BMW E36 ///M3 - just an example as per my preference !

[tommyhw]

wow... amazing!

many switch on your car...

what kind of switch on your door panel & center console?

thanks

[crawlermonkey]

Very nicely done. I want to do some of those mods.

[boomersooner523]

Ahhh now this is refreshing to see! Some proper photos would really do this car justice. No offense to you OP

I love the look of stock car with a few tasteful things. This is how my car is and always will be. But under the hood will be changing a good bit

[Dricebrug]

I've Never seen so many buttons in a car.

Everything is tasteful. And thus clean. (Minus the carbon M badge)


BTW, nice avatar tommyhw

[MParallel]

Why do you have rear window switches in a coupe?

Wow you US guys really didn't get anything did you?

M3C...

I'll post the other post here:

ha great stuff. Funny that was exactly my plan. Use tape to mask off, then a dremel and file. All I need to do is the central lock button. In the original spot on the right side for convertibles.

Are all these lit "dots" the top end of a led?

Looks like you have the OEM CF strip above your glovebox. Why did you take off the BMW Motorsport logo and put it into the glovebox?

If I see it right, you have put on one of those small BMW Individual stickers on it.

I noticed another button(?) on the headliner, with a red and blue dot on it. Is that a button for something?

So the phone...you have one of those portable Siemens BIT II ones?

Can you post the link to your topic(s)?

What would be nice as well is instead of those 3 gauges, fit the original navigation system (yes I know you already have the Becker Traffic Pro...).


PS: what did you say? You don't like the headlight washer jets? I love them, even if you would have them just for looks. Makes the front so more aggressive.


I see you fitted a mirror with the alarm clown nose. I personally hate that one, it's too big. I fitted a version with the smaller led and digitial compass



The compass can be switched off and since this is the later version with the compass behind the mirror, not in it, you don't even know it;s there.

[jvit27]

Looks like you have the OEM CF strip above your glovebox. Why did you take off the BMW Motorsport logo and put it into the glovebox?

If I see it right, you have put on one of those small BMW Individual stickers on it.

You of all people should know it's not the OEM strip (no red weave)

The Motorsport badges can be purchased separately.

You could also get the OEM cf glovebox strips without the cutout for the Motorsport logo..

[volodka1985]

do you have power lumbar seats?

I didn't want to mess with perfectly designed Vaders, so no power lumbars.

So what are the 2 extra buttons on the driver's seat side panel?
So you also have power rear sunshade and power seats memory?

Very nice and OEM looking mods, I dig this car.

[MParallel]

^^
he does have power lumbar (as do I )), I think he is confusing the electrical adjustable thigh support for lumbar, as I noticed many do.

That would require major customizing of the frame, while lumbar support is an official retrofittale option that is plug and play.

M3C: lumbar is the lower back support, not the thigh support at the front of the seats.

[jvit27]

Those are not power lumbar switches, MParallel.

[Sharocks]

Those are not power lumbar switches, MParallel.

Thanks for the clear up Jon, what are they then?

Edit: Just re read MParallel's response, I guess those switches are the electrical thigh support? I have power lumbar and I never knew that there were switches on the side so that's why I was confused haha

[volodka1985]

So what are those buttons OP?

[MParallel]

OMG you guys. These are LUM-BAR switches.



You guys all have it wrong (sorry).

The switch that is on top of the side of the seat, is for the inflatable lumbar (=lower back) support.

There exists no thight support switch, as on no 3 series BMW was this ever electrically adjustable, just like the headrests.

Sharocks: no! thigh support is the extendable piece at the front of the seats, to support your thighs. This never was powered on a 3-series.

I don't have a pic at hand from my own car, but this is the switch:



Now tell me, what part of the seat is highlighted on that symbol? Exactly, the lumbar (lower back), not the thight support.


And straight from the E36 Owner's Manual...

[Sharocks]

MParallel, that is the switch, but that's not the same switch that's in OP's car. His buttons look different, and OP has already stated that he does not have Power Lumbar, so what do those buttons do?

[MParallel]

MParallel, that is the switch, but that's not the same switch that's in OP's car. His buttons look different, and OP has already stated that he does not have Power Lumbar, so what do those buttons do?

Please point me to a picture, because I must be missing something here?

I'm confused by M3C's statement about not wanting lumbar because his Vaders are perfect. But adding lumbar doesn't do anything that would make them non-perfect. So I thought maybe there was confusion between lumbar and thigh support, as these two are often mixed up. The later would require extensive modding of the seat.
That's why I thought it.

But if it's the same lumbar he and I are talking about and he doesn't have it, I would have no clue what he wired up to these.

[Sharocks]

I can't get the pic to show up because he posted them as attachments, but if you look at his seats where the power lumbar buttons are those buttons.

[volodka1985]

It has to be lumbar adjustment buttons.

US e36 guys: was adjustable lumbar ever an option on NA e36?

[Sharocks]

It has to be lumbar adjustment buttons.

US e36 guys: was adjustable lumbar ever an option on NA e36?

It was an additional option, for some extra cash you could get it.

[MParallel]

It has to be lumbar adjustment buttons.

US e36 guys: was adjustable lumbar ever an option on NA e36?

But it's not his style to use a non-OEM switch...

[Les Oltmann]

Goal!!!!

[jvit27]

OMG you guys. These are LUM-BAR switches.



You guys all have it wrong (sorry).

NO. They are NOT lumbar switches. (and I am not wrong when it comes to E36's) They are in the location where lumbar switches would go, but I asked the OP because I recognized a few days ago it's not the proper switch. They are switches from a Z3 he uses to control the rear footwell lighting.

It has to be lumbar adjustment buttons.

US e36 guys: was adjustable lumbar ever an option on NA e36?

A handful of US cars were able to spec them through Individual.

[rochoa21]

Nice car!

[MParallel]

NO. They are NOT lumbar switches. (and I am not wrong when it comes to E36's) ...

Dude, I am the walking E36 encyclopedia. Don't get me started. What makes you the expert?

Now that I rechecked the pics...well, yes, now I see that he has another switch in that spot. I didn't see that at first.

But that doesn't take away that it's the spot for lumbar switches.

[volodka1985]

NO. They are NOT lumbar switches. (and I am not wrong when it comes to E36's) They are in the location where lumbar switches would go, but I asked the OP because I recognized a few days ago it's not the proper switch. They are switches from a Z3 he uses to control the rear footwell lighting.





A handful of US cars were able to spec them through Individual.

If you're right (and you say you're never wrong about e36s) this is pretty odd on this OEM all the way car.

Wow you US guys really didn't get anything did you?
M3C...
I'll post the other post here:
ha great stuff. Funny that was exactly my plan. Use tape to mask off, then a dremel and file. All I need to do is the central lock button. In the original spot on the right side for convertibles.
Are all these lit "dots" the top end of a led?
Looks like you have the OEM CF strip above your glovebox. Why did you take off the BMW Motorsport logo and put it into the glovebox?
If I see it right, you have put on one of those small BMW Individual stickers on it.
I noticed another button(?) on the headliner, with a red and blue dot on it. Is that a button for something?
So the phone...you have one of those portable Siemens BIT II ones?
Can you post the link to your topic(s)?
What would be nice as well is instead of those 3 gauges, fit the original navigation system (yes I know you already have the Becker Traffic Pro...).
PS: what did you say? You don't like the headlight washer jets? I love them, even if you would have them just for looks. Makes the front so more aggressive.
I see you fitted a mirror with the alarm clown nose. I personally hate that one, it's too big. I fitted a version with the smaller led and digitial compass
The compass can be switched off and since this is the later version with the compass behind the mirror, not in it, you don't even know it;s there.

So yeah I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I think OP's car has your car beat in OEM coolness category.

[Sharocks]

Dude, I am the walking E36 encyclopedia. Don't get me started. What makes you the expert?

Now that I rechecked the pics...well, yes, now I see that he has another switch in that spot. I didn't see that at first.

But that doesn't take away that it's the spot for lumbar switches.

Your talking to the guy that had probably the most OEM spec'ed out E36 M3 in the past 10 years. The dude knows his stuff, just because we ain't Europe doesn't mean anything, we have the internet, and eBay

[jvit27]

Dude, I am the walking E36 encyclopedia. Don't get me started. What makes you the expert?

Now that I rechecked the pics...well, yes, now I see that he has another switch in that spot. I didn't see that at first.

But that doesn't take away that it's the spot for lumbar switches.

Aside from the fact I have corrected you three times in this thread alone, I completed many of the same retrofits you post as an expert on years before you did lol. I just never said anything in your threads..

If you refer to post 35, I never said it wasn't the spot for the lumbar switches.. I said they are not lumbar switches.

Your talking to the guy that had probably the most OEM spec'ed out E36 M3 in the past 10 years. The dude knows his stuff, just because we ain't Europe doesn't mean anything, we have the internet, and eBay

(and TIS/ETK, RealOEM, dealerships, etc)