Cruise control retrofit without coding

[BMW-Z4-Terry]

hi all, so i want to fit cruise control to my Z4 Coupe 1970 i have found many kits on E bay which include wiring looms and the stalk etc, i have separately found BMW installation retrofit instructions, but what i cant find is a retrofit system that doesn't need coding, so my question folks , does a retrofit Cruise control kit exist that DOESN'T need coding after installing the wiring and stalk ?
thanks for any replies...

 

[srhutch]

No coding is required. A stalk can be bought from main dealer for £110 ish and a custom loom for £20

 

[BMW-Z4-Terry]

hi srhutch,
really please to hear that so why do the sellers of kits say the car may need coding, as do the bmw installation instructions ? any ideas?

 

[davidmudley12]

hi all, so i want to fit cruise control to my Z4 Coupe 1970 i have found many kits on E bay which include wiring looms and the stalk etc, i have separately found BMW installation retrofit instructions, but what i cant find is a retrofit system that doesn't need coding, so my question folks , does a retrofit Cruise control kit exist that DOESN'T need coding after installing the wiring and stalk ?
thanks for any replies...

SRHutch does A great wiring loom. I bought the cruise control stalk from a BMW supplier (I think it was LLP parts), and got the wiring loom from SRHutch And installed it’s all last week. The instructions he also provided were excellent and even for my non-technical mind it was very easy to install.


There wasn’t any reprogramming/coding required, it was a simple plug and play.

 

[BMW-Z4-Terry]

thanks david, it seems companies selling the parts just cover their back by saying they need coding, or because they just plain dont know
thanks
terry

 

[Scooba_Steve]

The instructions mention coding but they really mean updating the VO.

Nothing required to function.

 

[bigwinn]

I fitted just using the stalk- plugged into existing loom

However mine is an early year 04 build I am not sure that looms were fitted after (I think) Oct 04 builds but I am open to correction

Once fitted don’t make the same mistake I did of expecting to see an ‘in operation’ light on the dash- there isn’t one!

 

[davidmudley12]

I fitted just using the stalk- plugged into existing loom

However mine is an early year 04 build I am not sure that looms were fitted after (I think) Oct 04 builds but I am open to correction

Once fitted don’t make the same mistake I did of expecting to see an ‘in operation’ light on the dash- there isn’t one!

That is a good point, the wiring loom is installed from the factory in early cars (2003/2004 era) whether it had cruise control fitted as an option or not.

I also found it a little confusing to use at first, but easy enough to figure out. Not having a light on the dash when it’s engage does make it a little less clear than it could be.

 

[Zedebee]

The cruise is basic but works really well. It’s plug and play in the sense that it requires no coding. If you have a pre-facelift model you only need the stalk, if you have a post-facelift you need one of srhutch’s looms as well. bmwautodalys.lt (BMW Lithuania) were selling cruise control stalks for around £95 delivered in UK a couple of months ago.l