[dinonz]

Originally Posted by Avian

That's so sick!

http://www.f30post.com/forums/showth...ght=door+light

[carzaddict]

after finally spending a drive at night with my car and thinking i didnt have the lighting package.....turns out i do but its EXTREMELY dim. I have the lighting turned up to the max and its still barely visible. I was hoping the door lights would be a little brighter

[RedlinePSI]

Yea I think BMW definitely dimmed them down a bit since the older models. It used to always be very obvious, now it's like your eyes have to adjust to the dark for a second before you notice them.

[34.50]

Originally Posted by RedlinePSI

Yea I think BMW definitely dimmed them down a bit since the older models. It used to always be very obvious, now it's like your eyes have to adjust to the dark for a second before you notice them.

Having a subtle ambient lighting is more classy. I had this in my CLS, and it is just an excellent finish. I think the brightness is just right. I suppose you could switch out the LED's to make it more bright

[RedlinePSI]

Originally Posted by 34.50

Having a subtle ambient lighting is more classy. I had this in my CLS, and it is just an excellent finish. I think the brightness is just right. I suppose you could switch out the LED's to make it more bright

No I think i'm with you. I totally get why they toned it down a bit. It looks great, just the first time I noticed it I was curious and had to get used to it a bit cuz I did always love that ambient lighting. I will have no intention on trying to make them any brighter.

[compubasic]

I can't seem to find any good information on the ambient lighting in the 2016 340. Pictures I find only seem to show ambient light behind the center stack and the footwells but I've seen pictures of slightly older 3 series with ambient light for the center console and running along the inside of the doors. Does anybody know where I can find more info about all of the ambient light locations in the 2016 340i? I have an M sport on order...

[tex2670]

Originally Posted by compubasic

I can't seem to find any good information on the ambient lighting in the 2016 340. Pictures I find only seem to show ambient light behind the center stack and the footwells but I've seen pictures of slightly older 3 series with ambient light for the center console and running along the inside of the doors. Does anybody know where I can find more info about all of the ambient light locations in the 2016 340i? I have an M sport on order...

See my post in the other thread you bumped.

[HFW003]

Originally Posted by Avian

That's so sick!

Surely you mean ?

[RPM1123]

I can't speak to other interiors, but the "classic" ambient lighting looks excellent with saddle brown because the orange-ish hue really complements the brown leather. White light is very neutral, so I feel like most interiors would look better with the classic lighting but it's personal preference of course.

[compubasic]

Originally Posted by tex2670

See my post in the other thread you bumped.

Thanks tex!

[Lcfcno1fan]

Is everyone aware that the interior lighting level is also controlled by your dashboard thumb wheel lighting control - so you may have interior lighting turned up high but also have your dashboard way down low which might be making your lighting g look dimmer?

Mess about with the two together to get to your ideal lighting levels ?

[tex2670]

Originally Posted by reyoasian

Are the interior LED's (door courtesy, footwell, front and rear dome) supposed to be white in Sport?

My 2017 F30 acts a little weird in Sport:
When the car is locked, interior dome lights are OFF as expected.
When I unlock the car via key remote, interior dome lights turn ON as WHITE colour
When I open the car door, the interior lights turn AMBER colour (and stay like this)

Is this normal?

Sport = white; Classic = amber. But the dome lights are always white; only the ambient lights change to amber in Classic mode.

[laidback93]

Just found the lighting setting yesterday. I was driving home from work in the bright summer sun, so I didn't mess with it, but I was sure curious.

I'll have to check it out tonight.

[tex2670]

Originally Posted by reyoasian

I'm not talking about the ambient lights.
Dome lights change too.

Classic:
Doors locked: domes off
Doors unlock via remote: domes amber
Doors open: domes amber

Sport:
Doors locked: domes off
Doors unlocked via remote: domes white
Doors open: domes amber

And when I say amber, I don't mean orange, I mean halogen-hued lighting.

I just checked, and my dome lights do not change color based on Classic/Sport.
And the iDrive setting says "ambient lighting".

[SpenceRx]

Originally Posted by tex2670

I just checked, and my dome lights do not change color based on Classic/Sport.
And the iDrive setting says "ambient lighting".

Same. Dome lights are always white. It's the door strips and lighting up by the sunroof controls that change from white to amber