BMW E36 Blog

I’m sure this title has caught your eye and now you’re all anxious to know how you can make your car’s interior auto dim with light…The procedure is very simple and all you have to do is to get in your car and turn your lights on, then watch it because you already have it. The BMW E36 keeps amazing me every single day.

Today, I have discovered that there are 2 light sensors in the BMW E36 which are supposed to auto-dim your car’s interior according to the light intesity. I’m not sure if it’s going to work in my car or not. I will have to check it today, but I thought I would post it here first in order to give you something to keep you busy :p

Anyway, that’s enough … let’s give details:

The BMW E36 has 2 interior light sensors. One in the gauge cluster at the end of the speedometer. I’m sure many has wondered what is that thing looking like a lense there. It’s the auto-dim gauge cluster sensor. Take a look:

It’s supposed to make the gauge cluster light become more intense as it becomes darker outside.

Now for the other sensor, it’s located in the Digital climate control unit and it controls the light intensity of the climate control unit and the OBC (On Board Computer). So, if you don’t have the digital climate control (like me)… now it’s a good time to start crying 😈 . Take a look:

For me, as I said before, I didn’t try any of this yet, but I will check it today and make sure it’s working in my car. Please try it in your cars and lets see if it works.

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I know that you’re going to hate me for this. The tilting steering wheel feature in BMW E36 is so cool but unfortunately, it’s not common. Baback was so kind to send me some photos for the steering wheel tilting and these photos made me feel furious because I don’t have this in my car, so I decided to make you guys feel the same like I do now by sharing the photos 😈 . I know many would kill to get this in their cars. Take a look and let me know how you feel now ha ha ha 😀 .

BMW E36 Blog: The ultimate E36 information source.

Hi,

As you may all know, I don’t like to mess around with the car’s interior. For example, I always hated using multiple colors of leather inside the car unless the colors really match. Using leather with light colors in the gear boot will always make the car’s interior look bad IMAHO. The end result is always worse than the standard look of the car.

Today, I’ve found this car with some nice interior modification. They actually made the car look better and at the same time they look/are OEM. So, they won’t look ricey on the BMW E36.

The interior upgrade for this car included:
1. Blaupunkt Business CD43
2. 7 button MID with temp retrofitted
3. Genuine dark walnut gear knob (new) and glovebox trim (used)
4. Dome maplights
5. Centre console and cloth armrest
6. Dark walnut handbrake

This is an example of how you can upgrade your car’s interior, without making it look ricey. Take a look at the photos:

I have to admit, this car looks clean and has a decent interior.

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Hi Guys,

I saw this car on the CarDomain website and I thought it really deserves being featured on my website as a model. The car has some nice modifications the I’m listing below.

Exterior
: 18″ Linea Corse Strasse Magwheels
: H7 Phillips Diamond Vision (Low Beam)
: H1 Phillips Diamond Vision (Fog Lights)
: CCFL Angel Eyes (7000K)
: AC Schnitzer Front Chin
: AC Schnitzer Badge
: AC Schnitzer Muffler Tip
: M-Sport Lip Spoiler
: M-Sport Red / White Tail-lights
: European Plates
: European Plate Covers
: Painted Flat Black Grill
: Painted Body Color Bumpers
: Hella Fog Lamps
: Clear Signal Lights

Interior
: Sparco Racing Shiftknob
: Sparco Stripe Pedals
: Gray Face Gauge
: Chrome Cluster Rings
: Custom Red Needles

Audio
: Kicker ES525 coaxials (front)
: Kicker ES60 coaxials (rear)
: JVC KD-G425 cd/mp3/iPOD player
: JVC KS-PD100 iPOD adapter
: Blaupunkt GTA 12″ subwoofer
: Blaupunkt GTA 270 amplifier

Engine and Performance
: K&N Air Filter
: Custom Euro Exhaust
: Bilstein Race Lowering Springs

Wait for more!

best regards,

Tony Sticks