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      07-01-2019, 08:12 AM   #45
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Depends if you're asking about the light carpet lights (the lines) or the door projector lights (the ///M in my and other pics).

The carpet lights are some fancy sophisticated thingy built into the lower part of the car in front of the front doors. From my reading about the technology, those would be very difficult to modify. In well-lit urban environments, they are just a bling gimmick. In dark rural/country environments, they work really well as you walk up to the car with, I guess, comfort access option and a key fob in hand or in pocket.

The ///M is an after market door projector replacement module for the just flat diffused white lights built into the bottom of the door. They come on when you open the respective door. As such, they are definitely just bling in any environment and have no real viable functional purpose.
Ok, thanks LexxM3...so basically its all bling. Still, bling sells and BMW has to keep up with the Jones and I like it. I was just wondering how functional they were as neither light seemed to be in the right place to be functional, though the lines may be better than no light at all.
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I just installed mine last weekend, "cheap Chinese aftermarket" projectors, but I would say they came out rather great. Had to modify the doors bottom trim just a bit as one end on the stock lights module was narrower than the other, and the aftermarket ones were the same width at both ends. Fairly minor in the end and I can put the stock lights back at any time.
where did you get yours?
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I just installed mine last weekend, "cheap Chinese aftermarket" projectors, but I would say they came out rather great. Had to modify the doors bottom trim just a bit as one end on the stock lights module was narrower than the other, and the aftermarket ones were the same width at both ends. Fairly minor in the end and I can put the stock lights back at any time.
where did you get yours?
eBay from China. Weirdly, my exact purchased listing has now disappeared and the seller no longer has one for BMWs as far as I can tell, but mine work well regardless notwithstanding the sight trim adjustment. This was the seller: https://ebay.ca/usr/aaaaabeauty
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eBay from China. Weirdly, my exact purchased listing has now disappeared and the seller no longer has one for BMWs as far as I can tell, but mine work well regardless notwithstanding the sight trim adjustment. This was the seller: https://ebay.ca/usr/aaaaabeauty
thanks! they had some awhile back, but also sold out by the time we picked up our vehicle a few months ago.
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eBay from China. Weirdly, my exact purchased listing has now disappeared and the seller no longer has one for BMWs as far as I can tell, but mine work well regardless notwithstanding the sight trim adjustment. This was the seller: https://ebay.ca/usr/aaaaabeauty
thanks! they had some awhile back, but also sold out by the time we picked up our vehicle a few months ago.
I see a few different designs on eBay. Mine look a lot like these, with a nice metal heatsink on the back like that: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F183157169575 , but specifically had the ///M slide already installed and aligned in each projector. The slide is in a small tray that can be rotated and pulled out, so I suspect this linked seller includes whatever slides you request — worth an ask.
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I know this is an old thread but couldn't find anything more recent. Are these carpet/puddle lights still a thing on the 21 X5? I don't see them listed anywhere on my build...
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I know this is an old thread but couldn't find anything more recent. Are these carpet/puddle lights still a thing on the 21 X5? I don't see them listed anywhere on my build...
they won't be listed on a build much like "door handles" or "turn signals" won't be listed, but they're there.

the carpet/welcome lights can't be modified, just enabled/disabled in iDrive. the door projectors can be modified. see below:
Puddle or door projector lights https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1769067
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Has anyone fitted the new part number 63312468386
It appears to be the new led projectors.
Curiously it now says not to be fitted by the end user and needs a bmw trained technician.!! Really!!
What have they altered.
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they won't be listed on a build much like "door handles" or "turn signals" won't be listed, but they're there.

the carpet/welcome lights can't be modified, just enabled/disabled in iDrive. the door projectors can be modified. see below:
Puddle or door projector lights https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1769067
Got it. Thanks.
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