Retrofit facelift heater controls

[Ducklakeview]

Couldn't turn up anything from a search, so does anyone know if the facelift heater controls are a straight swap?

Much prefer the rubber edged knobs :?

Anyone?

Mike

 

[MACK]

Couldn't turn up anything from a search, so does anyone know if the facelift heater controls are a straight swap?

Much prefer the rubber edged knobs :?

Anyone?

Mike

Yep plug and play

 

[Ducklakeview]

Couldn't turn up anything from a search, so does anyone know if the facelift heater controls are a straight swap?

Much prefer the rubber edged knobs :?

Anyone?

Mike

Yep plug and play

Mike

 

[Zoomer]

How much are they

 

[Ducklakeview]

I gave £30 for the full set with the trim rings

Mike

 

[maxman]

I don't think they are plug and play,if I remember BenG changed his and it was not plug and play.

 

[maxman]

http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=94542#p1390772

 

[MACK]

I don't think they are plug and play,if I remember BenG changed his and it was not plug and play.

Just to clarify my earlier comment. I have actually done this and mine was plug and play. I wonder why Ben g had a issue, the thread doesn't say what the outcome was and if he had triggered transport mode. I think I saw his thread before I did mine and I was expecting to have to swap over the internals but didnt.

 

[Ducklakeview]

I don't think they are plug and play,if I remember BenG changed his and it was not plug and play.

Just to clarify my earlier comment. I have actually done this and mine was plug and play. I wonder why Ben g had a issue, the thread doesn't say what the outcome was and if he had triggered transport mode. I think I saw his thread before I did mine and I was expecting to have to swap over the internals but didnt.

Cheers Mack, guess we'll know at the weekend :wink:

Mike

 

[MACK]

I don't think they are plug and play,if I remember BenG changed his and it was not plug and play.

Just to clarify my earlier comment. I have actually done this and mine was plug and play. I wonder why Ben g had a issue, the thread doesn't say what the outcome was and if he had triggered transport mode. I think I saw his thread before I did mine and I was expecting to have to swap over the internals but didnt.

Cheers Mack, guess we'll know at the weekend :wink:

Mike

Just spotted the ben g thread is from this year. I did mine two years ago now so i couldnt have seen that thread. Must be thinking of something else. Anyway mines been fine the past two years.

 

[ben g]

Mine still aren't working correctly. It blows cold air on the normal setting. That's all well and good in summer, but it's getting colder now :lol:

Only way i can get heat coming through is by pressing the 'hurricane' button. Not quite sure what the remedy is for this, apart from trying to go back to the pre facelift controls.

When i first installed the facelift controls, they didn't work at all, so i had to use the prefacelift rear section with the facelift front. This could be why i have these issues.

 

[Ducklakeview]

Mine still aren't working correctly. It blows cold air on the normal setting. That's all well and good in summer, but it's getting colder now :lol:

Only way i can get heat coming through is by pressing the 'hurricane' button. Not quite sure what the remedy is for this, apart from trying to go back to the pre facelift controls.

When i first installed the facelift controls, they didn't work at all, so i had to use the prefacelift rear section with the facelift front. This could be why i have these issues.

Does sound like transport mode that Ben - Does the rear window heater work?

Mike

 

[mac27040]

I had an issue when swapping mine over so what i did was:

open up both units and swap over the circuit board so you end up with new knobs / casing and old internals, works 100%

 

[ben g]

Mine still aren't working correctly. It blows cold air on the normal setting. That's all well and good in summer, but it's getting colder now :lol:

Only way i can get heat coming through is by pressing the 'hurricane' button. Not quite sure what the remedy is for this, apart from trying to go back to the pre facelift controls.

When i first installed the facelift controls, they didn't work at all, so i had to use the prefacelift rear section with the facelift front. This could be why i have these issues.

Does sound like transport mode that Ben - Does the rear window heater work?

Mike

Yep, used it last week. I do have a hardtop on currently, whether that makes any difference?

 

[maxman]

I don't think they are plug and play,if I remember BenG changed his and it was not plug and play.

Just to clarify my earlier comment. I have actually done this and mine was plug and play. I wonder why Ben g had a issue, the thread doesn't say what the outcome was and if he had triggered transport mode. I think I saw his thread before I did mine and I was expecting to have to swap over the internals but didnt.

Cheers Mack, guess we'll know at the weekend :wink:

Mike

How did you get on with this?

 

[Ducklakeview]

Not had a chance yet m8..

Mike

 

[Ducklakeview]

Ok. These weren't a straight swap on mine. They came from an 07 car. Just plugging them in, meant that the AC, rear window and recirc buttons wouldn't work. The zircon and temp did, but the fan would only work at about half speed.

Opened them up and the boards were slightly different, so swapped them over and it all works fine now.

Mike

 

[MACK]

Ok. These weren't a straight swap on mine. They came from an 07 car. Just plugging them in, meant that the AC, rear window and recirc buttons wouldn't work. The zircon and temp did, but the fan would only work at about half speed.

Opened them up and the boards were slightly different, so swapped them over and it all works fine now.

Mike

Interesting. They were on mine, I don't know if mine being a 05 plate has some bearing on this.