Cruise Control Retrofit

camcc

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 Godalming, Surrey
Hi All,

I got my cruise control stalk from BMW last week - £66.00

I was gutted to have bought it just after someone posted about cheap OEM parts with the stalk being offered at £57.00 but nevermind :headbang: I thought about getting the pre-cut cowling aswell but not at over £80!?

I have to say, this has to be ones of the easiest mods I have ever done on a car: undo one screw, unclip cowling, slide stalk onto bracket, connect plug, cut and sand cowling, re-fit cowling and test :D

I understand that the retrofit is a little more involved in terms of the wiring on post April 04 cars, so glad that mine is Dec 03....

A friend of mine lent me his Dremmel today at work to cut the cowling, and below are the results of my DIY, not perfect but good enough.

I will post up another pic tonight with the cowling re-fitted to the car. Well worth the money in my opinion.

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I really want to fit mine now!

But i know unless i wire it up at the same time it will annoy me having a dead switch there!
 
Here is a pic of the cruise control stalk and DIY cowling fitted, I actually overcut the cowling a little on the side nearest the steering wheel but you can't really make it out...

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