Ambient Lighting Replacement - Dashboard

[Carpe_BM]

So the ambient lighting strip on the dash is dim and was told by the dealer they will need to replace it...at a cost of $1245!!!

Does anyone have experience with this? I might ****in do it myself or somethin if possible

[turboawd]

Well if it's like the door panel lights, the strip is like a fiber optic (plastic rod) with an led bulb at the end to light it up.
Just need to find the bulb. Perhaps it moved away from the plastic strip a bit, since you say it's dim.

[Carpe_BM]

Going to have a local Euro shop look at it as well but will inquire if this is the case with needing a quick re-alignment to purpose the led bulb

[Jars914]

Originally Posted by Carpe_BM

Going to have a local Euro shop look at it as well but will inquire if this is the case with needing a quick re-alignment to purpose the led bulb

Just wondering what happened , my ambient lighting is also dimming, hoping its a bulb and an easy fix i can do myself.

[Carpe_BM]

Haven't had a chance to bring it to a shop. Sometime this weekend I'm going to show it and report back...

[NeRkO20]

Hi,

do you have "new" informations baout the issue? My stripes are also "dimmed"....i think they should be brighter than they currently are. Setting in Headunit is on max. From beginning to the the end they are loosing brightness and I´ve recognized kind of stains...before and after this point it is brighter...

[turboawd]

Originally Posted by NeRkO20

Hi,

do you have "new" informations baout the issue? My stripes are also "dimmed"....i think they should be brighter than they currently are. Setting in Headunit is on max. From beginning to the the end they are loosing brightness and I´ve recognized kind of stains...before and after this point it is brighter...

I had posted a while ago a pic of the inside of the door panel. There's just a bulb at the end of the plastic 'fiber optic'. You can try searching for that thread.

[NeRkO20]

I have a new bulb, but not installed yet. Can you confirm that this is the reason for the low brightness?

[turboawd]

Originally Posted by NeRkO20

I have a new bulb, but not installed yet. Can you confirm that this is the reason for the low brightness?

I can't confirm. It's either a weak bulb, bulb too far from fiber optic end, or it's just normal.

[Revie19]

Anyone have a part # for the bulb?

[NeRkO20]

Hmmm ok. I'll just try to install the new bulb and test. Maybe the fibre optic tube is damaged.

After I've found time to try, I'll post here.

[NeRkO20]

Originally Posted by Revie19

Anyone have a part # for the bulb?

Here: 6331 9346240

[Revie19]

Originally Posted by NeRkO20

Here: 6331 9346240

Thanks

[Carpe_BM]

where did you order the bulb from and how do you change it?

[NeRkO20]

I´ve ordered in a onlineshop, it is an offical BMW dealer. But i am from europe, I don´t know if there is something similar in US.

Change: you have to disassamble a couple of things...depending on which bulb you want to replace

Update regarding my issue: changed bulb in dashboard and nothing changed...so I expect my issue in the door panels is not a damaged bulb...

[SJono]

Originally Posted by NeRkO20

I´ve ordered in a onlineshop, it is an offical BMW dealer. But i am from europe, I don´t know if there is something similar in US.

Change: you have to disassamble a couple of things...depending on which bulb you want to replace

Update regarding my issue: changed bulb in dashboard and nothing changed...so I expect my issue in the door panels is not a damaged bulb...

The problem is the plastic rod. It is old and it not transmit light as good as it used to be.

[NeRkO20]

An idea how to fix it? A new fibre optic is not an option as you can not buy it separately. It comes with the complete door panel. I mean only the one on top...the other two are available separately