Illiminated Sill Plates

[Husker]

I installed mine yesterday. Here is a video (at bottom) running through my color. You can go about this in a few ways. The easiest is to do what PJs son did, just re-flash the BCM-B. Or you can go a more cautious route like I did, buy a second BCM-B and have it programmed, keeping the original intact. This is more work intensive but I think the safest. Also, I have the new workshop manuals from Helm. It has pretty much everything you need to know about the car and wiring in it. It does not have to be done at a dealer, anyone who has a VCM-II can program it. I'm not sure if the snap or other programmers can do it. It takes about an hour my way as you have to dis-assemble some things to get to the BCM-B. Here are the steps I took.
Buy a new BCM-B (part #13C788) $52 on line or at a certain dealer who advertises on this site.
Find a dealer or friend who has a Coupe with the same options as you and lighted sills (I doubt you need anything but the lighted sills on a premium model, the only controls in the BCM-B are for ambient, turn signal and brake lights) I chose a model that did not have adaptive cruise as it sends signals to the brake lights and may cause some conflict if you load a config from a car with adaptive cruise.

- Once you have the donor car and scan tool, simply upload the BCM-B configuration to the scan tool. (Do not mess with the BCM config)

- On your car, install the sill plates if you already haven't, they plug right in. Do not splice anything like the directions tell you to.

- Remove your BCM-B
-- Pull the weather stripping back on the right side of the trunk. (careful, it leaves black gunk on your hands.
-- Remove the spare tire cover (floor piece, you should see your air pump now)
-- Remove the Right side luggage trim panel two plastic pins. (If you don't have a trim removal tool, STOP! and get one. They are only a few bucks.
one pin is at the far back towards the bottom, and the other is near the top where you pulled the weather strip back from.
-- Remove the lower Sub Woofer trim) There are three torx screws in the bottom of the subwoofer trim panel front middle back (near the floor)
-- Remove the subwoofer and amp (one unit) by taking out the two bolts on the floor and torx screw at the two oclock position
-- the Amp will be able to be tilted forward so you can reach behind it and disconnect the connector under the amp back bottom(there is a release in the back middle of the connector, pushes in easily) now set the unit aside.
-- Pull the grey trim out of the way (you don't need to remove it) you will see the BCM-B, Pull off the two plugs (release is in the back middle)

- Plug the connectors into your new BCM-B
- Go through the steps to program a new BCM-B from the scan tool.
- Check your sill plates to make sure they are working in my color. check you turn signals and brake lights.
- If all works well, swap out BCM-Bs
-- loosen the two nuts, slide it up and out. Now you can remove the nuts without dropping them into the rear quarter.
-- Put your new BCM-B in
- Put everything back in reverse order.

If you don't want the extra BCM-B, just do the programming part, no need to tear up your trunk. Again, I would get the donor config from a car without adaptive cruise.


any lighting errors are from the camera, the lights work flawlessly.

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[SVTFreak]

Are you taking appointments?

Lol same thing I thought.

What scan tool, MC, can do all this?

 

[Mustangchief]

Lol same thing I thought.

What scan tool, MC, can do all this?

Any of the ones capable of programming modules. I used a buddies VCM II. I'm thinking about buying my own. I'm sure Ford would say this voids the warranty like they do for pretty much anything. Based on the schematics the worse it could do is throw a code or burn out a light bulb. If it takes out the BCB-B, I'd just throw the old one in. However, I see no difference between the regular mustangs and the LE and Appearance package in the lighting system.

 

[SVTFreak]

Any of the ones capable of programming modules. I used a buddies VCM II. I'm thinking about buying my own. I'm sure Ford would say this voids the warranty like they do for pretty much anything. Based on the schematics the worse it could do is throw a code or burn out a light bulb. If it takes out the BCB-B, I'd just throw the old one in. However, I see no difference between the regular mustangs and the LE and Appearance package in the lighting system.

I know the bcm also performs speedometer functions now (gear ratio etc is in it and not ecu any longer), do I have to find an auto with 3.55's car to copy the bcm information from?

 

[Mustangchief]

I know the bcm also performs speedometer functions now (gear ratio etc is in it and not ecu any longer), do I have to find an auto with 3.55's car to copy the bcm information from?

"- Once you have the donor car and scan tool, simply upload the BCM-B configuration to the scan tool. (Do not mess with the BCM config)"

As I said above, do not mess with the BCM. The BCM-B is in the back, it only has light functions on it. The dash B is what you want.:headbonk:

 

[SVTFreak]

"- Once you have the donor car and scan tool, simply upload the BCM-B configuration to the scan tool. (Do not mess with the BCM config)"



As I said above, do not mess with the BCM. The BCM-B is in the back, it only has light functions on it. The dash B is what you want.:headbonk:

Ahh! Ok I gotcha.
Guess I need to watch the video huh lol

 

[MyMustangVault]

I need someone in Houston area that will do this for me. The video only shows the end results of the lights changing.

 

[Mustangchief]

I need someone in Houston area that will do this for me. The video only shows the end results of the lights changing.

What do you want to see in the video, the BCM-B being programmed? Most tuner shops have programmers if your dealer won't do it.

 

[Alaa Sparky]

I installed mine yesterday. Here is a video (at bottom) running through my color. You can go about this in a few ways. The easiest is to do what PJs son did, just re-flash the BCM-B. Or you can go a more cautious route like I did, buy a second BCM-B and have it programmed, keeping the original intact. This is more work intensive but I think the safest. Also, I have the new workshop manuals from Helm. It has pretty much everything you need to know about the car and wiring in it. It does not have to be done at a dealer, anyone who has a VCM-II can program it. I'm not sure if the snap or other programmers can do it. It takes about an hour my way as you have to dis-assemble some things to get to the BCM-B. Here are the steps I took.
Buy a new BCM-B (part #13C788) $52 on line or at a certain dealer who advertises on this site.
Find a dealer or friend who has a Coupe with the same options as you and lighted sills (I doubt you need anything but the lighted sills on a premium model, the only controls in the BCM-B are for ambient, turn signal and brake lights) I chose a model that did not have adaptive cruise as it sends signals to the brake lights and may cause some conflict if you load a config from a car with adaptive cruise.

- Once you have the donor car and scan tool, simply upload the BCM-B configuration to the scan tool. (Do not mess with the BCM config)

- On your car, install the sill plates if you already haven't, they plug right in. Do not splice anything like the directions tell you to.

- Remove your BCM-B
-- Pull the weather stripping back on the right side of the trunk. (careful, it leaves black gunk on your hands.
-- Remove the spare tire cover (floor piece, you should see your air pump now)
-- Remove the Right side luggage trim panel two plastic pins. (If you don't have a trim removal tool, STOP! and get one. They are only a few bucks.
one pin is at the far back towards the bottom, and the other is near the top where you pulled the weather strip back from.
-- Remove the lower Sub Woofer trim) There are three torx screws in the bottom of the subwoofer trim panel front middle back (near the floor)
-- Remove the subwoofer and amp (one unit) by taking out the two bolts on the floor and torx screw at the two oclock position
-- the Amp will be able to be tilted forward so you can reach behind it and disconnect the connector under the amp back bottom(there is a release in the back middle of the connector, pushes in easily) now set the unit aside.
-- Pull the grey trim out of the way (you don't need to remove it) you will see the BCM-B, Pull off the two plugs (release is in the back middle)

- Plug the connectors into your new BCM-B
- Go through the steps to program a new BCM-B from the scan tool.
- Check your sill plates to make sure they are working in my color. check you turn signals and brake lights.
- If all works well, swap out BCM-Bs
-- loosen the two nuts, slide it up and out. Now you can remove the nuts without dropping them into the rear quarter.
-- Put your new BCM-B in
- Put everything back in reverse order.

If you don't want the extra BCM-B, just do the programming part, no need to tear up your trunk. Again, I would get the donor config from a car without adaptive cruise.


any lighting errors are from the camera, the lights work flawlessly.

Great!
But can we use the premium GT illuminate door sills instead?!

 

[SVTFreak]

Great!

But can we use the premium GT illuminate door sills instead?!

Shouldn't be any reason why not.

 

[Mustangchief]

Great!
But can we use the premium GT illuminate door sills instead?!

Yes, but I see you have a convertible, you want to copy the configuration of a convertible, not a coupe. Convertibles use a different BCM-B config because the rear windows are also controlled from it. The ambient wiring is the same as the coupe. The BCM-B and wiring are the same. The configuration file is different. If you ask Benny at Levitown ford on here, he may send you a new one with the config already on it. They sell the module for $52. Since you are overseas they may program it for you.

 

[Mustangchief]

"LevittownFordSuperCenter" Is the user name on this site. Just search the name and see what they can do for you.

 

[JWS]

Might have missed this, but do the GT Illuminated Sills change color too, or just the Custom ones? Thought the Standard ones only had a bluish-white.

 

[SVTFreak]

Might have missed this, but do the GT Illuminated Sills change color too, or just the Custom ones? Thought the Standard ones only had a bluish-white.

Stock, they change colors (on premium gt non LE or ap). The instructions if you buy them, you pick a color and it don't change (via how you hook it up). If you follow MC's tutorial that the other guy also figured out (torget name), they will operate with my color as the other lights (and gt premium) does.

 

[JWS]

I got the Helm Manual on CD, but haven't really had a chance to look at it yet. Does it show the hook-up that doesn't require wire splicing?

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