SexualChocolate
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- SE Houston
I understand this is a very simple mod, but I believe that this will help some and I think I am one of a handful (if not the 1st uh 1st gen) using dome leds for the plate light. All that is necessary is a dome light kit of appropriate size and a screwdriver to install.
After a while I was getting sick and tired of the 194 plug in LED license plate light. Don't get me wrong, some of them work well for most, but in my case I went though them (1 set superbrightleds and 2 sets of no name cheapies off ebay).
I went the BMW route and finding that most were using Luxer 1 brand dome light LEDs in their license plates on the E9X; I set off in search of those only to find that they were going to cost in excess of 50 for both through bavauto for the 12 light led kit (even if you bought the 24led kit you would need 2 as it contains only 1 adapter and we need 2). A little too much for an experiment IMO. I went ahead and measured our plate light housing, finding that it was 20mm max in width, so I searched for something that would fit perfectly. This led me to ijdmtoy as their light was the same as the Luxer 1 at 19.812mm. I am sure there are others that will fit. Make sure it is no more than 32mm x 20mm (or remeasure as that 32mm length was off the top of my head).
Here is the kit:
Lots of room in our housing to hold the wiring and adapter:
Sealed up and ready to reinstall:
Comparison of no name ebay 6-led bulbs vs the 12 led dome setup:
Installed (yes my FX is dirty, its going to rain again tomorrow and these are daytime shots, and yes I dropped one of the mounting screws and cannot find it lol):
After a while I was getting sick and tired of the 194 plug in LED license plate light. Don't get me wrong, some of them work well for most, but in my case I went though them (1 set superbrightleds and 2 sets of no name cheapies off ebay).
I went the BMW route and finding that most were using Luxer 1 brand dome light LEDs in their license plates on the E9X; I set off in search of those only to find that they were going to cost in excess of 50 for both through bavauto for the 12 light led kit (even if you bought the 24led kit you would need 2 as it contains only 1 adapter and we need 2). A little too much for an experiment IMO. I went ahead and measured our plate light housing, finding that it was 20mm max in width, so I searched for something that would fit perfectly. This led me to ijdmtoy as their light was the same as the Luxer 1 at 19.812mm. I am sure there are others that will fit. Make sure it is no more than 32mm x 20mm (or remeasure as that 32mm length was off the top of my head).
Here is the kit:
Lots of room in our housing to hold the wiring and adapter:
Sealed up and ready to reinstall:
Comparison of no name ebay 6-led bulbs vs the 12 led dome setup:
Installed (yes my FX is dirty, its going to rain again tomorrow and these are daytime shots, and yes I dropped one of the mounting screws and cannot find it lol):
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