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Hi. When I was last here I had a 1999 NZ New 740i. I did a few retro fit projects with in car navigation, rear dash subs, upgraded amps. I sold it a few years ago. I was Jimbo01, no idea why I’m On a different profile. My daughter has a 2008 E87 130i which my wife loves it so she wanted a similar BMW to replace her 2005 Mercedes Benz SLK280. So we got her one but we then decided we should keep the SLK so I sold my 2007 Mercedes Benz ML500. I still have a VW Passat CC 3.6 V6 with 4Motion (currently on TM). The BMW we bought is a Japanese new E84 BMW X1 28i Xdrive MSport. The dealer in Auckland had it modified to NZ frequencies and NZ navigation but seems to have disabled the bluetooth phone integration - we seem to have the bluetooth unit in the boot. We briefly had both the ML500 and the X1. We called the ML Beast, so the X1 is Mini beast. I’m super impressed with the X1, it has a good amount of space for such a small package. Went great for our skiing holiday with the roof box on top. Much easier to access the roofbox than the ML, and I like getting 4km more for each litre of petrol. Things I’m looking to do to the X1: Retrofitting cruise control and am on the lookout for a E84 steering wheel squib with the cruise control stalk, and the lower steering column cover with the hole for the stalk. From what I understand it is plug and play, with programming needed. So I’ll be looking for advice / searching the site for anyone who is good at coding in Wellington. Sorting out the bluetooth phone integration. We are using a bluetooth adapter with the aux in. Adding a tow hitch with removable tow bar for an eBike carrier. I’m selling my Passat to fund an eBike. Changing the tyres for Pirelli P8 All Season. Dealer put it on new Hifly 805 tyres but they don’t rate well although its not urgent as they have not given us any issues. Maintenance on the X1: New spark plugs Transfer case service 1st service for 3 year warranty at 88,000km. New front windscreen Next is probably a transmission service at Hutt Automatics.
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I’m looking at doing the retrofit of cruise control to my 2012 E84 X1. There is a part 1 youtube video on swapping out the steering wheel squib to one with a cruise control stalk on a E87 130i. Part 2 is the coding but I can’t find that. The author of part 1 claims thats he’s never had to fit modules but I’m dubious, especially as I can’t find part 2 which was supposed to be done by the BMW Doctor. Anyway I’m going to give it a go. I’ve located a wrecked E84 with cruise control so I can get a suitable steering wheel squib. https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwitq5Hc15P6AhWCieYKHYLzBlEQwqsBegQIAhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXl9tRhfOYbk&usg=AOvVaw2jplT7LvNF48aWoysftKVs
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We've got a 2010 E84 2.5i X-Drive from Japan with all the bells and whistles, and a few extras I've been trying to puzzle out. My end goal is to get Bluetooth audio and phone working like factory. Currently there's no bluetooth functionality, but it seems to have all the hardware ready to go - it's got the phone and voice command buttons on the wheel, and a communications module in the boot with a big old Bluetooth logo on it. No option for bluetooth anywhere in the CIC iDrive menus though. Is this something I could get going with Bimmercode (seems to be the go from looking online) and if so, how would I code it? Possibly complicating the matter, the previous owners had a TV receiver installed and a dash cam (which may have been hardwired in) - it's a good quality unit (Panasonic TU-DTX600), and it seems to be activated by holding the down arrow on the steering wheel for 2s, but I'm not sure if this impacts anything - see video: Thanks in advance! Oliver
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Hi folks, I recently purchased my first bimmer- an X1 ( jap import ). Its a 2010 sdrive18i. Few queries for this please; 1. I was told that navigation conversion to NZ is not advisable, as the dna is japanese & that if this is done and for any future issues, if BMW plugs in to check, the computer will reset the system back to japanese dna. This will result in all settings being lost. I was told this by Jeff Gray BMW and also another vendor thru Trademe whom i had approached for this. Is this true? 2. Mine doesn't have PDC. I was given a quote of 2300$ by Jeff Gray. Is there any cheaper & reliable options available please. 3. My steering wheel has buttons for bluetooth, voice recognition. but upon trying it doesn't work. The dealer told me it is all present & needs to be enabled for use. Is there any way to check if it will work & if i am checking it wrongly. Any inputs on this please? Appreciate if experienced folks can help me out, as this is my first BMW and would like to have the best of without having issues & also in lieu of future re-sale value when we decide on our next X3. Thanks in advance.
