View Full Version : What is this by my sunroof switch?


moonsspoon
10-22-2007, 11:14 PM
1989 535i. What is this? Infrared for a remote?

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/165/89629421iw2.jpg

attack eagle
10-22-2007, 11:31 PM
not oem... air freshener?
anywires to it? perhaps a mic or cell speaker?

moonsspoon
10-22-2007, 11:53 PM
It does have a wire leading straight out the back of it.

E34N
10-23-2007, 12:01 AM
possibly a speaker of some sort

CWB
10-23-2007, 12:07 AM
is there supposed to be a picture?

moonsspoon
10-23-2007, 01:07 AM
Hm... I guess I will have to take it apart and trace the wire to see if I can figure anything out, since you guys are no help! =)

There is supposed to be a picture, yes.
Here is a direct link if you can't see it.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/165/89629421iw2.jpg

petespokerplane
10-23-2007, 01:39 AM
I think it's either the microphone for an old mobile car phone, or a microwave or sonic sensor for an alarm, to detect movement inside the car when the alarm is armed. But, its probably the microphone.

attack eagle
10-23-2007, 01:54 AM
yeah I think it is a mic as well. doubtful it is a microwave sensor, even way back in 93 they didn't look like that...

moroza
10-23-2007, 04:35 AM
I think finding where the wires go will be much more informative than taking it apart. My OEM mic looks nothing like that - it's a little plastic stub, the size of a largish pencil eraser, dangling from the top of my A-pillar. Not this huge thing. My guess is an air freshener, secondguessed by an aftermarket alarm system.

CWB
10-23-2007, 10:37 AM
looks like some air freshener thingy But those are usually just attached to the cig lighter, not custom installed.