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Subject: Adding the overhead LED 'Night Lights' in pre 09/95 production cars. Author: absessler : member since February, 2006 : 3942 posts Posted on: 2007-01-30 17:25:11

In my ’00, there are 2 small LEDs in the overhead dome light assemblies that produce a soft glow at night. I always loved this feature as I think it makes the whole car feel more luxurious, and you almost never need to turn the dome lights on to look for something at night. Well, when I bought the ’95, one of the first things I noticed was that it didn’t have those nice little glow lights that I have learned to love so much. After some eBay watching, I was able to find an updated light assembly that had the LEDs in it.

When I got the new assembly, I was very surprised to find that the connectors were exactly the same on both the new and the old. The only difference was that the male plug did not have the “Night Light” wire in the #4 pin terminal. Well, with some help with John Carey and the rest of the board, I was able to come up with a plan to piggyback off the sunroof switch’s “Night Light” Signal, and run that to the dome lights. A huge thanks goes out to John Carey for all his help!


I put everything together in the PDF below.


"Night Light" Tutorial PDF

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Alex -
Bellevue, WA

2000 740iL - 55,000 Miles
1995 740i - 130,000 Miles

• Adding the overhead LED 'Night Lights' in pre 09/95 production cars. (url) - absessler 2007-01-30 17:25:11 (19253 views)
  • Good Stuff man!! (nt) - KrazyD 2007-01-31 14:27:41 (477 views)
  • Nice work! It's been added to e38.org. I wonder if this could be added to e32's? (nt) - DavidC 2007-01-31 14:04:16 (602 views)
    • Also, FYI, The Recall & TSB Info Links to alldata.com are not working (nt) - absessler 2007-01-31 14:22:57 (426 views)
    • Do they have similar light assemblies? I am sure it could be done as long as - absessler 2007-01-31 14:18:48 (411 views)
      • The overhead console is the same shape, including the rectangular - DavidC 2007-02-01 02:55:07 (475 views)
  • Looks like I need to add this to my 635 later on- thx. (nt) - bmw635 2007-01-31 12:13:09 (373 views)
  • WOW, you did a wonderful job! Add, Homelink and updated mic - LJBimmers 2007-01-31 11:05:30 (425 views)
  • Must have been a 1996 thing - mine has them (nt) - cliffwilliams 2007-01-31 08:20:55 (443 views)
  • Great write up! Thanks to John's spotting I just bought on the bay - Roy In GA 2007-01-30 23:34:44 (401 views)
  • Props yo. Lookin good. (nt) - ED 2007-01-30 23:03:30 (420 views)
  • Congratulations! Well done (nt) - jcarey 2007-01-30 22:24:51 (347 views)
  • Congrats! You did an awesome job - both doing the homework - sealbeach740 2007-01-30 21:36:30 (372 views)
  • Nice job Alex! I think the 'basic blue thing' is a wire-tap, isn't it? (nt) - Buck99750iL 2007-01-30 19:03:11 (399 views)
  • Fantastic! Hopefully David can add to e38.org. (nt) - Ultymte 2007-01-30 18:57:13 (356 views)
  • nice work! I too love that soft glow from these lights. you go! (nt) - NoahGo 2007-01-30 18:21:19 (388 views)
  • nice job! (nt) - thesteve 2007-01-30 18:09:17 (342 views)