[Needsdecaf]

Originally Posted by yeetyeet

OH, ok so I am completely bypassing the little bluetooth plug in route. Sweet. Thank you for that

Correct. And if you ever get into coding where you need a PC or laptop, now you have a cable that's capable of it. Or if you pay for someone to do same remotely.

[yeetyeet]

Originally Posted by Needsdecaf

Correct. And if you ever get into coding where you need a PC or laptop, now you have a cable that's capable of it. Or if you pay for someone to do same remotely.

Wish I would have asked prior to buying the OBD. Lol. Ive seen this thread multiple times and knew I would get into this eventually. Didn’t think to verify.

[yeetyeet]

Hey just a heads up. Idk if its a brand new update but after buying the enet cable, and being able to access the lighting menu, bimmercode has it right there, where you can easily select from drop down what color you want set over bronze and ivory. No expert mode needed.

[Sp2pilot]

Originally Posted by yeetyeet

Hey just a heads up. Idk if its a brand new update but after buying the enet cable, and being able to access the lighting menu, bimmercode has it right there, where you can easily select from drop down what color you want set over bronze and ivory. No expert mode needed.

Is that just to set it all one color, or can you set separate door/dash/footwell/map colors in here too?

I know expert mode can do it, but I haven't felt like messin with expert mode yet

[Jax327]

Originally Posted by Sp2pilot

Is that just to set it all one color, or can you set separate door/dash/footwell/map colors in here too?

I know expert mode can do it, but I haven't felt like messin with expert mode yet

You can set the footwells and doors in separate colors.

[Skyscraper]

The Red isn’t red. It’s still a Bronzish Red.
When I’m bored I’m going to go in and play with the red coding.

[yeetyeet]

Originally Posted by Skyscraper

The Red isn’t red. It’s still a Bronzish Red.
When I’m bored I’m going to go in and play with the red coding.

Are you sure? Mine looks pretty red to me? In person, it looks pure red.

Still, if you find anything definitive please update!

[Needsdecaf]

Which option did you change? Looked last night and see two options, but they say they are mapped to "bronze" which there isn't an option for. There isn't an option for overwriting ivory, which I did custom.

Both are set to, I think, default. No color.

[Skyscraper]

Originally Posted by yeetyeet

Are you sure? Mine looks pretty red to me? In person, it looks pure red.

Still, if you find anything definitive please update!

Maybe it’s a dimmer setting I’m missing.
My footwells barely light up

[yeetyeet]

Originally Posted by Needsdecaf

Which option did you change? Looked last night and see two options, but they say they are mapped to "bronze" which there isn't an option for. There isn't an option for overwriting ivory, which I did custom.

Both are set to, I think, default. No color.

So when going to lighting, I had 4 boxes at the top, i set them all to red.

[albertx330]

So i bought all the interior ambi lights i just dont know how to activate the interior lighting menu and ambi light menu in idrive via bimmercode ik it can be done via expert mode i did it before just forgot anyone know how ? Or where i can find directions?

[phani_ch]

Originally Posted by mmmrodge

Does anyone know which bytes to change for one of the new iDrive 8 loaded colors. For example Ivory or Citrine?

Were you able to figure out the bytes representing each color in ID8?

That would be greatly helpful

[RichardGM4]

Originally Posted by phani_ch

Were you able to figure out the bytes representing each color in ID8?

That would be greatly helpful

I changed the Ivory on mine (upper and lower ambient lighting options) and it changed the car's default lighting

[McLaren720s]

I don’t see any of the options detailed in the original post

[heisenbergB58]

Not sure why, but this doesnt work for me at all. For me it's skipping steps, and when I get to G20G21G26G28G80_Lichpacket_code1 and select it, it just does nothing. Oh well.

Trying to do Blue on the dash and green in the footwell on a 2020 M340i

Originally Posted by jmg

EDIT 01/12/2023 - ID7 has been updated and I believe this method is outdated. I will update as soon as my IDrive has updated and I can test this again.


I thought I would post my method for coding ambient lighting since a lot of these instructions are spread out over the bimmercode thread. Here it is, all of it in once place, my step by step instructions. Please, if you find any discrepancies, let me know and I will update it.


You can use expert mode in bimmercode to code any hexadecimal color, almost 16777216 different colors.

What is described in this thread is changing the colors that will display in the three sectors of the interior when you select a color in the iDrive menu. These three sectors are:
1. DOOR and DASH
2. FOOTWELL
3. MAP LIGHT

I've done it to my G82, but it's the same process in pretty much all the G-series BMWs.

Disclaimer: Do this at your own risk. While changing colors will not likely brick your car, if you poke around enough and don't follow these directions, you might change something inadvertently with unforeseen consequences.

I HIGHLY recommend getting a ENET cable for any EXPERT coding simply because it's FASTER and more stable. Trust me, the cable is 10 times faster than any OBDII wifi or bluetooth dongle. I got mine here and it works perfectly. You just need a ethernet to lightning adapter for the iPhone or whatever smartphone you are using.


Here's how to do it.

In bimmercode:
Go into expert mode
Select BDC_BODY3 ECU
Select 360A/LIC_LCI_COLOR_LIBRARY_DATA
Select 360D/LIC_LCI_COLOR_PROFILES_DATA
Then choose G20G21G26G28G80_Lichpacket_code1 - this is your car, the G20, G21, G26, G28, and G80 generations)

Then you need to find the 9 bites by number that represent the menu item you want to choose. Here are the BRONZE bites:

Bronze bytes:
18,19,20 - (These three represent the color in the DOORS and DASH)
23,24,25 - (These three represent the color in the FOOTWELL)
28,29,30 - (These three represent the color in the MAP LIGHT)

For instance, let's say you want your ambient lighting to be RED instead of BRONZE when you select BRONZE in the menu. Replace these bites with the hexadecimal color code for RED. You can look up the codes here.

The hexadecimal code for RED is #FF 00 00

IMPORTANT: there is a bug that the system does not code any FF correctly. Instead use, FE, which is only one value off true full RGB red. It's close enough and you can't tell with the naked eye. So, for any hexadecimal color that uses FF, always replace it with FE! If you use FF at all, the MAP LIGHT will not work. Nothing serious, and the fix easy–just recode, but save yourself the headache and never use FF.

So the RED code we will use instead of FF 00 00 is FE 00 00

You need to change the 1st set of bites - 18, 19, and 20 to make the DOORS AND DASH red like this:
Go to the 18 bite and replace it with FE
Then the 19 bite and replace it with 00
Then the 20 bite and replace it with 00

Do the same with the 2nd set - 23,24,25 to replace the FOOTWELL light

Then the 3rd set - 28,29,30 to replace the MAP LIGHT

You can use different hexadecimal color codes to put whatever color you want in each set. So you can have a different color for the DOOR AND DASH, the FOOTWELL, and the MAP LIGHT.

You can do this to all the menu color options:

Lilac bytes:
78,79, 80
83,84,85
88,89,90

Blue bytes:
48,49,50
53,54,55
58,59,60

White bytes
3,4,5,
8,9,10,
13,14,15

Orange
33, 34, 35
38, 39, 40
43, 44, 45

Green bytes
63, 64, 65
68, 69, 70
73, 74, 75

IMPORTANT: You have to code all of your menu items at once. If you go back to change or add anything, all the other menu color options go back to default.

So, once you change all your bites and you are ready to code:
Hit BACK
Hit BACK again and the CODE option should appear.
Hit CODE

I've coded my BRONZE to be pure RED, which is nice against my Fiona Red interior. I've also changed my BLUE to a CYAN color, and my LILAC to a CYAN and PURPLE combination.



Please excuse the poor quality iPhone night photos:

[phani_ch]

Originally Posted by mmmrodge

Does anyone know which bytes to change for one of the new iDrive 8 loaded colors. For example Ivory or Citrine?

I figured out the bytes and its representing colors for ID8
please see my post below

https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=11

[chrish_22]

Originally Posted by phani_ch

I figured out the bytes and its representing colors for ID8
please see my post below

https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=11

Thank you for doing this. This is extremely helpful!