Post 04 cruise control retrofit N52

Bing said:
What's that split pin for in your last pic MrPT ? Don't remember that from my install :?
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It's part of the passenger side lower dashboard trim panel. The RHD version of this: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BU32&mospid=49302&btnr=51_4937&hg=51&fg=30&hl=6 (although the pin is not actually included in that diagram, for some reason).

The box you can see just above it in my photo is the fuse box. On the edge of the panel closest to the passenger seat there is a screw near each corner. In the middle of the edge is a plastic split pin that pushes upwards into the fuse box cavity and through a hole in a square black plastic flap. Without it secured the panel sags a bit in the middle.

At least I think that's what it's for. :p

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Bing said:
MrPT, you may have just helped me sort another rattle out - happy days :D
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Hah... and sorting it the proper way, instead of randomly sticking bits of sticky felt everywhere, is always the best! I need to fix my vents/cupholders next - they rattle like a mofo.

Taz said:
how much is the kit these days?
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Stalk was £70 and the wiring was £20. Both from Sopers - Jamie said quite a few kits have had the parts issue. Must have been the work experience kid. :roll:
 
Call Sopers in Lincoln, ask for Jamie or Mark in Parts, mention the forum and you should get a 10%-ish discount! free P&P and very fast delivery :thumbsup:

You will need the loom and the stalk if your car is a facelift.

Once you have the kit make sure - before you start - that you have both male and female connectors, as some people have received all male or all female which is a tad disappointing when you've already cut the wires :!:
 
Hi just fit cruise con and all going well until last connection i have a cable running to pin 39 already in the grey conector

Can anyone help
 
mark anderson said:
Hi just fit cruise con and all going well until last connection i have a cable running to pin 39 already in the grey conector

Can anyone help
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Mark, if you are confident that the cable/pin you are looking at is definitely pin39, then you can tap into that cable with your blue wire and it should work fine.
 
Thanks to Jamie Carpenter and others... just fitted CC to my 07 Z4C, helped by my elder son. it took us around 3 hours - mind you, it's not warm out there at this time of year. Quite a fiddle, I must say.

I soldered the 2 wires into the loom on the ligh-switch. And I used tin-snips to make the cut-out for the swtich in the column surround, tidying with a file.

Good post on pin-39 of the grey connector. Would be scratching my head at this point if I were to try to follow the BMW instructions.

Once again - thanks vm

Anthony
 
Just so we're all aware - you do not need to use the black repair wire. Just plug the cable straight in. Mine worked first time.

I did away with the crappy connectors for the power feeds too and soldered directly to the wires behind the light switch, isolated with heat shrink tubing, then taped back up with cloth looming tape.

Beautiful OEM finish :)
 
After looking at this thread for a while, I swallowed some brave pills and installed mine today. What better way to celebrate St Patricks day! :driving:

I ordered the parts from Jamie at Sopers on Friday and they arrived Saturday morning, all the way to 'Norn' Ireland. Great service.

Installed and working. Many thanks to the OP, jamiecarpender, for his excellent write up, I don't think I would have found out to use pin 39 without it. :thumbsup:
 
Successfully installed on 2006 3.0si coupe (n52) this evening. Took about 3 hours. Couldn't have done it without this excellent forum, the work done to figure out which pin in this other thread and especially jamiecarpenter's brilliant write up that brings it all together. Thanks guys!
 
Hi guys I'm planning to do this tomorrow hopefully I between the rain!!! :/

I'm pretty clear with what to do in the cockpit area and also getting the blue loom cable into the bay and that it needs to go into one of the pins which I know people were having trouble with but I've now seen a few pictures of where it goes.

However for the N52 engine (I have a coupe) I'm struggling to see where the other connection happens. Can anyone help please? Does another wire have to be spliced into the blue loom cable, heat shrunk and then be connected to another pin? Just want to be clear before I start
 
NathanZ4C said:
Hi guys I'm planning to do this tomorrow hopefully I between the rain!!! :/

I'm pretty clear with what to do in the cockpit area and also getting the blue loom cable into the bay and that it needs to go into one of the pins which I know people were having trouble with but I've now seen a few pictures of where it goes.

However for the N52 engine (I have a coupe) I'm struggling to see where the other connection happens. Can anyone help please? Does another wire have to be spliced into the blue loom cable, heat shrunk and then be connected to another pin? Just want to be clear before I start
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The retro-instructions are wrong for the N52.

The black 'repair' cable needs to be crimped onto the blue cable then put into this block:


Which is pin 39 on the block as shown in this wiring diagram:
 
Well i managed to work it out in the end and was all done in a few hours yesterday. I was getting very confused about the 'extra' cables that came with the kit. I was expecting that the blue cable from the loom pluged in and then another wire had to be cut and spliced into.

For those considering doing this, its pretty easy. The reason for the extra cables and the heat shrink is due to the connectors at the end them being slightly different to the connetor at the end of the long blue loom cable.

One thing that did confuse me is that the BMW instructions suggest to cut the connector off the end of the long blue loom cable and attach the shorter blue cable to it and heat shrink it for the N52 engine. However this thread and everyones else suggestion is to use the black cable. This black cable did seem to fit into the socket better so i used that.
 
I'm in the middle of doing this and have discovered that someone else has had this area apart before as the steering cowel has broken clips and was glued on. Of more concern/bemusement is that one of the wires for this job has already been spliced into along with another different one which then goes into a green plug behind the steering wheel. Does anybody know what this is, normal, another retrofit or a bodged something...?!?

Can I just proceed with the cruise control as per the normal instructions?

Also, how do you get the plugs out of the main X12 block to work out which of the two brown/black wires to splice?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks



 
Bing said:
You don't even need to use the black repair cable... Just plug the blue one right in.
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Blue one defo didn't fit right for me, was a little loose, black seemed perfect. Either way it's the correct pin :)
 
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