12-11-2015, 05:24 PM | #243 |
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Just received my LCI trim from Dante - thanks bro! Installing it this afternoon and after taking out the old trim, noticed that the Radio and AC control units in that original trim doesn't come out in an obvious way.
The two separate units don't just lift out, and after a few minutes of easy prying, lifting, angling, leveraging, it still doesn't want to pop out easily. It looks pretty obvious when you look at it from the back that it pulls out from the back, but when you look at it from the front, it almost seems like you have to do some removal of some of the buttons first as it seems like they overhang/overlap the edge of the opening. I'd hate to have to pry off buttons as it would increase the chance of scratching it. Do you have to remove anything from the front first? It is necessary? I've broken things before trying to force things out, and i don't want to ruin anything as i have to look at this every time i'm in the car. Whats the best/easiest way to remove the two AC control units from the old trim piece? |
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12-11-2015, 05:29 PM | #244 | |
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Here are some pics of what I did:
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12-11-2015, 05:33 PM | #245 |
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Thanks tboooe for the quick response! I'll try that after i get back from dinner tonight!
UPDATE: yup, that did the trick! Thanks for the tip. Man, that ambient light is pretty subtle. When i first got everything all buttoned up, the light didn't seem like it was even on. I had to check the wiring again to make sure i wired it up right, then realized that my Brightness setting was only at 50%. Dude.. i had to crank it to 100% to finally see it. I don't think i ever saw the cup holder LED until tonight lol Thanks Dante, mbfanos, and tboooe! Last edited by squidlyboy; 12-11-2015 at 10:49 PM.. |
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12-12-2015, 09:37 AM | #246 |
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got the part a couple weeks back. Finally installed. Super awesome!
Thanks Dante Last edited by lemonchicken; 12-12-2015 at 09:38 AM.. Reason: Grammar |
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12-12-2015, 01:20 PM | #248 |
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Glad it worked for you! By far, this is one of my favorite mods. Now I just need to get the ballz to do the b pillar ambient light mod too.
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12-12-2015, 04:27 PM | #249 |
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12-12-2015, 05:47 PM | #250 |
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I'm just waiting on back ordered parts for the B-Pillar. National back order for the optical connectors.
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12-12-2015, 06:12 PM | #251 | |
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Or Plasti-Dip, which is completely reversible. Or if you really want, take it to a body shop and have them paint match it to the rest of the trim. I installed my trim today. I friggin' hate the wire connectors that BMW uses. They're such a pain to unclip, haha. PITA when I installed my BMS Stage 1 and just as much of a PITA when installing this trim. |
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12-13-2015, 04:48 AM | #252 | |
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It took me like an hour to remove those AC control units Glad it works for ya |
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12-13-2015, 10:52 AM | #253 |
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Mine's in. Thanks Dante and thanks Tboooe for the tip on removing the console parts. It goes very nicely with the Individual Shadowline trim
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12-14-2015, 08:29 AM | #258 |
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Yes it will work on F32. I did it on my F36 which is the same piece.
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12-14-2015, 08:34 AM | #259 | |
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The parts are the same.
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12-14-2015, 08:32 PM | #261 |
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Hi guys,
Does anyone know if the y adaptor will work with only 2 sets of wires (ground and orange led pin)? Since my car does not have the white led function, can I just skip the cable Altogether? Thanks |
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12-14-2015, 09:00 PM | #262 |
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You still need the Y cable to power the cup holder led and lci trim piece. However, you can use just 2 wires. Just make sure the power wires from the car is connected to the Orange led power wire of the lci trim piece.
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12-14-2015, 09:15 PM | #263 |
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Thank you, that's good to know. the vendor messed up and only sent me 2 sets of pins and wires instead of 3, rather not wait till next week for parts.
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12-14-2015, 11:11 PM | #264 |
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I just can't get over how good the trim looks in gloss black even during daylight when the LEDs don't show as strongly.
My biggest issue now is Sport or Classic... Sport or Classic... |
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