of the yellow/*** colors are 99% of the time are speaker wires

Dan
07-01-2005, 07:35 AM
btw twisted wires of the yellow/*** colors are 99% of the time are speaker wires

yea... that's what i've noticed... but my speakers are plugged in so this is really baffling.

Jason540i6
07-01-2005, 09:25 AM
Tweeter or mid-ranger speaker.

MattDewalt
07-01-2005, 10:53 AM
In my experience of running a body shop, yellow plugs/wires are normally for air bag components. But since I've never looked in detail at a BMW's door wiring, I can't say for sure.

MontanaRob
07-05-2005, 02:29 PM
I just took my door apart last week to change the door handle. That looks like the airbag harness that clips on to the side airbag. There should be another harness attached to the airbag unit which that one clips to. (I think)

e28power
07-11-2005, 07:29 PM
yellow or orange connectors are for airbags, but that connector doesn't look like an airbag connector.

WheelsDirect
07-11-2005, 11:34 PM
probably for the tweeter above the door vent

raceman69
07-23-2005, 12:25 AM
Could just be an extra wire for optional components.

Dan
07-23-2005, 01:05 AM
Could just be an extra wire for optional components.

that's what i'm thinking... but not sure for what.

gota525i
07-23-2005, 08:50 AM
that's what i'm thinking... but not sure for what.

Heated mirrors?? :dunno

E30NEIN
07-23-2005, 09:46 AM
The optional front turret trigger switch? :shifty