Anyone good at wiring? need help lol

[coby1]

Wiring aint really my thing so could anyone tell me (long shot i know) which of these wires might be hot and ground? 2 wires (1 hot/1 ground) would go to a power shade the other 2 i would tap into my cig lighter wires i just have no idea how to pair them up to make the up down feature work
any help would be much appreciated

[ELCID86]

Tony!


Thumbs, iPhone, Tapatalk (http://tapatalk.com/m?id=1).

[Hornung418]

You need to be more specific. Please include the color and stripe along with their pin locations.

Is this for an e36?

Sent from my GS3.

[coby1]

came out of a 7 series i need to figure out how to unclip it to see what wires/colors goes to what pins etc.

[jakksfor20]

http://www.bmw-planet.com/diagrams/release/en/e46/index.htm

Taking a guess that wire 6 is not installed??? VI isn't one of your colors either, so I don't know. Maybe you can find the particular power shade drawing.

[coby1]

numbers are just for pin/wire colors reference

[coby1]

http://www.bmw-planet.com/diagrams/release/en/e46/index.htm

Taking a guess that wire 6 is not installed??? VI isn't one of your colors either, so I don't know. Maybe you can find the particular power shade drawing.

sorry not only is my wiring skills lacking so is my reading comprehension of anything pertaining to it lol

[danewilson77]

#askgirlcode

:dunno

Sent from my S4 > Mason, OH

[coby1]

i really got 2 switches with the shade one is from a 5 series and is a switch like shown(but larger with thick wires) but wires are different colors and pin locations are different i can work the shade with it but the shop cut the wires short and is going to be a mess to splice into(as well as will not fit where i want to put it) the other is the shade button (the real one) but no wire harness for it

[jakksfor20]

IMO, you don't want to use that switch as it has comfort features.

After looking at different power shade drawings and not finding the right colored wires, I searched the part # on that switch. That is a rear window switch for an early E39. Terminal 5 (Brown) is Ground, Terminal 6(Gray/Black) is for the light, 3 (Gray/Brown) is Close/Up and 4 (Gray/Red) is Open/Down.
http://www.bmw-planet.com/diagrams/release/en/e39old/index.htm
body/body electrical/central body electronics/either rear door
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=DT43&mospid=47584&btnr=61_3277&hg=61&fg=35&hl=13

[coby1]

IMO, you don't want to use that switch as it has comfort features.

After looking at different power shade drawings and not finding the right colored wires, I searched the part # on that switch. That is a rear window switch for an early E39. Terminal 5 (Brown) is Ground, Terminal 6(Gray/Black) is for the light, 3 (Gray/Brown) is Close/Up and 4 (Gray/Red) is Open/Down.
http://www.bmw-planet.com/diagrams/release/en/e39old/index.htm
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=DT43&mospid=47584&btnr=61_3277&hg=61&fg=35&hl=13

Thanks for going the extra mile on this for me i will have time to try this out tomorrow and report back
as far as the switch i purchased the shade & switch(switch i am not using -larger -wires thick/cut too short) from a Canadian breaker yard (i buy a lot of wheels from them) and they said they retrofit these things from time to time and gave me the correct wire/color combo for switch sent but it was bulky and wires too short etc.so i basically got the same switch (smaller and wires not crazy thick) from a local yard and will be putting it into my ashtray (what could go wrong ;)

[Tnhl1989]

So everything working there?

[coby1]

So everything working there?

nope wire combo did not work going to try something different today

[danewilson77]

So everything working there?

Now what?

Sent from my S4 > Mason, OH

[coby1]

instead of rigging the up/down switch i rigged the real switch i had gotten it the same time as shade (so total cost into this project is 250) the problem i had with the real switch was no wire harness but after messing around for 2 days on this project i took the switch i was trying to use and pulled the wires out of it reason being i had found were someone had posted the correct pin/wire connections for the real switch then i just put wires on one by one and slid some rubber tubing around the individual wires/pins so they would not short out (so made a good enough harness) i taped all the wires onto themselves with electrical tape so it is a clean finish on the backside then i tapped into the cig. lighter wires (and at the same time i had the individual button console) so really just by luck i could just snap the button into the console for a clean look (i just nipped off part of the blank covering that was over the holes)
this really was just a "wild hair" type project the screen is really for a coupe so it is roughly 1 1/2" shorter and 2'' less in width than a real sedan shade but mounting holes and everything else lined up etc.

[coby1]

also if someone is wondering why i have grey seats with black headrest its because i am going to a black leather/alcantara two tone at some point lol

[MrMaico]

Looks good Mike! I wouldn't mind having one of those myself. The 35% tint I have now makes it a pain to back up sometimes.

[coby1]

Looks good Mike! I wouldn't mind having one of those myself. The 35% tint I have now makes it a pain to back up sometimes.

Thanks, i have 50% Huper tint (not a big fan of tint) mainly got it for the heat rejection but the rear shade is good because i can back up with it down, and at night even with a self dimming rear view mirror headlights hitting the mirror still bothers my eyes and hopefully it will keep my rear deck from bleaching out every 2 years (i replaced the c pillars and re-covered the rear deck with black Alcantara during this process)

[derbo]

Wish they made an auto version for the sedan. I like those!

sent from a Moto X

[Hornung418]

Does that piece mount where the slatted portion of the rear deck would be?

Glad you got it figured out. I kinda want to do this :)

Sent from my GS3.

[coby1]

^ you have to cut out the groove in the rear deck and kind of snap it in then it has 3 screws that go thru the trunk the real thing is finding the unit for sale or in a breaker yard but for sure if you have a sedan and dont mind the fit of the coupe one that i used (came off of a 05 M3) you can find them a lot easier but if looking for the sedan version you might as well check into buying a new one ( harder to find used)

[JupiterBMW]

Wish they made an auto version for the sedan. I like those!

sent from a Moto X

+ Eleventeen

[derbo]

+ Eleventeen

I've seen the manual one once.

sent from a Moto X

[terraphantm]

Wish they made an auto version for the sedan. I like those!

sent from a Moto X

They actually do, just very hard to find. Delmarco from E46 fanatics got one from eBay portugal IIRC, he has a full write-up too

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1509613-Pictorial-DIY-E46-Rear-Electric-Sun-Blind-Retrofit-DIY-Instructions