BMW LED License Plate Lights 

many thanks! I bought the led bulb only from pep boys and thanks to your video I finished the job hassle free in 10 minutes. Looks great!

video was very helpful I have a 2002 X5 and ya with you describing everything and showing what you could I got it done with no problems thanks

Useful but you rushed through the actual removal procedure which is the hardest part and didn't actually show it.

Just replaced mine with LEDs. I really like it. Definetely tons brighter than the originals but not over the top. The E39 is such a beautifully designed car which still looks modern to this day. It wears subtle upgrades like this really well. Im waiting for 6000K LED Angel Eyes bulbs as well as Philips 6000K Xenon bulbs. Cant wait to see how it looks!

Columbus here 😀

perfect thanks! btw, computer doesn't recognize these at least in my car so no flicker, no notification light.

Nice Ryan maybe i wanna do that on my e46 320ci looks cool man keep it up

thanks for the tip. I was able to slide it over and out just as you described. Thx.

I have those same lights on my E39. After two months one of them have started to give off way less light than the other one, and flickers a little bit. Gonna have to see if I can get them to send me a new one. They look pretty good, even more so on the US style license plate slot in the trunk. The EU style plate is much wider, so the light is spread out a little more, leaving the middle of the plate slightly darker

Probably just shoot it with some smoke tint paint or LaminX smoke protective covers to make it dimmer. I found a pair at Pick N Pull with a pair of aftermarket tail lights for my 740iL. I'll give them a shot. If too bright I'll do the LaminX thing

Definitely gonna get these lights for my E39 :D btw Ryan what LED bulbs are you using for your angel eyes? Would love to see a video on those. I got these on mine: iJDMTOY 7000K 10W CREE High Power LED from amazon. They are bright in the night and visible in the daytime (not like the F10 though)..anyways cheers and props on the good work and helpful vids and the success of E39 source bro :)

very helpful video, man! thanks for feedback. love the LED look.👍

why mines completely different (one big plastic panel) without any wires, 2002 touring, also my left side is not working at all..

Never mind. Got it done. Thanks man

Beautiful car bro, that's my dream car I'm currently driving a 01 525i and still love it, hope to get a m5 soon, my licence plate lights don't turn on at all never noticed it till I got pulled over the other day, do you think somethin is wrong with wires or the bulbs just went out?

Ryan, do you always fill up full tank when the light comes on, or how much do you put in? What's you're method of saving fuel? Cheers

What was the quote for that rust repair? I have that similar rust around the license plate bulbs

Ryan! We need to meet up sometime, I'm close to Akron and definitely would be nice to discuss cars!

cool - perfect. thanks for video. peace

I have a worry about this. So from what I understand, even if you code the bulb check to be off, they'll still flicker periodically right? Is there a way to prevent that periodic flicker?

So I bought the LED conversion kit from Tuner, and it replaced the license plate bulbs themselves with an LED with 3 diodes in each. I found that they flicker a bit and my right side completely died at one point. I went back to halogens to fix it, but the right side is still not working and I have no light errors on the dash. Why is it that yours don't flicker? I can't go back to halogens after seeing how well the LEDs look.

Nice video thanks

Too bright - I prefer the halogens. I do like the 'heater coil' red rear lighting on the M5 - very cool and retro -- I think BMW used the same on the Z4 coupe.

I got this from ebay too, but mine is flickering.

Ryan. My trunk lid looks like this lid. However I have a 2003 330i. I want to install the backup camera in replace of the light. Do you have video that shows the trunk lid getting wires to the rear seat. My lid is tight and there is no room to move and pull them to the hose for entry into the trunk. Any ideas or video? Thanks guy

Amazing

its a nice car bro

Hi maybe you can help me out, I got an e36 and my number plates light are not working. I have changed the bulbs and fuses still same problem. Than I have purchased led replacement units. Still same issue, have you got any clues on what the problem is

So I have a bmw 325i 1994. One of my license plate light do not have the wire to plug into the license plate light assembly. What should I do?

I have led but want to put new ones in... but I can't unplug them. Any help?

Hey Ryan, do you know what I can do to stop my c pillar map light fixture from falling out? It does it when the car is parked and the interior sensor trips my anti-theft system.

Nice job, much better with the LED bulbs.

Same process for touring?

How much did it cost you to fix the rust i have the exact same thing

hey, did your car come stock with the clear tail lights? if not where did you purchase? planning on face lifting all my 2000 528i lights

If there too bright for you I would just tape off one row of light and spray paint the lens black. Just and idea.

hello,..... where did you buy the light? thanks

Sooo bright, ya can’t read the plate!

Don't suppose you have a link to them do you?

Where are the fuses on the BMW X3 2008

Slide right or left? Lol. Srs though

This guy's voice sounds sooooo familiar... Does he have another channel on RU-vid?

He didn't show how to disconnect the module.

boom...lol. good job

Have you, or anyone posting here, have an issue with the LED festoon replacement bulb (not like this swap out) getting so hot, that car smells like burning plastic/wires? It goes away if I take the LED bulb back out and put OEM bulb back in. I've tried two and three SMD with same results and from different companies too. They come with a heat sink and I even added two more, same results. This is the last one I tried replacing with and same burning smell (but nothing is actually burning. But somehow the heat causes the plastic light housing to give off vomit inducing smell. Probably not healthy. :-) www.ebay.com/itm/371123005817?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT So now I'm thinking the 24 SMD kit. I'm nervous because 2 SMD's is too hot, but since the 24 SMD kit actually has a new housing, maybe it'll be ok. Alternately, I'm thinking of the more expense 3 LED CREE kit. But heard cree has a lot of heat. I called the seller, but he couldn't tell me which is hotter, if at all. :-( store.ijdmtoy.com/BMW-1-3-4-5-X-SeriesLED-License-Plate-Lights-p/75-001.htm store.ijdmtoy.com/BMW-1-3-4-5-X-Series-LED-License-Plate-Lights-p/75-023.htm?CartID=1

Skip the the process of removing the wire