I only had to do one of my four that broke and it has been ages so I don't remember it clearly. I do remember thinking it's damn near impossible and that it looked like one had to feed the new optical tube through the long slit from the bottom, then pulling it through while it was perpendicular to the black plastic piece, then once enough has been pulled through, you kinds swivel it into place: part that interfaces with the LED comes down, and the tail comes up.-- I recommend working very very slowly and looking it all over to make sure you understand the shapes involved. If the optic pipe quits moving freely, find out why instead of forcing it. Lube both pieces and if in doubt, be OK with mangling or damaging the black part since it's mostly not visible when reinstalled. The only other thing I can think of is looking up the actual workshop repair manual for our cars in hopes some procedure is in there. -- Good luck!

@@bwhobackk thank you so much i ordered a new one i hope it goes well the rear ones are really bad to replace but the front row is so easy

@@ysmke-4234 best of luck, e92 brother.

@@bwhobackk im e93 but its the same thing. I did it. It was really hard but the way u told me was impossible. I needed to take the molding a little bit off where the light stripe goes in. When i pulled it a bit apart from the door trim i was able to play with the stripe to finally move it into the hole and get it out from the other side and plug it into the connector. The molding was kinda glued from behind i needed to screw it open a little. Thank you so mich for your effort and help after so many years i still was able to count on you. Good luck❤️

dang! let me at least find the name of the site I got mine from, and I'd just go there and search for SMD. -- This should get you pretty close: www.mouser.com/c/optoelectronics/led-lighting/led-emitters/

@@bwhobackk hey i hope you are still reading the comments. i changed all of that and suddenly the rear light guide ( the plastic straw where the light goes through ) broke on the rear side. how do i replace this? i took the light out but the new one is kinda bend and its impossible to put it back in place without breaking it. do you have tipps or anything for me? it would help me so much.

It was a half mile thing and I think their gear had the car at like 169mph and change. Eager to work in it some more once owner gets it back from some sheisty Californians who have been “working” on it. ET unknown but car has done a 9.8 @ 143 in swampa$$ hot/humid conditions. Did that accidentally when we were trying to get the engine and trans to quit fighting eachother.

hahahah. Awesome --- I got air in my old 350z once in Knoxville... and that was enough for me.

The ADHD squirrels in my head make too many notifications debilitating for me. Sorry took forever to see this. -- On your way to 1000 in what though?

cheers and thank you!

that implies power isn't going through the connectors at high enough levels to properly light up the LED in there but what you probably need is the brightest SMD swapped in you can or figuring out how to fire your own LED into the rod and not even utilize the stock system.

Evolve plus adapters from NRW.

To me it has been. Nobody else I know has this and I like that I did it. Also helps kinda modernize the look of the interior and make it feel more spacious at night... especially if you have tint and it's relentlessly dark inside the cabin.

@@bwhobackk To each his own!

flag me down if you see either the -is or the M8 with the giant wing at an event anytime in the future. Would like to say hello.🍻

haha yeah, it's too low and I think for future helmet cam stuff for the car (and not bike) I'll do a side mount right at eye level.

Every car is the best car when you’re driving it flat-out.

I was very surprised I didn't get a puncture. The bike, after a thorough clean doesn't seem any worse for wear though I haven't ridden it since. Still want to remove the calipers up front and clean the piston areas since you know... brakes are important.

I don't, but recommend getting on an electronic supply site and you can get exactly what you want out of the SMD you choose.

haha, thanks. Honesty man... just makes sense.

no, get on realoem.com and look up the part number for the emitter itself and swap in the new one and you should be good.

No problem 👍

Possibly. Not expert. Ask Long Island Watch Mike.

Higher output SMDs I went with middle of the road ones that had roughly the same output as the stock ones but I forget the unit they used to measure the brightness.

How do you set the brightness level ?

Sorry for the delay I don’t have notifications set up in such a way that I see these. I was able to get mine through FCP Euro, or Turner motorsport I think.

Look up Long Island watch. The guy has his own channel with a bunch of content and makes lots of custom Seiko family parts and a lot of his own models now.

I know I’m replying like four months later, but I don’t have notifications set up for these comments. Those are indeed M3 door cards, and the grills that came with them, however, just reused my speakers underneath which where I think one notch beneath that, but not the base.

There’s a KZbin channel Arduino versus everything abbreviated AvE by this Canadian fellow and that was stolen from him but it’s still cathartic to say when I’m filming anything.

Really appreciated the realism of doing my own mods.

I’m not sure since it’s been sometime, but if you look up Long Island, watch, which is by the store, and a KZbin channel… That’s where I got the stuff

Do you ship to Nashville Tennessee? If so, I’ll happily except a real exhaust. Thank you.

Sorry, this took forever because I don’t have notifications set up. The vibrant resonators are available on Amazon and it’s not something an installer can really screw up if they know how to weld stainless. The rest of the exhaust is downpipes by I can’t remember anymore but one and like the two big names that makes them and then downstream of the secondary cats. It’s the stock 335is exhaust system.

You can do it!

Realoem.com is awesome for part number lookups.

Sorry for the delay don’t have notifications enabled. Yes I have not done any diving or anything but have gone swimming and snorkeling and probably got pulled behind a ski boat several times since and it’s fine. I took extra care to make sure the surfaces were clean before I reassembled it, and I think the more certain you are that there isn’t any junk stuck in between the better.

Did you do it?

@alexis salvatierra It isn’t a fiber but a rod. A brittle one. You can remove it from the black plastic but that will almost the rod snaps somewhere and won’t properly carry light beyond the fracture so be careful.

You can remove the light guide from the black housing, it's just clipped in. I used a flathead screwdriver to get it out. However be careful it breaks easily

No, it’s the stock 335is exhaust downstream of the secondaries, but other than that you’re absolutely right. Sorry for my delay in replying since I don’t have notifications enabled.

Exactly.

I doubt I could track down the order receipt, however realoem.com is where I looked up the part

sorry took me so damn long dude. Yes. Look up long island watch. He sells the parts I used.

Probably canned air like for computer keyboards and stuff. I didn’t rewatch it just now, but I use that as one of my tools and try to be careful not to be too close range with it because I bet you could bend watch parts.

Yes, XHP stage three with Crippe disabled sport launch instead of burnout mode, and I added some extra torque punch because it makes me laugh and I don’t care if it’s less efficient.