What lights are LED on the 2013 F30 interior?

Damn Dirty Ape · 01-26-2014, 08:43 PM

Was looking around and it doesn't appear there are many lights in the interior of my new 2013 F30. It's really kind of dark when the drivers door is open even though the map lights and dome light come on.

Which brings me to the thought, how many of these if any are LED and can they be replaced without causing errors?

UltimateB · 01-26-2014, 09:08 PM

Mine lights up pretty bright. There should be lights at your feet as well, and along the side columns.

I think you can adjust the lighting in the options, I can't recall.

HFW003 · 01-26-2014, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by UltimateB

I think you can adjust the lighting in the options, I can't recall.

You can.

jdong · 01-26-2014, 09:21 PM

I don't think all of the ambient lighting is standard. My AH3 had a lot more configurability and also pillar lights compared to the loaner 2014 328i I had.

Steve33 · 01-26-2014, 09:26 PM

One thing I noticed... stand outside your car, lock the doors, then unlock the doors and look at the lights that come on. Open the door and they switch... I want to find a coding solution to keep the originals on but I haven't had much luck

drob23 · 01-26-2014, 09:34 PM

Usually, most interior bulbs are either the festoon type, or the miniature wedge type. You can poke around superbrightleds.com and find something you want, then order the same thing off ebay for cheap. Some high output cree led's would probably be brighter than stock, but who knows.

Some bulbs like turn signals/brake lights need the right kind, either by wattage or the canbus error free type.

Damn Dirty Ape · 01-26-2014, 09:50 PM

I don't have the b-pillar ones. The ones under the door handles are cool, thanks.

Damn Dirty Ape · 01-26-2014, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve33

One thing I noticed... stand outside your car, lock the doors, then unlock the doors and look at the lights that come on. Open the door and they switch... I want to find a coding solution to keep the originals on but I haven't had much luck

Just tried it, that is neat.

AlpineWhiteF30 · 01-29-2014, 08:00 AM

Did you get the lighting package? My lights on my 335i is bright and I can adjust it in setting on my iDrive. All my lights came LED, I don't know how it work with the 328i.

Damn Dirty Ape · 01-29-2014, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by AlpineWhiteF30

Did you get the lighting package? My lights on my 335i is bright and I can adjust it in setting on my iDrive. All my lights came LED, I don't know how it work with the 328i.

yes, mine has the lighting package.

Slagish · 01-29-2014, 08:39 AM

Might be off topic but my 2014 320i w/ premium pkg has LED lights in the inside and outside on the doors as well as the license plate lights are LEDs.

Thlian · 03-02-2014, 03:38 PM

Every bulb is led I pressume, also that cool interior ambient light strips on the door panels

Can be switched to either white or red.

Vitoco · 03-03-2014, 04:11 PM

BMW does have an interior led kit, just FYI.

GSAL55 · 03-03-2014, 04:23 PM

Interior lighting is adjustable on the inside of the vehicle through the iDrive whether you have navi or not, whether you have ZLP or not. You can change the ambient lighting if applicable as well usually from classic to luxury/modern... The ambient portions of the interior lighting is LED as are the lights on the outside of the door handles (that option was in my 09 335d and is currently in my 11 335xi).

Thlian · 03-03-2014, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve33

One thing I noticed... stand outside your car, lock the doors, then unlock the doors and look at the lights that come on. Open the door and they switch... I want to find a coding solution to keep the originals on but I haven't had much luck

Because when you unlock the car all the lights brights up, but dims down and only highlight the seat to which door you opens

So if you open them all up, abracadabra!

Halsifer · 03-03-2014, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Thlian

Because when you unlock the car all the lights brights up, but dims down and only highlight the seat to which door you opens

So if you open them all up, abracadabra!

Yeah, the door thing is true and cool. But he is talking about how it is using another bulb when you unlock it. It looks like it's coming from the same light, but it's significantly brighter and has a different light tint when you unlock the doors and don't open any of them.

Even with all the doors open, it's not even close to as bright as it is when you click the unlock button. I want to figure out how to code that as well... Any ideas?

ipp · 03-04-2014, 12:14 AM

On my 1-series the lights were blue when I unlocked the car and they switched to white when the door was opened.

Halsifer · 03-04-2014, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ipp

On my 1-series the lights were blue when I unlocked the car and they switched to white when the door was opened.

Yeah, that's kinda like my F30 now. It's been driving me crazy because I want to keep that light when I'm in the car, it's so conveniently bright!

ipp · 03-04-2014, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Halsifer

Yeah, that's kinda like my F30 now. It's been driving me crazy because I want to keep that light when I'm in the car, it's so conveniently bright!

Which light mode have you chosen in the lights menu?

Here is what it looks on the 1er. I don't think you can have that light on during driving.

Steve33 · 03-04-2014, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Thlian

Because when you unlock the car all the lights brights up, but dims down and only highlight the seat to which door you opens

So if you open them all up, abracadabra!

Incorrect

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Originally Posted by Halsifer

Yeah, the door thing is true and cool. But he is talking about how it is using another bulb when you unlock it. It looks like it's coming from the same light, but it's significantly brighter and has a different light tint when you unlock the doors and don't open any of them.

Even with all the doors open, it's not even close to as bright as it is when you click the unlock button. I want to figure out how to code that as well... Any ideas?

Correct. I had a few possible modules I wrote down a while ago but never got around to trying. When I get some free time I'll search around in the codes again.

Thlian · 03-05-2014, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve33

Incorrect

I know, had to investigate my own claim upon that statement

It dims down the center light both front and back after opening the doors anyway. I can`t either find any settings for this in iDrive settings.

Halsifer · 03-05-2014, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve33

Correct. I had a few possible modules I wrote down a while ago but never got around to trying. When I get some free time I'll search around in the codes again.

Okay sweet, let us know if you find anything!

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