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Thread: E38 Interior LED upgrade

  1. #26
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    I just did the license plate LED lights in a standard white... Looks VERY nice, but I just can't imagine having that colour INSIDE my car. Specially with grey leather, I think it would just look like a cold storage room or something. Might have to begin sourcing parts for a custom warm white LED kit - I cannot believe none of the LED kit suppliers make them in warm white, that's sad.

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    FWIW - even though old thread - you're all bastards!

    ANOTHER $100 spent . . . hahahah

    Thanks for the bulb info OP!

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    Quote Originally Posted by PiotrC70 View Post
    Nice... wish I would have found these sooner. Sometimes, piecing your own kit together isn't the cheaper option. Since I just purchased my 7 2 weeks ago, I only heard of ECS yesterday in another post. I took a few shots last night (no tripod) to show how they look like.
    Note: I DID find out after driving the car yesterday that the standard 3710's trip the dash so I went ahead and ordered the ones with a resistor to see if it fixes the problem.
    Attachment 463638Attachment 463639Attachment 463640Attachment 463641Attachment 463642
    I'm... sold. Just to clarify before I make the move, though - that's not the ECS kit, right?
    Last edited by shanecarmaster1; 12-05-2017 at 10:57 PM.
    E38 M Sport 6 Speed MANUAL

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    Quote Originally Posted by shanecarmaster1 View Post
    I'm... sold. Just to clarify before I make the move, though - that's not the ECS kit, right?
    Mine is the superbrightleds pieced together from my original post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nexlevmm View Post
    Bump. Anyone have an idea of the euro trunk license plate panels use the same bulbs as the US?
    Delayed response, but Euro and NA spec use the same plate lights, just slightly different locations due to the wider plate area on Euro cars.


    O and FYI guys the Ziza kit is on sale right now 25% off and free shipping until 1/3/2018 (LINK).

    -James

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    Quote Originally Posted by ECSTuning View Post
    Delayed response, but Euro and NA spec use the same plate lights, just slightly different locations due to the wider plate area on Euro cars.


    O and FYI guys the Ziza kit is on sale right now 25% off and free shipping until 1/3/2018 (LINK).

    -James
    Are they truly as bright as they look in those pics? They're a bit much
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    They are pretty bright. We did a video a while back that does a better job of showing the brightness than any photos really will due to exposure games etc.



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    I thought I'd add a little bit to this thread. The original post was really useful for piecing together my own set of LEDs from Amazon. As you may know, the 750iL also has additional footwell lighting front and rear (under the dash, and under the rear seat bench). These use the same 3710 or 36mm bulbs which are used in the bottom of the doors.

    Updated list including length of festoon lights (may be easier to search):

    9x - 4410 or 42mm, which covers: 1-dome, 4-visor vanity, 2-rear courtesy, and 2 trunk.
    9x - 3710 or 36mm, which covers: 1-glove box, 4-bottom of doors, 2-under dash (750iL), 2-under rear bench
    4x - BA9s which covers: 2-map lights, 2-rear map.

    Update: I found that the front map lights didn't like the normal BA9 LEDs, I had to use reversed-polarity LEDs which I sourced separately. Going forward I would recommend just buying 4 of these since they can be used in both normal and reverse polarity positions.

    I used this list to search Amazon for suitable sets of lights and ordered the following (I grabbed packs which had extra lights in case of failures)

    42mm: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (20-pack b/c it was a good price compared to 10)
    36mm: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
    BA9: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
    BA9 w/reverse/no polarity (for front map lights): https://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-NO-REVER...72.m2749.l2649
    Last edited by Aitch; 07-16-2018 at 04:44 PM.

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    Btw, the kit is on sale, I just bought it: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ziza-par...kit/e38intkt2/

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    I know this is a super old thread, but wanted to update a bit I went the ECS Ziza route back in the day, I didnt like how white/blue the light was, it wasnt any brighter and the color was sterile. Sold that E38 a while ago and now I am in a new one.

    Anyway, wanted to take another shot at this but with warm white. Followed the bulb numbers in the original thread and bought them all in warm white. Whenever I get a chance to change them all out I will try and take before and after pics.

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