just drove a bmw 325 ci and liked how the pillar lights gave the interior a nice lighting especially with tan interior....has anyone done his mod before?...what wood be the easiest way to wire this, and also the most important question is, how much space is there behind the pillar?....i think it looks dope especially with some bright white leds...

piks:


DOOR ACTIVATED COURTESY LIGHT:


DOOR COURTESY LIGHT WITH SPOT LIGHT:

 

dont think anyone has done this yet, but you can be the pioneer, take off your rooflining and hook it up to the dome light.

 

I love it. I had an idea after driving my cousin's car but not sure how it'd look.

 

I like the idea of that light. Don't think anyone's done it yet. But I think that kind of lighting would look bad in LED...

 

i've always wanted to do this ever since i bought the car. when i was making the decision on what car to buy, i had choice between the TL and mitsu diamante, and the diamante had these (they were called courtesy reading lights and they are push button) another thing i liked about the diamante was the high contrast guage cluster, but all in all i'm glad i got the TL.

 

thought about that too......maybe a warm color led

 

yuck, diamante... but the lights def look good. if memory serves, i think there was enough space. would be worth checking out

 

Ive considered this as well, i would run leds personally.

 

COOL.....having a hard time finding these specific light housings....still searching online and as soon as i find them, im purchasing them and installing asap!....will keep everyone posted!

 

UPDATE!****
JUST ORDERED THE READING LIGHT HOUSINGS FROM EBAY

HERES THE LINK FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN DOIN IT AS WELL:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...34852338811847

 

also, if anyone has the time to help in advance, can u see/measure how much space is behind the c-pillars of our 2gens.......thatll be great!!....i currently dont have my car till next week or this weekend.

 

LEDs FTMFW!

GL with the mod!

 

this would be real easy to do. that panel pops right off and u can just cut the plasitc (pleather) and fit the bmw lights in. LED wired to the dome light and youre done. ill probably do this when i finish all these gauges for other memebers (if i ever do)

 

some of you mentioned running LEDs, do you mean swapping out the bulbs in those BMW pillar lights with an LED? or actually putting an LED cluster or whatever in there

 

Swapping it out.

I would put an LED pad in there instead of a bulb to make it really bright.

 

UPDATE!:
lights came in today and started on 1 pillar....fits perfect in this spot only.....gotta finish the other pillar and wiring sometime this weekend.

 

Looking good. Can't wait to see the results.

 

nice

 

Wow that is awesome!

 

looks good, i might do this one day

 

iight here are the final piks, didnt have time to take shots during the wiring process but its pretty simple.....will swap out the regular bulbs for white leds sometime next month.

 

very nice. way to go man

 

thanx

 

Amazing!!! I really like this mod!

 

Wow, I really like those! Nice job.

 

could this possibly be somewhat of a DIY?

:ib4addtodiysticky:

 

pretty much, all i used was a new box cutter to cut the hole from the inside of the panels, and shave till it fits tightly and securely....u wont spend more than $40 which is just the lights unless u decide to buy leds at the same time....bulb sizes are 194 / 168 (2 bulbs in each housing)

 

Hmmmmmmmm

What did you tap into the dome or the doors?

 

slick


im gonna join ya on this mod, ill order the lights this week. also curious on if you wired to the dome light? that makes most sense

 

i tapped into the dome light pos and negative and 3rd wire to the screw on the right which turns on the reading light.

 

very very nicee, came out perfect

good job

 

Freaking awesome! Bro you just started a 2nd gen cult following for this modification and I'm joining. Will be doing this very soon.

 

Thanx everyone....i might do a quick diy tut sometime next week

if anyone gets to do this mod successfully and gets leds before me, post piks asap! Preferebly white (5000k) nothing more nothing less...i think 6000k leds wood look better with an all black interior, not tan as it makes the leather look washed out or bleached.

 

Man that turned out great!