interior light with time delay

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FESI
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Post Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:00 pm

Can this be retrofited to a car without a time delay, is there any article about that. thanks
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Post Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:01 pm

funnily enough, smithy318i has jsut finished makign a batch of home made ones the clever so n so

have a look in the for sales thread mate
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Post Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:02 pm

Welcome to the site mate ! :thumb:

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Post Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:09 pm

Thanks but i was thinking something about original retrofit from a car that already has the time delay originaly. theks for the welcome jose
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Post Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:10 pm

I dont think so

smithy318i homemade ones are based around the original relay and come in 8 or 15 second delays

i doubt anything from newer beemers would work, did e36 have delay?
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Post Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:01 pm

FESI wrote:Thanks but i was thinking something about original retrofit from a car that already has the time delay originaly. theks for the welcome jose
Yes. Plug in an E30 interior light relay.

Item 2 on this list.

02 CONTROL UNIT FOR INTERIOR LIGHT 61311373974 $91.79

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=61&fg=25
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Post Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:19 pm

FESI wrote:Thanks but i was thinking something about original retrofit from a car that already has the time delay originaly. theks for the welcome jose
Welcombe to the zone on behalf of the management.
There are two versions of the delay unit, early and late. They are interchangeable and work exactly the same. I've found the early version in the odd E28 5 series as an option. Tucked up around the base of the steering column, IIRC.
Smithy318i's version is a copy of the BMW original, at a fraction of the new price.
He could be on to quite a little winner here.