DIY - Illuminated Door Sills (official instructions)

poldim · 12-24-2006, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by teknochild

you will see immitations pop up on ebay pretty quickly for less than 100$

I wonder what the quality is going to be like...

Hunter399 · 12-24-2006, 10:22 PM

Probley less than great

riceqx2 · 12-27-2006, 09:10 AM

I just saw these on a coupe at the dealer. 623.00 added on to the sticker. The aft end of the door sills are held on by a 1" square rubber spacer with double sided tape on both sides. The double sided tape makes contact with the underneath of the metal door sill and the painted door frame of the car. The double sided tape was'nt sticking too good though because the aft end of the sill was lifting up on both doors. I tried to press it back down, but could'nt get it to hold. For that price I would expect something that was going to survive the long haul. They looked nice and thick though, but it was hard to tell in the bright showroom that they were even lit untill I placed my hand over the logo for shade.

poldim · 12-27-2006, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by riceqx2

I just saw these on a coupe at the dealer. 623.00 added on to the sticker. The aft end of the door sills are held on by a 1" square rubber spacer with double sided tape on both sides. The double sided tape makes contact with the underneath of the metal door sill and the painted door frame of the car. The double sided tape was'nt sticking too good though because the aft end of the sill was lifting up on both doors. I tried to press it back down, but could'nt get it to hold. For that price I would expect something that was going to survive the long haul. They looked nice and thick though, but it was hard to tell in the bright showroom that they were even lit untill I placed my hand over the logo for shade.

Doesnt sound like they could be much better than the ebay competition...

gqmd · 04-04-2009, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Chesmu

The thing is, some people are able to afford a bmw becasue they are smart with their money and save for a purpose. No one throws money away...

If they don't throw money away, then they definitely won't be throwing away $600 on these either...

Noxious_ · 10-20-2010, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teknochild

you will see immitations pop up on ebay pretty quickly for less than 100$

Did this ever happen?

WOPALX · 01-16-2011, 09:30 PM

Seams BMW have updated the kit with an additional wire for those that don't have certain options.

A BMW tech kindly emailed these to me when I got 95% through the installation and noticed the difference between what I had and what was in the instructions posted in this thread.

Thumperx · 01-18-2011, 09:25 AM

I did mine and followed the instruction without any mishap.

NBTBRV8 · 03-07-2015, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WOPALX

Seams BMW have updated the kit with an additional wire for those that don't have certain options.

A BMW tech kindly emailed these to me when I got 95% through the installation and noticed the difference between what I had and what was in the instructions posted in this thread.

Thanks for posting, I needed this too as the OP's are out of date.

vtmiller · 01-01-2019, 10:56 AM

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Let’s see what someone can do with this...

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riceqx2 Private 1 Rep 67 Posts Drives: 335XIC... Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Massachusetts iTrader: (0)	I just saw these on a coupe at the dealer. 623.00 added on to the sticker. The aft end of the door sills are held on by a 1" square rubber spacer with double sided tape on both sides. The double sided tape makes contact with the underneath of the metal door sill and the painted door frame of the car. The double sided tape was'nt sticking too good though because the aft end of the sill was lifting up on both doors. I tried to press it back down, but could'nt get it to hold. For that price I would expect something that was going to survive the long haul. They looked nice and thick though, but it was hard to tell in the bright showroom that they were even lit untill I placed my hand over the logo for shade.
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vtmiller #newbie #335i #2007 3 Rep 7 Posts Drives: 335i 2007 Sedan Monaco Blue Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Richmond VA iTrader: (0)	Check out www.lighttape.com they have 12v credit card thin panels that will light up any substraight to do some cool things. PDF http://www.lighttape.com/wp-content/...Brochure-1.pdf or article. https://www.richmond.com/business/lo...5867c.amp.html Let’s see what someone can do with this...
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