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Atacama Yellow 35is build thread
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The fitment of the ID4Motion digital cluster is turning into a nightmare.
The primary issue appears to be that the generic hardware ..used on many BMW models like 3/5/7 series is just too big to fit in the E89 instrument cluster space.
I couldn't make their installation instructions work..certainly without severely scratching /damaging the plastics in and around the instrument binacle.
So I've taken the whole dash out to fit it.
Even then its a f$%kfest...some of the screws that hold the dashboard together and to the rest of the car have to be jettisoned.
I'm not very happy at all.
Had I known how difficult and the compromises needed I certainly wouldn't have bought it.
But I've started so I'll continue..
The darkest hour is before the dawn..
The primary issue appears to be that the generic hardware ..used on many BMW models like 3/5/7 series is just too big to fit in the E89 instrument cluster space.
I couldn't make their installation instructions work..certainly without severely scratching /damaging the plastics in and around the instrument binacle.
So I've taken the whole dash out to fit it.
Even then its a f$%kfest...some of the screws that hold the dashboard together and to the rest of the car have to be jettisoned.
I'm not very happy at all.
Had I known how difficult and the compromises needed I certainly wouldn't have bought it.
But I've started so I'll continue..
The darkest hour is before the dawn..
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Jeez-o Peter, your a brave man, I would be ready to jump of the bridge just looking at that pile of spaghetti.
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We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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They say God loves a trier…..looking at that he’s gonna want to shag you…!
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Very profound..and probably true
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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Joking aside that’s a lot to get back together…obvs…I wish you well.
M roady...OEM CSL’s, strut brace, Remus back boxes, ZHP
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E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
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Thank you..I have the luxury of a well lit, well heated garage so I’m hoping that time is a healer / helper
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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Day 2…the nightmare continues..
My buddy in Italy also with a yellow 35is is doing the exact same retrofit…he’s kept the dashboard in place..but he’s struggling as well.
Here’s my wooden mock up of the ID4Motion screen to help with initial set up.
Called it a day..by this time the dash is looking like a guyere cheese..
My buddy in Italy also with a yellow 35is is doing the exact same retrofit…he’s kept the dashboard in place..but he’s struggling as well.
Here’s my wooden mock up of the ID4Motion screen to help with initial set up.
Called it a day..by this time the dash is looking like a guyere cheese..
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Square peg rou…….
Could you cut away all the plastic around the back of the binnacle so you could perhaps install an upper and lower plate mounted to the bulkhead to slide the hardware into, rather like a radio head unit into one of those aftermarket cages…? Dremel cut modify it, maybe buy two cages so you could butcher one to make mounting plates to self tap screw to the bulkhead for the modified main cage to attach to. Looking at the hardware I’d think you could screw a few small self tappers into it’s edge at certain points to mount it securely to the cage, short ones shouldn’t hit any circuit board inside as you normally have a good few mill gap between that and the hardware frame. So basically you’d be using the plastic bulkhead as pure cosmetic trim and not for any mounting duties. Won’t be easy obvs due to where you’re working on the car, but it seems any thought of an easy life has long flown the nest here…
It would seem come selling time you’ll have to sell this car modified so you’ll not lose anything by destroying the original mountings for the original binnacle,
Keep going….its trailblazing…
Could you cut away all the plastic around the back of the binnacle so you could perhaps install an upper and lower plate mounted to the bulkhead to slide the hardware into, rather like a radio head unit into one of those aftermarket cages…? Dremel cut modify it, maybe buy two cages so you could butcher one to make mounting plates to self tap screw to the bulkhead for the modified main cage to attach to. Looking at the hardware I’d think you could screw a few small self tappers into it’s edge at certain points to mount it securely to the cage, short ones shouldn’t hit any circuit board inside as you normally have a good few mill gap between that and the hardware frame. So basically you’d be using the plastic bulkhead as pure cosmetic trim and not for any mounting duties. Won’t be easy obvs due to where you’re working on the car, but it seems any thought of an easy life has long flown the nest here…
It would seem come selling time you’ll have to sell this car modified so you’ll not lose anything by destroying the original mountings for the original binnacle,
Keep going….its trailblazing…
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M roady...OEM CSL’s, strut brace, Remus back boxes, ZHP
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
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Have to ask, is this where the expression 'clusterf**k' comes from.
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I was thinking ‘Bastard ball ache’ myself but yours is good too….
M roady...OEM CSL’s, strut brace, Remus back boxes, ZHP
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
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…..or. cut all the binnacle plastic away so you can mock up the whole unit installed and looking finished on your bench, build a wood frame around the hardware leaving as much gap between the wood and hardware frame as possible, wrap the unit in masking tape, then fill the void with expanding foam, leave to set, then you’ll have something to make a fibreglass mould from which will fit the hardware part perfectly.
M roady...OEM CSL’s, strut brace, Remus back boxes, ZHP
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
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John..thnx for the option..I’m nearly there on my mind…I’ll nibble it away tomorrow..but I’m going in that direction…john-e89 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:57 pm Square peg rou…….
Could you cut away all the plastic around the back of the binnacle so you could perhaps install an upper and lower plate mounted to the bulkhead to slide the hardware into, rather like a radio head unit into one of those aftermarket cages…? Dremel cut modify it, maybe buy two cages so you could butcher one to make mounting plates to self tap screw to the bulkhead for the modified main cage to attach to. Looking at the hardware I’d think you could screw a few small self tappers into it’s edge at certain points to mount it securely to the cage, short ones shouldn’t hit any circuit board inside as you normally have a good few mill gap between that and the hardware frame. So basically you’d be using the plastic bulkhead as pure cosmetic trim and not for any mounting duties. Won’t be easy obvs due to where you’re working on the car, but it seems any thought of an easy life has long flown the nest here…
It would seem come selling time you’ll have to sell this car modified so you’ll not lose anything by destroying the original mountings for the original binnacle,
Keep going….its trailblazing…
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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John, again, thanks, I’ll keep both thoughts as options ..I’m in deep..john-e89 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:55 pm …..or. cut all the binnacle plastic away so you can mock up the whole unit installed and looking finished on your bench, build a wood frame around the hardware leaving as much gap between the wood and hardware frame as possible, wrap the unit in masking tape, then fill the void with expanding foam, leave to set, then you’ll have something to make a fibreglass mould from which will fit the hardware part perfectly.
My Italian buddy is swearing too!
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A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is
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