New Gauges

Yozh · 03-18-2015, 12:37 AM

Thought I would share. Wanted to go with something different. Like the M3 design, but we have a diesel and can't retrofit an M3 cluster as far as I know, plus it's pricey. So I went with my own design a la M550d in Europe. Still want to add M3 rings that I have, but apparently they are a pita to fit. Also, I have experimented with all kinds of LEDs from 320mcd to 2100mcd and form 4000K to 7000K. I have found that the best colour temperature is 6500 to 7000K although I hate blue and purple, they look the best. For now I have 1600mcd LEDs, but will be switching to the lower power as these are on a brighter side. Just hard to get a proper batch in a 0.33/0.33 x/y chromacity that lean in a 6500-7000K range, unless you get a whole reel. Anyway, here they are, may be I am crazy, but my car is a US-spec, and I had to get kph clusters anyway, although my digital speedo is fine at times. PS: these are replacements and not overlays, if that matters.

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natefank · 03-18-2015, 12:43 AM

Is urs an M sport or did u make that ///M 335d emblem?

Yozh · 03-18-2015, 12:48 AM

Mine is an Msport and I did make that. I suppose people may frown on using an ///M logo, but I just follow what BMW did with a diesel 550d/50d in Europe. Plus, there is enough ///M logos from the factory on this car. I always think that with a DPF off and a remap at 325hp and 500lbft at the wheels this should have been an ///M335d from the factory.

WreckerX5d · 03-18-2015, 06:22 PM

I googled the Apina D3 E90 cluster, and it's pretty similar to yours. Only it can have MPH with the KPH within it.

I wish there was a way for us to get a 200mph speedo, not that I'd go that fast, but just because lol.

Puerto Rican 335d · 03-18-2015, 07:25 PM

sweet looking thing Yohz

335ddd · 03-19-2015, 10:19 AM

very nice

as a side question what is that car symbol with dashed lines in the center of cluster right above the display. Is that for some sort of cruse control or park sensor? I have never seen it light up.

Yozh · 03-19-2015, 10:57 AM

That is for an active cruise control.

335ddd · 03-19-2015, 01:27 PM

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That is for an active cruise control.

was active cruise control even an option on US cars? does it work like a radar?

Yozh · 03-19-2015, 01:33 PM

I am not sure how it works, but yes it was an option on US cars. I do not have it though on mine.

03-18-2015, 12:37 AM	#1
Yozh Colonel 870 Rep 2,615 Posts Drives: 2011 335d M-Sport Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Wet Coast iTrader: (4)	New Gauges Thought I would share. Wanted to go with something different. Like the M3 design, but we have a diesel and can't retrofit an M3 cluster as far as I know, plus it's pricey. So I went with my own design a la M550d in Europe. Still want to add M3 rings that I have, but apparently they are a pita to fit. Also, I have experimented with all kinds of LEDs from 320mcd to 2100mcd and form 4000K to 7000K. I have found that the best colour temperature is 6500 to 7000K although I hate blue and purple, they look the best. For now I have 1600mcd LEDs, but will be switching to the lower power as these are on a brighter side. Just hard to get a proper batch in a 0.33/0.33 x/y chromacity that lean in a 6500-7000K range, unless you get a whole reel. Anyway, here they are, may be I am crazy, but my car is a US-spec, and I had to get kph clusters anyway, although my digital speedo is fine at times. PS: these are replacements and not overlays, if that matters.
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natefank Private First Class 8 Rep 106 Posts Drives: 335d Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Santa Cruz, CA iTrader: (0)	Is urs an M sport or did u make that ///M 335d emblem?
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Yozh Colonel 870 Rep 2,615 Posts Drives: 2011 335d M-Sport Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Wet Coast iTrader: (4)	Mine is an Msport and I did make that. I suppose people may frown on using an ///M logo, but I just follow what BMW did with a diesel 550d/50d in Europe. Plus, there is enough ///M logos from the factory on this car. I always think that with a DPF off and a remap at 325hp and 500lbft at the wheels this should have been an ///M335d from the factory. Last edited by Yozh; 03-18-2015 at 12:56 AM..
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WreckerX5d Warrant Officer 375 Rep 1,341 Posts Drives: Deezul Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (4)	I googled the Apina D3 E90 cluster, and it's pretty similar to yours. Only it can have MPH with the KPH within it. I wish there was a way for us to get a 200mph speedo, not that I'd go that fast, but just because lol. __________________ Deleted, ATM I/C and tuned by B.R.R.
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Puerto Rican 335d Brigadier General 229 Rep 3,489 Posts Drives: Montego Blue 335d Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Puerto Rico(Dominican Republic 03/2017) iTrader: (0)	sweet looking thing Yohz __________________ RENNtech Flash(Lenny Wu)/WAGNER IC Enkei Rajin 18"/Execuhitch Hitch/Koni FSD Soft Ride Bike Rack/Brava Synthetic Motor Oil(Made in Puerto Rico)/Meth(in the works)/CBU done w Andrew EGR Race Pipe (whoa! what an animal it is now)
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335ddd Private First Class 8 Rep 180 Posts Drives: 2011 335D SE Join Date: May 2014 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	very nice as a side question what is that car symbol with dashed lines in the center of cluster right above the display. Is that for some sort of cruse control or park sensor? I have never seen it light up.
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Yozh Colonel 870 Rep 2,615 Posts Drives: 2011 335d M-Sport Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Wet Coast iTrader: (4)	That is for an active cruise control.
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03-19-2015, 01:33 PM	#9
Yozh Colonel 870 Rep 2,615 Posts Drives: 2011 335d M-Sport Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Wet Coast iTrader: (4)	I am not sure how it works, but yes it was an option on US cars. I do not have it though on mine.
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