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Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 6:09 pm
by AndyBaur
I have to say I like Jeroen's steering wheel. What make is it?
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:05 pm
by Wondermike
@Andy, did you try to turn the light switch? It has a dimming function.
No it's not Jeroen's dash, this is a pre-facelift model.
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:37 pm
by AndyBaur
Wondermike wrote:@Andy, did you try to turn the light switch? It has a dimming function.
No it's not Jeroen's dash, this is a pre-facelift model.
The dimmer is set to full. No lights to the left or right of the main binnacle & that is pretty dim. Left side of binnacle is dark, right side ok so at least one bulb off there.
The centre console is the head scratcher - where to start? Has anybody got access to the Bentley manual?
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:42 pm
by Wondermike
There's only one bulb in the centre console, you can reach it from above through the "speaker" panel. Assuming you have a NFL model?
Oww and there is one above the asstray, will need radio removal and very tiny fingers for both lights.
You can change the lights in the switches by removing the front caps.
Pics from the panel rear view
All black cables you see are light transmitting cables for the different switches, where they come together thats the position of the light.
Also the blank plastic strip is light transmitting material
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 11:56 pm
by AndyBaur
Mike, that's an excellent pic - worth a thousand words.
I do have a "speaker" grille so I'll have a look. Unfortunately, I have fairly large hands
How easy is it to pull the panel out as you have done?
Is it worth putting some kind of grease on the temp/distribution toothed quadrants or do they operate fine in a dry state?
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:38 pm
by Thecatmilton
What type if bulbs go in the dash? I want to order some.
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 7:55 pm
by Mihajlo
Mihajlo wrote:pin bulb 3W
or
pin bulb 5W
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:12 am
by petroscf
My car is early model
In order to remove the centre part of the dash panel there are 4 screws
I replaced a couple of bulbs there, it was fairly easy.
I will post some pics here
I haven't yet tried to remove the left part (left of the steering wheel, where are placed the 4 switches of lights, antimist, front and rear foglights.)
Actually I was thinking that this one was not lighted, but Jeroen replied to me the opposite on this thread (see above). So I will try it as soon as I find some time to do it.
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:34 am
by petroscf
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:38 am
by petroscf
petroscf wrote:My car is early model
In order to remove the centre part of the dash panel there are 4 screws
I replaced a couple of bulbs there, it was fairly easy.
I will post some pics here
I haven't yet tried to remove the left part (left of the steering wheel, where are placed the 4 switches of lights, antimist, front and rear foglights.)
Actually I was thinking that this one was not lighted, but Jeroen replied to me the opposite on this thread (see above). So I will try it as soon as I find some time to do it.
I forgot to mention: in order to remove the centre part of the panel, after taking out the 4 screws, the lighter and fan switch have to be taken out.
The fan switch is a bit tricky to remove but doable
Good idea also to give a good clean to all these parts, will result to a dash way brighter than before
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:42 am
by petroscf
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:33 am
by petroscf
Jeroen wrote:Nope, they are illuminated
Looking at the pictures on this thread
http://www.bmwe21.net/forum/viewtopic.p ... &start=195
I think that these switches (My car is LHD, so I mentioned them as "left from steering wheel", on this dash it's the opposite, though) finally are NOT illuminated
the link goes to the whole thread, there are some pics of the stripped dash
Also, the 4 screws of the centre part can be seen there
Re: Interior lighting
Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 6:55 pm
by AndyBaur
Well I finally got around to replacing all the bulbs in the Baur.
The small ones were going to be £1.99
each(!) from Halfords but when the lad found what I was putting them into he gave me trade discount at 54p each. Result! Halfords aren't all bad.
Not so good was the centre console bulb. It was a proper PITA job & when I went to undo the screws to move the panel forward slightly I found the plastic around all the screws was cracked or missing. I'm going to try some fibreglass to rebuild the areas where the screws go otherwise it's a new (used) panel. I need a rotary controller too.
There's always something.
