How-To: E86 CD changer cables for BlueMusic Bluetooth
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:59 pm
Managed to find and locate the 2 x CD changer cables needed for the plug-and-play Amazon Blue Music bluetooth unit (link below).
From what I’ve read, the coupe is slightly harder to access than the roadster and I didn’t want to remove all the rear interior trim and tabs. Also, I don’t have the rear cubby holes behind my seats as I have speakers there, so attacking this from that direction was out too.
* My coupe had the CD changer cables, but not a CD changer - so the below may be slightly different when you get towards the end of the step-by-step.
Instead I went down and dirty as follows.
1) Remove battery cover floor panel.
2) Remove the two plastic retaining screws holding in the carpet where the boot ‘steps’ up.
3) Pull back carpet to bulkhead.
4) Lift out right side trim panel enough from the bottom and place something sturdy underneath to keep it held up (this requires a little force once you’ve push-released the trim tabs that fold into the rear bulkhead section)
5) Repeat this step on the left side, being careful not to damage the trim. Wedge this side too.
6) You should now have a gap almost the back bulkhead of around 10cms to root around in.
7) Cables should be somewhere in the centre. Get your hand up and into the recess behind the rear centre console. For me, thats where they were.
There’s enough wire for them to come forward and out, but not much further, so I’ve left the trim as is until my Amazon unit arrives.
1. Gaining access with trim lifted and wedged...
2, View in the gap under rear bulkhead carpet...
3. Close up of the wires and cavity behind centre console in which they were hidden...
Amazon Bluetooth unit...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07 ... UTF8&psc=1
From what I’ve read, the coupe is slightly harder to access than the roadster and I didn’t want to remove all the rear interior trim and tabs. Also, I don’t have the rear cubby holes behind my seats as I have speakers there, so attacking this from that direction was out too.
* My coupe had the CD changer cables, but not a CD changer - so the below may be slightly different when you get towards the end of the step-by-step.
Instead I went down and dirty as follows.
1) Remove battery cover floor panel.
2) Remove the two plastic retaining screws holding in the carpet where the boot ‘steps’ up.
3) Pull back carpet to bulkhead.
4) Lift out right side trim panel enough from the bottom and place something sturdy underneath to keep it held up (this requires a little force once you’ve push-released the trim tabs that fold into the rear bulkhead section)
5) Repeat this step on the left side, being careful not to damage the trim. Wedge this side too.
6) You should now have a gap almost the back bulkhead of around 10cms to root around in.
7) Cables should be somewhere in the centre. Get your hand up and into the recess behind the rear centre console. For me, thats where they were.
There’s enough wire for them to come forward and out, but not much further, so I’ve left the trim as is until my Amazon unit arrives.
1. Gaining access with trim lifted and wedged...
2, View in the gap under rear bulkhead carpet...
3. Close up of the wires and cavity behind centre console in which they were hidden...
Amazon Bluetooth unit...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07 ... UTF8&psc=1