NBT/CIC/CCC retrofit in E39/E38/E53

[lad740]

so did you have to code the nbt?

[computiNATEor]

If you're directing that to me, this is just regular NBT. HW07. I don't have an EVO to test with.

Edit, as promised:



Plz ignore the end guys, he got excited.

Very cool!

[BMWCACincinnati]

Initially, to boot it? No. Matter of fact, everything has worked without any FSC bits or emulators(including nav). Thats probably unique to my unit though. This is literally the first stab either of us have taken with NBT at all. Haven't tried connected drive or anything like that yet, and we're still waiting on the 5m display cable, gps antenna, and Bluetooth antennas. We got volume working just via can commands from the Pi's terminal tonight as well. We just used steering wheel commands from an e60 dump we have.

We made our own extension for an Ethernet jack so far. I coded a few things last night like the M splash screen, RR sound set, no legal disclaimers, etc.

Lots more work to do but it's coming along nicely!

[ejaz3739]

If you're directing that to me, this is just regular NBT. HW07. I don't have an EVO to test with.

Edit, as promised:



Plz ignore the end guys, he got excited.

hahaha Awesome Video. So you got it working with the pi?

[BMWCACincinnati]

hahaha Awesome Video. So you got it working with the pi?

We did! That black box you see there on top of NBT in the background is the Pi. We're using this hat: http://copperhilltech.com/pican2-duo...2-3-with-smps/

My friend(who's the brains behind the code/app dev and a lot of the wiring and connector construction) will inevitably show up here at some point under the name "hotgarbagellc"(can be found on IG via said handle) for more videos/pics of various projects. I had the link posted here for awhile but he ended up getting a metric ****ton of follow requests from rando bot accounts.

I don't see much further progress being made until the antennas show up that way I can get everything positioned/wired properly in the 540...and my lady friends W211 Benz is marooned in my garage right now and she's driving the 540 -_-

[ejaz3739]

We did! That black box you see there on top of NBT in the background is the Pi. We're using this hat: http://copperhilltech.com/pican2-duo...2-3-with-smps/

My friend(who's the brains behind the code/app dev and a lot of the wiring and connector construction) will inevitably show up here at some point under the name "hotgarbagellc"(can be found on IG via said handle) for more videos/pics of various projects. I had the link posted here for awhile but he ended up getting a metric ****ton of follow requests from rando bot accounts.

I don't see much further progress being made until the antennas show up that way I can get everything positioned/wired properly in the 540...and my lady friends W211 Benz is marooned in my garage right now and she's driving the 540 -_-

That’s awesome! Nice work. I would definitely buy this over the car systems box if your friend can do a diy thread. Would love to install an NBT system in my e46 m3. Thank you for posting the updates.

[BMWCACincinnati]

That’s awesome! Nice work. I would definitely buy this over the car systems box if your friend can do a diy thread. Would love to install an NBT system in my e46 m3. Thank you for posting the updates.

Thank you! We'll end up putting a thread together once we have a finished product for sure. At this point it's just a matter of time. The e46 will be essentially identical for most of the main bits...and seeing that we've got all the CAN commands for E6x cars too, eventually, I'll have this in my E61.

Just to give everyone an idea of what we've got into this so far, here's a rough parts/price list:

NBT HU HW7/iDrive Controller(it came with an F10 climate/radio faceplate too)- $250 eBay
Raspberry Pi 3- $29.99
F15 X5 CID- $100 eBay
5m CID Cable- $46 eBay
PiCAN2 Duo CAN-Bus Board- $95ish

GPS Antenna- $12 eBay
Bluetooth Antenna- $16 eBay
Various Blade Connectors/Pins/Tools- $50ish?
1/8th" thick black ABS Plastic Sheet(crafting the iDrive controller bezel from it) $6 Amazon
I'll be dremeling/sanding/painting the cars OEM MK2 Nav bezel to mount the CID in the dash- $Free
Countless man hours in R&D over the years it's taken to come to this point? Priceless.

All said and done I'll probably have less than $600 in this project. YMMV.

[ejaz3739]

Thank you! We'll end up putting a thread together once we have a finished product for sure. At this point it's just a matter of time. The e46 will be essentially identical for most of the main bits...and seeing that we've got all the CAN commands for E6x cars too, eventually, I'll have this in my E61.

Just to give everyone an idea of what we've got into this so far, here's a rough parts/price list:

NBT HU HW7/iDrive Controller(it came with an F10 climate/radio faceplate too)- $250 eBay
Raspberry Pi 3- $29.99
F15 X5 CID- $100 eBay
5m CID Cable- $46 eBay
PiCAN2 Duo CAN-Bus Board- $95ish

GPS Antenna- $12 eBay
Bluetooth Antenna- $16 eBay
Various Blade Connectors/Pins/Tools- $50ish?
1/8th" thick black ABS Plastic Sheet(crafting the iDrive controller bezel from it) $6 Amazon
I'll be dremeling/sanding/painting the cars OEM MK2 Nav bezel to mount the CID in the dash- $Free
Countless man hours in R&D over the years it's taken to come to this point? Priceless.

All said and done I'll probably have less than $600 in this project. YMMV.

Perfect. That would be awesome. Thank you.

[BMWCACincinnati]

There's one thing we need assistance with so far guys, what's the story on the backup camera? I get that the emulator box "handles" it, but we're sorta stuck on that bit. I'd like to get the pins squared away before we mount it in the car

EDIT

Figured it out.

[lad740]

to fashion my idrive controller i bought a f10 console frame off ebay and cut out the idrive controller section,placed it in my e38 console.all brackets in tact. for most of the main bits...and seeing that we've got all the CAN commands for E6x cars too, eventually, I'll have this in my E61.

Just to give everyone an idea of what we've got into this so far, here's a rough parts/price list:

NBT HU HW7/iDrive Controller(it came with an F10 climate/radio faceplate too)- $250 eBay
Raspberry Pi3- $29.99
F15 X5 CID- $100 eBay
5m CID Cable- $46 eBay
PiCAN2 Duo CAN-Bus Board- $95ish

GPS Antenna- $12 eBay
Bluetooth Antenna- $16 eBay
Various Blade Connectors/Pins/Tools- $50ish?
1/8th" thick black ABS Plastic Sheet(crafting the iDrive controller bezel from it) $6 Amazon
I'll be dremeling/sanding/painting the cars OEM MK2 Nav bezel to mount the CID in the dash- $Free
Countless man hours in R&D over the years it's taken to come to this point? Priceless.

All said and done I'll probably have less than $600 in this project. YMMV.[/QUOTE]

[BMWCACincinnati]

If this doesn't work out using the E39's OEM storage tray with the "garage door" looking lid/this ABS plastic sheet I picked up from amazon, I may go that route. We've modified the console surround(the bottom part of the cubby just unclips from the console trim) and I'll be using the OEM iDrive trim ring to stencil on the ABS sheet so it'll look as factory as possible. We'll mount the plastic sheeting over the OEM cubby, snap the trim ring onto the controller, and it'll fit firmly inside the ABS plastic piece.

We're going to bevel the edge of the amazon ABS plastic so it'll be a smooth edge, then we'll sand it, prime it, and paint it matte black to match the rest of the black plastic on the console. Attached are the latest progress pics I have for the controller/cubby. The idea is to have it look as similar as possible to Germanik's solution. Given that I don't have a Germanik's one on hand though, so it's just trial and error.

iDriveBeta1.jpgiDriveBeta2.jpg

[BMWCACincinnati]

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[blackknight530i]

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I really like that you've gone to the roots of this thread I started 2 years ago and have reimagined how to do some of the things that were designed so long ago, but done them better. I'm watching your progress with great interest as I'd like to see how you tackle the screen bezel. It's something I still haven't done on either of my e39s and until theshafro finishes his design, I'm still curious to see how others solve it.

I would also love to see the adapter you guys are designing work more reliably for our cars. The Carsystems adapter works for the most part, but still seems to cause glitches and costs a fortune. Would be great to see a more affordable option be available with an open source aspect that will allow customization.

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[Grinder34]

I bought a used center console to play around with. Here's my current thinking for mounting. I havent fitted in the car, but i'm slightly worried about the bottom of the iDrive controller hitting the console brace thingie (where the screw below the hazard button mounts).

IMG_20180307_093147971.jpg

[BMWCACincinnati]

I really like that you've gone to the roots of this thread I started 2 years ago and have reimagined how to do some of the things that were designed so long ago, but done them better. I'm watching your progress with great interest as I'd like to see how you tackle the screen bezel. It's something I still haven't done on either of my e39s and until theshafro finishes his design, I'm still curious to see how others solve it.

I would also love to see the adapter you guys are designing work more reliably for our cars. The Carsystems adapter works for the most part, but still seems to cause glitches and costs a fortune. Would be great to see a more affordable option be available with an open source aspect that will allow customization.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

I've been on here reading about all of this since early 2015(back when I still had my E60 M5), and even now I'm absolutely enthralled with the idea of NBT or better in these cars. It's just such a perfect solution. You guys have done a LOT for this community and efforts from people like you and other longtime members certainly haven't gone un-noticed. It's motivated people like us to take things on like this and simply not take no for an answer. It's one thing when a person tells you "no", but we simply don't stand for a car or computer telling us "no." As hotgarbagellc says from time to time, "I'll will it into existence."

I've got some things on order via Prime that should make this bezel a lot easier to work with. As it stands, the hollowed out MK2 bezel opening is considerably wider than the 10.25" CID. It's also not plastic, but metal so it's been interesting to work with. I just absolutely refuse to spend hundreds of dollars for a couple of pieces of plastic. I won't go too far into it until I start piecing it together but I'll be using:

Epoxy Putty(It's workable like play-doh, dries like steel, and it's sandable so it'll be very easy to manipulate it into a workable shape...plus it'll bond well to the existing bezel.
Etching primer
VHT Satin Black paint-This emulates the other black plastic in the car very well. We'll also be using it to paint the iDrive controller mount.
Various types of sandpaper and a couple of other bits.

The Raspberry Pi has had a place in one or both of our E39's for a couple of years now. It's pretty well developed and continues to gain functionality. There's a lot hotgarbagellc has been able to pull off with the Pi just via iBus manipulation. Functions including but not limited to:

-iBus/CanBus emulation(duh)
-Auto Door Unlock on Key Out
-Cluster text like song title, artist info, coolant temp, etc(instead of having to go into the service menu)
-A2DP, even on cars with DSP.
-Steering wheel controls, controlling bluetooth audio coming from the Pi. Back, Next, Pause, and Mute are all working.
-Welcome lights upon unlock
-Auto Headlights(cars pre 2003). It takes data from the internet each evening like sunrise/sunset time, cloud cover, etc. to determine day to day when the auto lights are activated. Only issue with this is tunnels so it's not fool proof. Considered adding a daylight sensor but since it's just us two using it, it's not really an inconvenience.
-Comfort/Highway/Lane Change Turn Signal. Currently set to 5 flashes but it is configurable.
-The iDrive controller is working both with his setup(no NBT but KODI running on the Pi, and NBT). Currently he's even able to use the touchpad to control volume on the Pi.

We're working on a few key features that will allow some of the F Chassis cars user configurable convenience bits(selectable in NBT) to work in the E39, this I'm very excited about. I won't divulge that yet as it's always a game of wait and see. We've both got fairly demanding day jobs that consume a lot of our time so when we're working on this we're usually burning the midnight oil and ignoring other day to day responsibilities. It will be 100% open source but at this point until we know everything is working as it should it will not be released.

I'm glad this is garnering some interest. It'll definitely take some elbow grease and fairly specialized knowledge to replicate what we're doing here but I think a lot of people here will be able to put it to good use.

Here's a couple of links that may be of interest as well. I'm not sure if his instagram is private, but mine definitely is. Don't be afraid to follow either one if you'd like to check out various projects done over the past few years. Keep in mind these are our personal instagrams so, it's not *JUST* car stuff. The GITHUB link is where you'll find the really technical bits, source code, etc. Keep in mind this is all 100% use at own risk.

https://www.instagram.com/hotgarbagellc/
https://www.instagram.com/_itcouldbeworse/
https://github.com/kmalinich

I bought a used center console to play around with. Here's my current thinking for mounting. I havent fitted in the car, but i'm slightly worried about the bottom of the iDrive controller hitting the console brace thingie (where the screw below the hazard button mounts).

IMG_20180307_093147971.jpg

I've considered this too, and frankly I like this solution better than the one we're using now, ours was just the path of least resistance. I've got a spare console laying around too that I'll eventually have a go at once it's in the car functioning. The cubby mounted controller setup we have will suffice for now. Keep us posted on how it turns out.

EDIT:

This is the unpainted, but otherwise mostly finished product. Currently the top is just double sided taped to the cars original cubby chassis. Once it's epoxy'd there will be hardly any lip at all.

IMG_20180307_164251_01.jpg
IMG_20180307_164230_01.jpg

[ejaz3739]

I've been on here reading about all of this since early 2015(back when I still had my E60 M5), and even now I'm absolutely enthralled with the idea of NBT or better in these cars. It's just such a perfect solution. You guys have done a LOT for this community and efforts from people like you and other longtime members certainly haven't gone un-noticed. It's motivated people like us to take things on like this and simply not take no for an answer. It's one thing when a person tells you "no", but we simply don't stand for a car or computer telling us "no." As hotgarbagellc says from time to time, "I'll will it into existence."

I've got some things on order via Prime that should make this bezel a lot easier to work with. As it stands, the hollowed out MK2 bezel opening is considerably wider than the 10.25" CID. It's also not plastic, but metal so it's been interesting to work with. I just absolutely refuse to spend hundreds of dollars for a couple of pieces of plastic. I won't go too far into it until I start piecing it together but I'll be using:

Epoxy Putty(It's workable like play-doh, dries like steel, and it's sandable so it'll be very easy to manipulate it into a workable shape...plus it'll bond well to the existing bezel.
Etching primer
VHT Satin Black paint-This emulates the other black plastic in the car very well. We'll also be using it to paint the iDrive controller mount.
Various types of sandpaper and a couple of other bits.

The Raspberry Pi has had a place in one or both of our E39's for a couple of years now. It's pretty well developed and continues to gain functionality. There's a lot hotgarbagellc has been able to pull off with the Pi just via iBus manipulation. Functions including but not limited to:

-iBus/CanBus emulation(duh)
-Auto Door Unlock on Key Out
-Cluster text like song title, artist info, coolant temp, etc(instead of having to go into the service menu)
-A2DP, even on cars with DSP.
-Steering wheel controls, controlling bluetooth audio coming from the Pi. Back, Next, Pause, and Mute are all working.
-Welcome lights upon unlock
-Auto Headlights(cars pre 2003). It takes data from the internet each evening like sunrise/sunset time, cloud cover, etc. to determine day to day when the auto lights are activated. Only issue with this is tunnels so it's not fool proof. Considered adding a daylight sensor but since it's just us two using it, it's not really an inconvenience.
-Comfort/Highway/Lane Change Turn Signal. Currently set to 5 flashes but it is configurable.
-The iDrive controller is working both with his setup(no NBT but KODI running on the Pi, and NBT). Currently he's even able to use the touchpad to control volume on the Pi.

We're working on a few key features that will allow some of the F Chassis cars user configurable convenience bits(selectable in NBT) to work in the E39, this I'm very excited about. I won't divulge that yet as it's always a game of wait and see. We've both got fairly demanding day jobs that consume a lot of our time so when we're working on this we're usually burning the midnight oil and ignoring other day to day responsibilities. It will be 100% open source but at this point until we know everything is working as it should it will not be released.

I'm glad this is garnering some interest. It'll definitely take some elbow grease and fairly specialized knowledge to replicate what we're doing here but I think a lot of people here will be able to put it to good use.

Here's a couple of links that may be of interest as well. I'm not sure if his instagram is private, but mine definitely is. Don't be afraid to follow either one if you'd like to check out various projects done over the past few years. Keep in mind these are our personal instagrams so, it's not *JUST* car stuff. The GITHUB link is where you'll find the really technical bits, source code, etc. Keep in mind this is all 100% use at own risk.

https://www.instagram.com/hotgarbagellc/
https://www.instagram.com/_itcouldbeworse/
https://github.com/kmalinich




I've considered this too, and frankly I like this solution better than the one we're using now, ours was just the path of least resistance. I've got a spare console laying around too that I'll eventually have a go at once it's in the car functioning. The cubby mounted controller setup we have will suffice for now. Keep us posted on how it turns out.

So looking forward to this. Please don’t forget us E46 M3 Guys. I’m willing to be a guinea pig or my car is actually lol

[computiNATEor]

-Cluster text like song title, artist info, coolant temp, etc(instead of having to go into the service menu)
-A2DP, even on cars with DSP.
-Steering wheel controls, controlling bluetooth audio coming from the Pi. Back, Next, Pause, and Mute are all working.
-Welcome lights upon unlock
-Comfort/Highway/Lane Change Turn Signal. Currently set to 5 flashes but it is configurable.

Wow. If you put together a kit+code that enabled the just those features, I'd happily spend like $200. Add in a way to read an SD card for music and display/navigate it on the factory nav screen... Man, shut up and take my money!

I, personally, won't be doing an NBT retrofit any time soon, but it's so cool to see this stuff done.

[kmalinich]

Hi there fam, I'm the guy that BMWCACincinnati was talking about, I'm the one that wrote the code for the app.

Very long time lurker, huuuge fan of blackknight530i, TerraPhantm, the whole DME tuning/hacking band of brothers. I've done a few SAI deletes, put the oil temp in 540i clusters, and of course kept a few BMWs of my own running with the community's help, hopefully I'll find a way give back.

It'll definitely still be a little bit before I can publish a DIY guide thread - just to set some expectations. Once we've got NBT in the car (just waiting on a quadlock I think) we can take more/better pictures and actually put together a real parts list a guide on how to do NBT retrofit on the cheap.

Also, the app is currently written in Node.js. That may change/require porting to a different language as I continue investigating more embedded solutions.

It is MIT-licensed free and open source, and the code will forever stay that way.

I'd like to essentially offer two paths:

• A turn-key 'black box' of sorts
  
  • Something that rivals the existing Germaniks or Carsystems adapters (hi carsystems!)
  • Something that you'd pay for, but would require 6 wire splices and you're good to go
  
  
• A list of software installation instructions and parts list
  
  • As it sits now, this (mostly) requires:
    
    • At least 1 Raspberry Pi 3 or equivalent (hell, you could run a whole desktop PC in the car if you wanted to)
    • Some sort of socketcan-compatible CANBUS interface for the Pi (needs to present as can0 can1 etc)
    • At least 1 Rolf Resler-style USB IBUS/KBUS adapter or equivalent (needs to present as /dev/ttyUSB*)
    • Enough linux knowledge to (roughly):
      
      • Set up your desired Linux distro on the Pi
      • Get the data bus interfaces set up and working
      • Install nodejs 9.x
      • git clone the interface daemon and client-side daemon (i'm working on a better naming convention, I promise) and npm install the dependencies
      • Set up the config files with your desired options (it will populate and save as config.json after the first run)
      • Set up the linux systemd services
      • Enable and start the services

For someone who's looking to run Kodi in their car (I do) as a free NBT replacement, obviously there is merit to running an entire Linux machine in the car - however, just for NBT retrofit or other niceties (auto lights/welcome lights/comfort turn/etc) it would make more sense to have a more embedded platform. Time will tell as the project grows and matures..

Or someone can just rifle through the repo, grab all the documented CANBUS/IBUS/KBUS codes and make something themselves. Who knows

I'm sure at some point here soon this little project of mine will have it's own thread. I certainly didn't mean to intentionally keep it underground for the last couple years (although it has been available on my GitHub for about that long) - I just wanted it to be nice before I showed up on the forum(s) - I hold the folks here in very high esteem.

[GenericUserid]

Hi there fam, I'm the guy that BMWCACincinnati was talking about, I'm the one that wrote the code for the app.

Very long time lurker, huuuge fan of blackknight530i, TerraPhantm, the whole DME tuning/hacking band of brothers. I've done a few SAI deletes, put the oil temp in 540i clusters, and of course kept a few BMWs of my own running with the community's help, hopefully I'll find a way give back.

It'll definitely still be a little bit before I can publish a DIY guide thread - just to set some expectations. Once we've got NBT in the car (just waiting on a quadlock I think) we can take more/better pictures and actually put together a real parts list a guide on how to do NBT retrofit on the cheap.

Also, the app is currently written in Node.js. That may change/require porting to a different language as I continue investigating more embedded solutions.

It is MIT-licensed free and open source, and the code will forever stay that way.

I'd like to essentially offer two paths:

• A turn-key 'black box' of sorts
  
  • Something that rivals the existing Germaniks or Carsystems adapters (hi carsystems!)
  • Something that you'd pay for, but would require 6 wire splices and you're good to go
  
  
• A list of software installation instructions and parts list
  
  • As it sits now, this (mostly) requires:
    
    • At least 1 Raspberry Pi 3 or equivalent (hell, you could run a whole desktop PC in the car if you wanted to)
    • Some sort of socketcan-compatible CANBUS interface for the Pi (needs to present as can0 can1 etc)
    • At least 1 Rolf Resler-style USB IBUS/KBUS adapter or equivalent (needs to present as /dev/ttyUSB*)
    • Enough linux knowledge to (roughly):
      
      • Set up your desired Linux distro on the Pi
      • Get the data bus interfaces set up and working
      • Install nodejs 9.x
      • git clone the interface daemon and client-side daemon (i'm working on a better naming convention, I promise) and npm install the dependencies
      • Set up the config files with your desired options (it will populate and save as config.json after the first run)
      • Set up the linux systemd services
      • Enable and start the services

For someone who's looking to run Kodi in their car (I do) as a free NBT replacement, obviously there is merit to running an entire Linux machine in the car - however, just for NBT retrofit or other niceties (auto lights/welcome lights/comfort turn/etc) it would make more sense to have a more embedded platform. Time will tell as the project grows and matures..

Or someone can just rifle through the repo, grab all the documented CANBUS/IBUS/KBUS codes and make something themselves. Who knows

I'm sure at some point here soon this little project of mine will have it's own thread. I certainly didn't mean to intentionally keep it underground for the last couple years (although it has been available on my GitHub for about that long) - I just wanted it to be nice before I showed up on the forum(s) - I hold the folks here in very high esteem.

Have you thought of being able to embed/plug in a sim card and enable OTA/IoT functionality?

A USB 'dongle' or wifi hotspot in the car and "app" functionality would definitely put it over the edge and push me to start thinking more seriously about getting in to this.

[kmalinich]

It does already have a websocket dashboard webUI for viewing CANBUS data (RPM, wheel speed sensors, temperatures, steering angle+velocity, DSC intervention amount, etc), it's been on my list to add functionality to that to manipulate the config.

If I find a way to use an embedded device and release hardware for sale, it'd probably be easier to offer people a USB update via laptop or from a USB flash drive or something, rather than force people to provide a data-enabled SIM card. If such a device had WiFi support of course there would need to be a way to enter their WiFi credentials, which is a whole hurdle in itself.. these are on a very long list of issues related to releasing hardware like this, which is why it's currently a Node.js application on a Raspberry Pi - updating is as simple as any other update, and can be automated, etc

[BMWCACincinnati]

So looking forward to this. Please don’t forget us E46 M3 Guys. I’m willing to be a guinea pig or my car is actually lol

This should work great for the E46 as well, since for the most part cars of this generation speak the same language. There are some caveats but I'll leave those details for kmalinich to fill in, since like I said previously, the hardware/software side of this is 100% his brain-child. For the most part I've been the guy watching and throwing ideas at the wall and seeing what sticks.

I turn wrenches, he kills it with the electrical, software, and putting the plan into action lol.

Very excited for this. As of today, finally have both of the antennas I need. Gotta get to work on the bezel this weekend for the screen, and we'll hopefully get something going in the car this weekend.

[ejaz3739]

This should work great for the E46 as well, since for the most part cars of this generation speak the same language. There are some caveats but I'll leave those details for kmalinich to fill in, since like I said previously, the hardware/software side of this is 100% his brain-child. For the most part I've been the guy watching and throwing ideas at the wall and seeing what sticks.

I turn wrenches, he kills it with the electrical, software, and putting the plan into action lol.

Very excited for this. As of today, finally have both of the antennas I need. Gotta get to work on the bezel this weekend for the screen, and we'll hopefully get something going in the car this weekend.

That sounds great bud! Thank you

[theshafro]

Want to reserve this post number to reference anyone contacting me about a wiring kit using a CarSystems adapter, here's the breakdown and images to explain. You can PM me for pricing if interested.

Main wiring harness only:
https://i.imgur.com/SgSKvl3.jpg

Full wiring kit:
https://i.imgur.com/Y5jxisV.jpg



Option: AUX port+wiring:
https://i.imgur.com/QjiFzYI.jpg

Option: Coding cable:
https://i.imgur.com/1ciKK5S.jpg

[BMWCACincinnati]

Hi all. Finished most of the install last night. I'll let kmalinich chime in with the details but here's a little teaser. Just have to finish the bezel and Aux/USB wiring.IMG_20180311_085328_461.jpg
20180311_053708.jpg

Got a little creative with mounting an OEM USB port there in the aftermarket cup holder.

[ejaz3739]

Hi all. Finished most of the install last night. I'll let kmalinich chime in with the details but here's a little teaser. Just have to finish the bezel and Aux/USB wiring.IMG_20180311_085328_461.jpg
20180311_053708.jpg

Got a little creative with mounting an OEM USB port there in the aftermarket cup holder.

looks great