BMW
E9O/91/92/93 Euro Light Switch Replacement for Rear Fog Lights
*NOTE*
This information is provided for informational purposes only, any use of this
information is at your OWN risk.
The
P/N 61 31
6 932 796, for a plug-and-play solution. Since the rear fog switch uses the
brighter lights normally used by the adaptive brake light system, this feature
is disabled when the rear fogs are switched on. Thanks to all for the prior
installations and write-ups with pics on the e90post.com forums, because of
these this was a pretty easy modification.
I started
by disassembling a clothing pin so that I would have one of the wooden pieces
to use as a soft pry bar not to damage the trim. The spring clip is toward the
right/lower side of the trim piece so this is where I started gently applying
outward force; you can use your hands to work around the trim piece until it is
removed:
This
leaves you with the light switch panel. There are pressure fit pins that hold
the trim piece to the dash, you can put your hands behind the switch and start
to press this piece out working your way around until it is free:
The switch
can be removed by pressing the retaining tabs down visible in the picture above
and snapping it out of the trim plate. The switch plug can be removed by
pressing down the black tab and rotating the gray cam lock around to push the
connector out:
The new
switch can then be installed by snapping it into the trim plate, plugging the
connector back in and pulling the cam lock up/back until it locks into place,
lining the switch trim panel pins up with the dash receptacles and pushing it
back into place, and finally replacing the upper trim/vent panel by lining up
those pins and pushing it into place. You now have rear fogs and this is
indicated by a “new” light in the instrument cluster when they are turned on-
they can be on both with/without the front fogs when the light switch is in the
auto position. You should only use these in the fog; they are BRIGHT even in
the day time:
