Help me fit cruise to my Z4 in Bedfordshire.

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Rob_benton

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 Bedfordshire
Hi

I'm thinking of fitting cruise control myself to my manual 2005 Z4 3.0.

Is there anyone local to me that has done this and is willing to help me ?

I live near Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire.

Cheers

Rob
 
If your Zed is pre-facelift it's plug & play. The stalk is about £70. You don't need the steering shroud as the section to cut out is clearly marked on the inside. A sharp Stanley knife & a fine hacksaw blade will get through ok.

Post facelift cars need aan additional wire iirc. Do a search on this section to check.

Once connected it just works - no set up or coding needed. The beauty of a fly-by-wire throttle I guess.
 
You will need to take the lower cowl off and check if you have the loom or not - if it was built mid to late 2005 then it may have been left off as the manufacturing change over to facelift took effect. Not sure as mine is a Feb 2006 facelift, but I do recall seeing something somewhere about the loom only being present up to 2004 :?

Could be totally wrong, but it's not a hard thing to check :thumbsup:
 
Thanks guys.
I had read the how to's but I was worried id cut the wrong wires.
My local bmw indie is going to install it for me.

Thanks
 
Coolio - sorry, I would've offered to help but you're a bit of a trek from me :wink:
 
No wire cutting is necessary (at least on pre-facelifts) - it just plugs into the available socket on the steering column.

Post facelifts - not 100% sure but I thought the extra wire was just an extension to the socket on the wiring loom behind the dash?
 
Mines a 2005 so I would need to cut into the headlight switch loom and run a wire to the dme in the engine bay.
 
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