[jcdub]

I received mine climate ambient leds today (white/orange). Fitting them this evening. Looking forward to the extra brightness :-)

[eff32fl]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

Adding a pic of the two radio/climate dashboard LEDs, its too cold outside for indtallation actually.

Awesome yours came in the mail. That's hilarious mine just came in the mail today as well (the blue/white ones). They only took 11 days to deliver this time around thankfully. Will take some pics after I install them!

EDIT: Here's a picture after installing the new radio trim modules. Looks great! Picture isn't great but you get the idea. The ambient lighting upgrade is now complete! Thank you Benzinfabrik!

[chuckles01]

Originally Posted by eff32fl

Awesome yours came in the mail. That's hilarious mine just came in the mail today as well (the blue/white ones). They only took 11 days to deliver this time around thankfully. Will take some pics after I install them!

EDIT: Here's a picture after installing the new radio trim modules. Looks great! Picture isn't great but you get the idea. The ambient lighting upgrade is now complete! Thank you Benzinfabrik!

How funny, I got mine in the mail today too! Was it hard to replace the modules for the climate panel area? Any good tips now that you've done it?

[eff32fl]

Originally Posted by chuckles01

How funny, I got mine in the mail today too! Was it hard to replace the modules for the climate panel area? Any good tips now that you've done it?

That's great, it seems 4 of us got our LED's on the same day.

If you've removed the radio trim and dash trim before this will be a piece of cake. This swap was very easy and only took about 30 minutes from start to finish including removing the dash trim.

Be careful when removing the dash trim with your plastic pry tool especially as you get to the thin part toward the passenger vent as that can break easily. Use a pick tool or a tiny screw driver to help disconnect power connectors when needed (especially disconnecting the hazard/lock button connector from the dash trim, I've noticed it helps to push the whole button out from the back of the dash trim so it pops out the front and then remove the power connector) and have a towel handy that you can put over the radio trim after you loosen the dash trim and have it "dangling" so neither get scratched while you disconnect the 2 power connectors. Be careful when disconnecting connectors if you use a tiny screw driver as the plastic connectors can break easily (I've broken a couple before but just as long as you don't destroy it you will be ok). Disconnecting the radio trim from the dash uses a Torx size 20 (if I recall correctly).

As far as swapping out the LED modules from the radio trim, looking at the back of it there's a module on each side of the radio trim on the upper left and upper right contained in a black square plastic piece and you will see the clear plastic light diffuser connected on each end. Whichever side you are working on, work out some slack in the power cable so you can pull the black plastic piece that holds the module out of the radio trim to be easier to work with. The clear diffuser tube is flattened on each end where it connects to the plastic piece and that slides out of the black piece easily to allow easier work. The black plastic piece is made of 2 pieces and the outer piece slides off exposing the OEM LED module. Replace it and follow the reverse order and you're good to go. Be sure the new LED module is installed with the LED side of the board face down just how the OEM LED module was installed. After re-assembling the radio trim, be sure the plastic diffuser is pressed down firmly and isn't loose.

I didn't think about taking pictures as I did it, but I found a picture and attached it below and identified the pieces that contain the LED modules. This picture doesn't have the radio and AC modules (which don't need to be removed to do this) but you get the idea.

[Samir72]

Originally Posted by eff32fl

Awesome yours came in the mail. That's hilarious mine just came in the mail today as well (the blue/white ones). They only took 11 days to deliver this time around thankfully. Will take some pics after I install them!

EDIT: Here's a picture after installing the new radio trim modules. Looks great! Picture isn't great but you get the idea. The ambient lighting upgrade is now complete! Thank you Benzinfabrik!

Very nice. Have give it to Benzinfrabik for such an simple and easy upgrade option for ambient lighting 🤝

[chuckles01]

Wow thanks for this! Such detailed instructions.

[Dang3r]

Thank you for the explanation, plan to install this within next week.
Would you rate to install the new LEDs w/o disassembling the whole frame as possible or not?

[eff32fl]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

Thank you for the explanation, plan to install this within next week.
Would you rate to install the new LEDs w/o disassembling the whole frame as possible or not?

You have to at least pull out the black plastic pieces and disconnect the light diffuser. You can leave the radio and AC/climate modules alone.

[Squibby1996]

Just got my LED's today, install was pretty easy, if you've changed the led boards in the door cards then you'll find the radio surround a lot easier than those🤣 here's some photos

[eff32fl]

Originally Posted by Squibby1996

Just got my LED's today, install was pretty easy, if you've changed the led boards in the door cards then you'll find the radio surround a lot easier than those🤣 here's some photos

Very nice!

[jcdub]

I ordered the wrong colour climate ambient leds! I bought white and orange. I should have picked the 605 orange colour to match the clocks ect. That was a waste of 25 euro 🙄

[eff32fl]

Originally Posted by jcdub

I ordered the wrong colour climate ambient leds! I bought white and orange. I should have picked the 605 orange colour to match the clocks ect. That was a waste of 25 euro 🙄

I'm fairly sure the orange/white is supposed to match the OEM ambient lighting colors. The 605 is an alternative that has more red in it. At least that's what their site says.

[Goose619]

Yeah I wondered that when I read their website. I think that sentence just gets a little lost in translation. The true bmw orange is the orange 605. The other one they refer to as “classic” because it was their own classic offering before they added a 605 led option. I ordered white/orange 605 for all led modules and they were a perfect oem match. I will say the brightness for the 605 upgrades is most noticeable in the footwell about 100% brighter lol. The radio trim was only slight brighter maybe 30% and the door leds are about 40% brighter. On all of them the white is 100% brighter for sure. The footwells I would consider too bright in white at full brightness. Would be cool to add a capacitor to those.

[eff32fl]

Originally Posted by Goose619

Yeah I wondered that when I read their website. I think that sentence just gets a little lost in translation. The true bmw orange is the orange 605. The other one they refer to as “classic” because it was their own classic offering before they added a 605 led option. I ordered white/orange 605 for all led modules and they were a perfect oem match. I will say the brightness for the 605 upgrades is most noticeable in the footwell about 100% brighter lol. The radio trim was only slight brighter maybe 30% and the door leds are about 40% brighter. On all of them the white is 100% brighter for sure. The footwells I would consider too bright in white at full brightness. Would be cool to add a capacitor to those.

Ahh thanks for the clarification.

[Dang3r]

Originally Posted by Squibby1996

Just got my LED's today, install was pretty easy, if you've changed the led boards in the door cards then you'll find the radio surround a lot easier than those🤣 here's some photos

Clean job, aside of you are driving onto the false way of the road

[jcdub]

Originally Posted by eff32fl

I'm fairly sure the orange/white is supposed to match the OEM ambient lighting colors. The 605 is an alternative that has more red in it. At least that's what their site says.

I wonder did they change their site description since?

[eff32fl]

Originally Posted by jcdub

I wonder did they change their site description since?

I don't believe so. As the previous person mentioned it seems to be a misunderstanding with how it's worded. Hopefully you can get replacements soon.

[Samir72]

Originally Posted by Squibby1996

Just got my LED's today, install was pretty easy, if you've changed the led boards in the door cards then you'll find the radio surround a lot easier than those🤣 here's some photos

Nice I think the silver trim really helps to reflect the glow with the black interior. 👌🏽

[Samir72]

Originally Posted by jcdub

I ordered the wrong colour climate ambient leds! I bought white and orange. I should have picked the 605 orange colour to match the clocks ect. That was a waste of 25 euro 🙄

If you have not fitted them and they are sealed maybe ask if you can reorder and return those.

[Dang3r]

Mission done!
I'd struggled a bit on removing the pins from the housing until I'd found the son of a biatch stubby nose which has hold it. Added this to my DIY to explain this small detail when realized the problem.

[jcdub]

Originally Posted by Samir72

If you have not fitted them and they are sealed maybe ask if you can reorder and return those.

I agreed to return them. I'll pay the postage returning them. And they'll cover the postage sending me the replacements. I also asked them to change the description on their website to avoid further confusion with other customers in the future. I'm returning them tomorrow

[Squibby1996]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

Mission done!
I'd struggled a bit on removing the pins from the housing until I'd found the son of a biatch stubby nose which has hold it. Added this to my DIY to explain this small detail when realized the problem.

Looking good, that's one I forgot is the footwell led I'll have to get this too now