I recently scored a nice set of natur-colored leather visors for my '85, and after dyeing them black with the great SEM products, I wanted to upgrade the mirror light. The process literally took less time than it will for me to type this post. I had been thinking about it for a while, though, and I have a box of various LEDs left over from other projects, so there were many possible choices. In the end, I chose a flexible LED strip I had, with 36 LEDs, easily soldered to the terminals inside the visor's mirror compartment:
I broke some little pieces if plastic when I pulled out the mirror, so I had to use tiny dabs of JB Weld on the tabs of the mirror:
Here's the lighted mirror with the room lights on:
And, in the dark:
Big improvement over the brown-tinted, dim lighting the mirror originally had.
Sunvisor Mirror light upgrade
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Sunvisor Mirror light upgrade
Dean
Lutz, FL
'85 635 CSi Euro #9402254
'87 Spider Veloce
'92 Spider Veloce
'08 350Z
Lutz, FL
'85 635 CSi Euro #9402254
'87 Spider Veloce
'92 Spider Veloce
'08 350Z
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Re: Sunvisor Mirror light upgrade
Nice job. My fear is that I break the little plastic tabs.
Tommy
1989 635 CSI (Second owner since Jun 1995, driven daily and retired in 2013 with 295k to occasional driving)
2011 335D (Daily driver) with 103,550
1989 635 CSI (Second owner since Jun 1995, driven daily and retired in 2013 with 295k to occasional driving)
2011 335D (Daily driver) with 103,550
Re: Sunvisor Mirror light upgrade
I did. A few dabs of epoxy hold the mirror in place now. The mirror is also still available from BMW for less than $15 last time I checked.
Dean
Lutz, FL
'85 635 CSi Euro #9402254
'87 Spider Veloce
'92 Spider Veloce
'08 350Z
Lutz, FL
'85 635 CSi Euro #9402254
'87 Spider Veloce
'92 Spider Veloce
'08 350Z
Re: Sunvisor Mirror light upgrade
That's really nice! Thanks for sharing. Do you have a part number, or where would I find this strip of LEDs?
Thanks again,
Eric
Thanks again,
Eric
'85 M635, '00 528iT, '98 Z3
Re: Sunvisor Mirror light upgrade
It's just a generic, flexible LED strip - they're all over eBay. Example;
https://www.ebay.com/itm/White-4PCS-12V ... SwgxxZk49N
https://www.ebay.com/itm/White-4PCS-12V ... SwgxxZk49N
Dean
Lutz, FL
'85 635 CSi Euro #9402254
'87 Spider Veloce
'92 Spider Veloce
'08 350Z
Lutz, FL
'85 635 CSi Euro #9402254
'87 Spider Veloce
'92 Spider Veloce
'08 350Z