Kamold's R36

[Jakeys]

Hey cool! Looks good. Been thinking about doing that myself, where'd you get it all, Bold-Sport, Aliexpress etc?

[kamold]

Aliexpress. Link is in the previous post and beginning of the thread.

[kamold]

Found an issue with the mirror controls: folding control and heating are swapped over. Will switch the pins over in the module at some point. Just fyi

The pins which need to be swapped from the rotary switch connector are pins 3 and 5.
Here is the factory wiring configuration before swap:

[snerlo]

Looks good mate. Well done

[Jakeys]

Aliexpress. Link is in the previous post and beginning of the thread.

Pictures aren't loading for me at work now but do you have only the rear fog on your light switch? Because obviously the R36's don't have front fog option but the linked Aliexpress set from an earlier page shows both fogs. How did you fix this?

[kamold]

Yes it has both fogs. There is nothing to fix as we don't have front fog lights.

[Jakeys]

Yes it has both fogs. There is nothing to fix as we don't have front fog lights.

I know functionally there's nothing to fix, but it's not the right switch as it has the wrong labels. The reason I ask is that Bold Sport does sell the kit with the correct light switch or just the switch itself, however it is significantly more expensive than Aliexpress.

Link.

[kamold]

Hence my being fine with having the wrong one

[Jakeys]

No chance of modding the alu switch bit onto your old switch?

[kamold]

It's probably doable but works well enough for me so don't think I'll bother

[seanmau5]

Hey mate, lovely looking wagon you've got yourself there.. Did you have an issue with the cheaper LED kit throwing bulb out errors on the dash when you installed the interior lights? Every cheaper LED (that is advertised as CANBUS) I've tried in my CC always throws them. I've found more expensive kits upwards of $70 USD that are guaranteed to work but seriously?? That much for LEDs?

[kamold]

Never had an issue with interior bulbs as they aren't monitored by the ECM/CCM in any car I've had.
Can't speak for the BCM in the CC, might be different...

[snerlo]

The only interior bulbs that i think are monitored that i have noticed is the footwell lights as i can see them flashing. I havent noticed the roof bulbs doing it

[kamold]

Actually you are right there - footwells are monitored. Turned on cold diagnostics on them so they dont flicker at startup.

[kamold]

After all the recent rain I noticed that the one of LED indicator/DRLs I installed had quite a lot of water inside it.

I removed the light assembly and the rubber grommet from the small hole in the back. Inside that there was a huge bag of silica desiccant balls. Only way I could get this out was by cutting the back open and slowly emptying all the silica, then removing the bag. This didnt actually help me though as blowing how air through there left no room for the water to evaporate out.

So I used a heat gun (wife's hair drier) to heat up the glue on the front cover and removed it. Then I dried out all the water and glued the front cover back on. I then blow on the hole at the back to ensure that it was properly sealed this time, and put it all back together. Hopefully will be all good from now.