[cozzzz]

Hey guys,

This might be a silly diy idea, but I'm a sucker for this kind of things and was wondering if it's possible to do it on my F30. Basically, I was browsing a chinese website for a center speaker grill and in the reviews I found these 2 photos posted by a user. What I noticed instantly was the illuminated vent thumbwheel, not the blue/red horizontal one (that is normal), but the vertical one which opens/closes the vent.

Again, I know this is kind of silly but it's one of the things I would like to do if it's a simple plug and play replacement trim piece. From the second picture(the door card shape), it seems it would be an F32/F36 or an M4 maybe, but I've been searching for a few days for night pictures and videos with all those cars and none of them show the backlit thumbwheels on the vents.

So, does anyone know of such a thing that would fit an F30, or a conversion from another model that would have backlit compatible thumbwheels?

Thanks

[Bavarian Tech]

I believe F15s had illuminated dash vents knobs.

[cozzzz]

Originally Posted by Bavarian Tech

I believe F15s had illuminated dash vents knobs.

Yes it does and very similar ones at that. Found some vents on ebay already, hope it's not too difficult to fit them on my dash. Will update here if all goes well.

Thanks a lot!

[Ace320]

I did this DIY on my F31 about 2 months ago.

Myb I can do a write up and post pictures of process of making it here on bimmerpost.

[cozzzz]

Originally Posted by Ace320

I did this DIY on my F31 about 2 months ago.

Myb I can do a write up and post pictures of process of making it here on bimmerpost.

That would be great Please feel free to update here if you manage to do it 👍

[fredde85]

Originally Posted by cozzzz

That would be great Please feel free to update here if you manage to do it 👍

I also want

[cozzzz]

I did this mod eventually, after I found this thread and followed the instructions(only the illuminated vent wheel part).

I also used the led modules from the door ambient lights, as I replaced them before with some custom ones. Only difference is I used a 470 ohm resistor to dim it down a bit more, closer to the other buttons(I think a 680 ohm would be even better).