Interior Light Upgrade Bulbs

[jon-m42]

Hi Guys,

Recently having upgraded my headlights to HID's. I must say its probably by far the best £20.00 upgrade i have done tot he old girl.

Switching the interior lights on seem a tad dim. I have the standard yellow light bulb installed from factory and they seem very dim even though if the car is switched on or off.

Has anybody here completed a change to these lights?

any upgrade bulbs that you all can recommend or is this something that nobody yet has done?

regards

Jon

[Rav335uk]

Go LED bulbs, straight swap and much better light output

[jon-m42]

which LED bulbs ?

what colors do they come in ?

finally where do i get them from and how much do they cost?

[TPS]

Never bought LED, where do you get them from? Halfrauds?

[jimbom30cab]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/INTERIOR-LIGH ... 51a292246a

something like this ??

[TPS]

Thanks Jim

[jon-m42]

oh gosh not a deep blue color

trying to stay away from the deep blue color as to many chavs around the area have them as their headlights and also their interior lights are all blue.

anything ice white maybe ???

[Speedtouch]

The white one would probably be better, if you want brightness:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1x-White-Inte ... 564e99c925

[Rav335uk]

Go for White only.

[zaust]

On my breeding tank I used led festoons as the BMW light unit was an easy fit to the lid. Excellent white light and lasted a year of all day use and in damp conditions just like the inside of an e30.

Go for it.

[TPS]

Sold, I've just ordered a couple. Anyone know if the Touring Tailgate light & the Maplight Mirror can be upgraded?

[jon-m42]

TPS which ones did you go for ?

any of the following :



or


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1x-White-Inte ... 564e99c925

[Rav335uk]

I would put them into the rear numberplate lights too.

[TPS]

These:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1x-White-Inte ... 5aeb446f54

[jon-m42]

cheers buddy

[Speedtouch]

I just ordered one too, as the interior light on my car is a bit on the feeble side.

Being LEDs, I'm guessing that they have to be installed the correct way round though...

[magpie]

i'll join the band wagon on the super white ones ,could do with map light ones if any links to them ?

[Rav335uk]

i'll join the band wagon on the super white ones ,could do with map light ones if any links to them ?

Maplight ones are not availabe Mick, but I know a guy who I buy all my lights off was ooking into getting the right ones made.Be carefull if anyone on the bay says they will fit, they won't.!

[jon-m42]

join in with the lights guys ive just ordered a few ...

better interior light means i still have to pull out my glasses but this time i hopefully wouldnt need to on the light on the back of my iphone 4s

[magpie]

i'll join the band wagon on the super white ones ,could do with map light ones if any links to them ?

Maplight ones are not availabe Mick, but I know a guy who I buy all my lights off was ooking into getting the right ones made.Be carefull if anyone on the bay says they will fit, they won't.!

if anything comes of it do let me know Rav

[Rav335uk]

Maybe on the cheap cheap ones, but most have the correct resistance built in not to.

[Brianmoooore]

Maybe on the cheap cheap ones, but most have the correct resistance built in not to.

Not an ideal design, packaging a high dissipation resistor near LEDs!

[baggimodo]

How many to do the rear number plate? I would go and check but its pi$$ing it down!

[baggimodo]

Cheers bud

[jon-m42]

Just awaiting on delivery now.. expected date 4 jan 13

now finally guys the only yellow dim lights on my car now would be the parking lights small w5w bulb.... are there any upgrades on these i did a google search but did not find much.

anybody replaced these too? if so which ones did you get and where form ?

all help again is very much appreciated.

cheers guys

jon

[G-Bear]

This is a great little upgrade to cheer me up, whilst I save cash for the more expensive parts I need for the car...

Also jon-m42 after reading your post on Hids.. I'm going to put an order in for those too

[318isPMK]

How many would I need to swap them all over.... 4

[magpie]

Just awaiting on delivery now.. expected date 4 jan 13

now finally guys the only yellow dim lights on my car now would be the parking lights small w5w bulb.... are there any upgrades on these i did a google search but did not find much.

anybody replaced these too? if so which ones did you get and where form ?

all help again is very much appreciated.

cheers guys

jon

if you buy ice white headlight bulbs you'll get the side light bulbs free in most cases,some are chav blue though i found with one order.

you can get them for the fogs and i'm running the 100w high beams

[G-Bear]

And ordered, AceParts are doing well on ebay tonight..

[jon-m42]

cheers guys

g-bear thanks

after driving a friends e46 i was quite blow away by the amount of night visibility it had to offer. i presume he has the standard factory bmw HID kit however after a bit of research and help from the zoners i was on my way to see the same light behind my old turd.

as for the interior lighting i just thought why not something little that will look good i geuss...

i never really use my fog lights much as motorway driving is not in my daily commute anymore.

so all i really need to know now is which parking lights shall i or we all here invest into?

i understand they are just to tiny little bulbs but is there is anything far from the chavy blue/purple and the old yellow color and something ice white would do me just fine.

glad you all are benefiting from my post why not, if it improves the lighting which gives it a modern contemporary look hell yeahh

[harry_p]

You can get white led sidelight bulbs too.

Unfortunately a lot of them are quite blue looking, I've yet to find by that are a nice crisp hid matching white.

There must be some which match, but there are so many out there it's hard to know where to start.

[magpie]

fill ya boots ,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-3-Series- ... 2ec290524f

[magpie]

You can get white led sidelight bulbs too.

Unfortunately a lot of them are quite blue looking, I've yet to find by that are a nice crisp hid matching white.

There must be some which match, but there are so many out there it's hard to know where to start.

i do have some but had to test fit a few samples before i found the required look .