I thought all M6's come with this ?
did yours and you changed it to be nicer/brighter?

 

Correct; Nicer and much brighter

 

Fantastic job Allan! Thank you for sharing!

This will be my next project. I will order my parts soon and will post updates here once I'm done.

Thanks again for sharing your knowledge, talent and experience.

 

Best to you as well Dan. Happy belated New Year. Still loving this beast, as you can tell...

 

Awesome DIY !!! involved, but not overly difficult. End result is awesome!

 

Dan, your comments are appreciated. Have your recoding wish list. And I have a few more. No splash screen, select no (nicht activ) bulb check messages. Thats basically the code change. Either activ or nicht activ. Therefore no more resistors needed when doing LED upgrades. No faults That's just a taste of options.

P.S. Your package is on the way. You'll only need 2 wired connectors for the Illuminated sill upgrade and the power supply.

 

Thank you so much!

 

Nice , i might do it .

 

Awesome upgrade. Thanks for the detailed instructions.

 

looks awesome. where'd you get the cf wrap for the gauges?

 

Thank you for the nice comment

CF wrap is 3M Di-Noc film. There are a variety of vendors who sell it in different sizes. If you do a search for Di-Noc you should come up with many M applications members have used it for

 

Finally got around to it. Illuminated Door Sill Light upgrade

First the results:

Before and After:

A complete DYI is attached with pictures

(Apologies for spelling and grammar errors)

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Happy Modding...

Do you mind sharing the parts involved with this DIY? Maybe detail instructions will help too

 

gasterus, click the link:

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/at...-com/124875-dyi-illuminated-door-sill-mod-dyi_-m6-illuminated-door-sill-mod.pdf

 

Great writeup! Thanks for that!

 

Saw this. Light Tape® - Bring your imagination to light!

 

Awesome! Now I know a celebrity! Congrats Alan!

Dont forget us little people here. Tell Charlie Sheen I said hi : )

 

Yikes, I'm famous! Part of the deal was for me to provide a writeup for them. Looks like they used it

Good bunch of folks those LightTape people

Thanks Gustav.

 

Hi Zerocks... Just stumbled on this and am about to undergo another of your mods (hopefully a little simpler for me!) any idea where I can obtain the light tape or equivalent in the uk? Have you seen it done in orange/red like the new m6?

 

They do have red, although I haven't seen it personally. It's pretty bright overall so I imagine if red is your choice you won't be disappointed. I do not know of any dealers/distributors in the UK. The one I used (East Coast US) were very helpful and honest. You may have to search distributors on the web.

In one of the posts above you will see the retailer that I used. They may be able to give you a start where to get it locally. Been a couple of years since I did mine. Still bright and kicking.

 

hi zerocks think ill go with white... do I need the top one off here the 9v dc?

Light Tape UK Limited - Exclusive importer of Electro-LuminX USA's Light Tape Electroluminescent (EL) lighting products in the UK and Ireland and I can cut them as you did?

 

This is directly from the DIY I wrote way back when. Make sure you choose the larger power supply (There is a picture on page 23). It gives you maximum amperage to light them fully. Only one needed for both sides

The total length on the sum of the drivers and passengers side will be about 48 sq” (24 sq” each side). Since this was on the threshold of of 50 sq ”, I opted for the Power Supply below which is rated 50-100 sq ”.

 

Finally got around to it. Illuminated Door Sill Light upgrade

First the results:

Before and After:

A complete DYI is attached with pictures

(Apologies for spelling and grammar errors)

View attachment 124875

View attachment 124876

View attachment 124877

Happy Modding...

How much for the door sills? My passenger side one has cracks in the light channels.

 

From recollection approximately $180 all inclusive, and I bought two different colors to try.

 

Out of curiosity what usually goes wrong with these then and are they repairable as they are before I splash out for the strips?

 

The strips (OEM) themselves go bad. Basically, they no longer illuminate. You will see (if you do this), the difference in the OEM (very thin and narrow) strip, vs. an aftermarket. My opinion is it's merely prone to water/moisture/poor electrical connection at the strip itself. I believe the thread has a picture of OEM vs. light tape strips.

 

ah ok so the originals cat be repaired?

 

No they cannot. They come as a whole unit. There is no part number for the strip itself, and once removed, why bother replacing with an OEM strip if an aftermarket is better, even if you could get an OEM strip. The shape of it is rather odd and must be made for BMW specifically. So the choices are replace with an OEM complete sill or mod it. By the way, do a voltage check at the connection (which is located just below the carpet seam on both the drivers and passenger side. (Specifics are in the DIY), just to make sure you have voltage at the connector and you are not dealing with another problem.

 

At "pyro225"

I noticed Zerocks1 answered each and everyone of your question and not once you said Thank You to him.

How about showing a little bit of appreciation for our super nice and super helpful members?

 

What a novel idea! Thanks whattheheck.

 

Thanks Allan!

Awesome DIY!

 

Thanks Hasan. Almost done with my AE mod. I did it a little differently than most. Here's a taste. Your posts really helped with the lens removal (nothing on those flashing rear fogs yet. I'm still experimenting)