getting ready for a non i drive to cic retrofit

[nabeelm07]

Hindsight being 20/20 , if I had to do the retrofit again , I would have gone ebay for the CIC radio, controller, screen and cable.In particular a shop called straight six auto, u can reach out to them on Instagram , good prices.

Next is the interior trim pieces. The climate control bezel etc , straight to dealer. They are surprisingly not expensive.

The only thing I would buy locally would be the double hump dash.For that try MD house, there you can also buy old wiring harness to cobble together ur own harness

From my experience some of these local breakers are extortionist in the pricing.

One more thing to note , you absolutely need to get a CIC unit from a very late model car for the retrofit to work.The later software has a weakness/backdoor that you exploit to virginize the unit

Good luck

Thanks so much for the adivce! If you don’t mind I’ll keep you posted/ask for more help later down the line but if this is too much of a burden than it’s totally cool you don’t need to reply. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday 🫡

 

[trevor_e36m]

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[trevor_e36m]

Thanks so much for the adivce! If you don’t mind I’ll keep you posted/ask for more help later down the line but if this is too much of a burden than it’s totally cool you don’t need to reply. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday 🫡

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[Solo Man]

Hi Trevor, i have a problem with the backlighting on my idrive monitor. Car is 2013 F10 520d with satnav. I was able to code the torque and power screen but i have had the backlighting problem since i got the car in Feb this year. Cannot read the words on the "second" menu. For example, when i have a flat tire the lettering is in red and i cannot read that as it is very dim. I was wondering if some of the led's are dead and if it is possible to open the monitor and replace them? Thanks for reading.