z4m retro cruise
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Seems a bit of a pain. Can you spec cruise on an M?
Small update, I'm booked in to the garage highlighted by Rov11 to have cruise retro fitted to my Z4M Coupe (Nov 06) towards the end of the month. 
I'll try and get some pics of the job and will be giving it an extensive test on the way home from South Shields to Dover after fitting..!
I'll try and get some pics of the job and will be giving it an extensive test on the way home from South Shields to Dover after fitting..!
Andy said:
Thanks Andy, I don't muck about, I've just got back to Dover about an hour ago after a weekend in Wales, travelling via Cirencester, Gloucester and Monmouth, stayed in Cardiff, then up to Brecon for a blat about, back to Cardiff then home to Dover via the Forest of Dean and Oxford. The M performed faultlessly, being both quicker, more economical and more comfortable than my old Impreza - I'm totally blown away by it.
Back to the matter in hand, I'm travelling up to South Shields early next week to get the cruise fitted. I'm also going to speak to them again and see if they'll sort out my CDV delete at the same time. I spoke to John, the guy who does it and he seems a very decent chap indeed. It will be around the £350 mark (plus my fuel for the trip and a one night stop over!). I'm hoping to get a few pics of the job and some more details to post here The garage were fine with me doing so (just need to check with the mods it's an ok thing to do?). They'll order in all the OE parts (stalk, cowl etc) and it needs a few wires running to the appropriate on board computer, then that should be me done.
Definitely get pics, we're expecting a big "how-to" and review once you get back 
Ok, well, I'm back....... and I drove home using my newly fitted cruise control more excited than a fat girl in a cake shop..!!! :trampoline:
John at Prestige German Cars http://www.prestige-german-cars.co.uk/ did a fantastic job overcoming new software hurdles with huge enthusiasm and interest. I genuinely cannot rate this guy and his team highly enough, to the point where I am considering another overnight trip up north for a service on my car when it's due.
John has proved that retrofitting cruise control on a Z4M CAN be done. He took a slightly different approach on my car regarding picking the signals up, as the software I had was the very latest version and varied slightly from Rov1's car and his fitting. The only tricky moment John had was that his wiring cd was scratched so he used other methods and another diagram to work the solution out. I left the camera with John and he took a few pics which I'll upload later.
The cost was very pleasingly well under the £350 mentioned previously in this thread, so for an exact price I suggest you contact John directly on 0191 4566623 for an individual price as it may vary depending on the year of your //M.
The cruise works exactly as per the factory fit, with no shortcomings whatsoever. On the trip back down the M1, it was fantastic holding me at 50 mph through all the specs zones where there are roadworks, which I find an absolute chore. The cruise is amazingly accurate as I was using my Pogo Alert GPS to see how much the speed fluctuated, I found it would drop down 1mph for barely a second going uphill before it took it back up to the set speed. Downhill it holds it at the set speed without any creep up at all. My fuel consumption improved over the trip too, I was seeing 29.7mpg on my display at motorway cruising speeds, whilst I was seeing around 27/28 mpg on the way up. I'm exceptionally happy indeed with it.
For anyone thinking of going for this (and I'd thoroughly recommend it), there is a Premier Inn located less than ten minutes walk from the garage and there is also a metro station two minutes walk away from the garage (Bede) which will take you into Newcastle in around fifteen minutes for £2.90. I travelled up the night before, stayed at the Premier Inn, dropped my car with Prestige at 0900hrs, then popped into Newcastle for a bit of sightseeing on the tourist bus and a nice lunch. John had just about finished his workaround when I got back (he did try to ring me with updates but my phone battery had gone flat!), then fitted my CDV and programmed a few options to my car.
All in all, a very pleasurable trip and a great change to deal with a person and a garage that are so highly knowledgeable and efficient.
So, a BIG from me to John at Prestige German Cars.
Photos to follow.
Nige.
:yeah:
John at Prestige German Cars http://www.prestige-german-cars.co.uk/ did a fantastic job overcoming new software hurdles with huge enthusiasm and interest. I genuinely cannot rate this guy and his team highly enough, to the point where I am considering another overnight trip up north for a service on my car when it's due.
John has proved that retrofitting cruise control on a Z4M CAN be done. He took a slightly different approach on my car regarding picking the signals up, as the software I had was the very latest version and varied slightly from Rov1's car and his fitting. The only tricky moment John had was that his wiring cd was scratched so he used other methods and another diagram to work the solution out. I left the camera with John and he took a few pics which I'll upload later.
The cost was very pleasingly well under the £350 mentioned previously in this thread, so for an exact price I suggest you contact John directly on 0191 4566623 for an individual price as it may vary depending on the year of your //M.
The cruise works exactly as per the factory fit, with no shortcomings whatsoever. On the trip back down the M1, it was fantastic holding me at 50 mph through all the specs zones where there are roadworks, which I find an absolute chore. The cruise is amazingly accurate as I was using my Pogo Alert GPS to see how much the speed fluctuated, I found it would drop down 1mph for barely a second going uphill before it took it back up to the set speed. Downhill it holds it at the set speed without any creep up at all. My fuel consumption improved over the trip too, I was seeing 29.7mpg on my display at motorway cruising speeds, whilst I was seeing around 27/28 mpg on the way up. I'm exceptionally happy indeed with it.
For anyone thinking of going for this (and I'd thoroughly recommend it), there is a Premier Inn located less than ten minutes walk from the garage and there is also a metro station two minutes walk away from the garage (Bede) which will take you into Newcastle in around fifteen minutes for £2.90. I travelled up the night before, stayed at the Premier Inn, dropped my car with Prestige at 0900hrs, then popped into Newcastle for a bit of sightseeing on the tourist bus and a nice lunch. John had just about finished his workaround when I got back (he did try to ring me with updates but my phone battery had gone flat!), then fitted my CDV and programmed a few options to my car.
All in all, a very pleasurable trip and a great change to deal with a person and a garage that are so highly knowledgeable and efficient.
So, a BIG
from me to John at Prestige German Cars.Photos to follow.
Nige.
:yeah:
Hi guys.
just had retrofit cruise fitted to my Z4M today by Forzawest Chepstow.
The guy (Stuart) is an Independant and started his own business 3 years ago, BMW master mechanic .
total cost to supply & fit £240.88 Inc vat.
Install takes about 1.5 hours.
/www.forzawest.com/contact_us.php
First class guy.
Roger
just had retrofit cruise fitted to my Z4M today by Forzawest Chepstow.
The guy (Stuart) is an Independant and started his own business 3 years ago, BMW master mechanic .
total cost to supply & fit £240.88 Inc vat.
Install takes about 1.5 hours.
/www.forzawest.com/contact_us.php
First class guy.
Roger