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      09-18-2020, 10:30 PM   #1
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F10 Interior Rear Dome Light Upgrade

There are two types of rear interior dome light assemblies.

The one that came in my LCI, was the 10-pin, 3 bulb version, where the two map light orientations are fixed. The another version is the 8-pin, 2 bulb version, that has two orientation adjustable map lights.

I swapped out the light assembly to the 8-pin, 2 bulb version so that the rear seat passengers can adjust the orientation of the map lights to their liking.

You lose the ability to change out the color of the ambient lighting color, but I prefer the BMW orange, so this isn't a loss for me....all other functions are maintained.

The dome light assembly was about $20 off of eBay, and I already had the 8-position connector for the wiring harness side...I'm sure you can order the mating connector....

Upgrade took about 10 minutes.

3-bulb non-adjustable p/n: 63319240763
2-bulb adjustable p/n: 63319321574 (shown below)
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There are two types of rear interior dome light assemblies.

The one that came in my LCI, was the 10-pin, 3 bulb version, where the two map light orientations are fixed. The another version is the 8-pin, 2 bulb version, that has two orientation adjustable map lights.

I swapped out the light assembly to the 8-pin, 2 bulb version so that the rear seat passengers can adjust the orientation of the map lights to their liking.

You lose the ability to change out the color of the ambient lighting color, but I prefer the BMW orange, so this isn't a loss for me....all other functions are maintained.

The done light assembly was about $20 off of eBay, and I already had the 8-position connector for the wiring harness side...I'm sure you can order the mating connector....

Upgrade took about 10 minutes.

3-bulb non-adjustable p/n: 63319240763
2-bulb adjustable p/n: 63319321574 (shown below)
Nice Retrofit! I am going to find one on eBay now.
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There is one seller that has the light and the mating connector for $39.99...
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How did you rewire it, did you unpin your oem 10 pin connector and
Move the wires over to 8 pin connector?

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If you are going from a 10-pin to 8-pin rear interior dome assembly, it's a one-for-one pin transfer for pins 1 - 8

Pin 9 & 10 are not used in the "swivel" 8-pin assembly, since it only supports 1 color for ambient lighting (orange), where the 10-pin supports mutli-colored ambient light color.

Pin to wire color assignment:

Pin 1 = Green
Pin 2 = Yellow
Pin 3 = Blue
Pin 4 = Brown/White
Pin 5 = Brown/Yellow
Pin 6 = Blue/Violet
Pin 7 = Gray/Red
Pin 8 = Gray/Brown
Pin 9 = Purple/Red (Not used in 8-pin rear light dome version)
Pin 10 = Purple/Black (Not used in 8-pin rear light dome version)

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