BMW and M Power Owners

Voxination · 31 Oct 2013 at 00:13

My diamond key fob is getting quite old and tattered so tempted to replace, but keep hearing horror stories about it being a complete ***** to do, has anyone on here successfully managed to do it? All I want to do is replace the black plastic.

Jonny ///M · 31 Oct 2013 at 01:31

scratch said:
This one looks lovely:

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Shame it isn't a manual

I think I could deal with an auto but going by how I drive sometimes I'd be left wanting the 3rd pedal.

Atari · 31 Oct 2013 at 09:43

Voxination said:
My diamond key fob is getting quite old and tattered so tempted to replace, but keep hearing horror stories about it being a complete ***** to do, has anyone on here successfully managed to do it? All I want to do is replace the black plastic.

I've seperated mine in the past to change the battery in the fob. You're right, the cases are a pain to open and even worse to get them to close again, I've ended up with a thin layer of superglue around the edges to make it seal properly.

Voxination · 31 Oct 2013 at 10:24

Atari said:
I've seperated mine in the past to change the battery in the fob. You're right, the cases are a pain to open and even worse to get them to close again, I've ended up with a thin layer of superglue around the edges to make it seal properly.

Sounds like a pain, looks like I'll just be living with an aged one then. Thanks for the info.

scratch - How has the interest been selling your car, had much luck yet?

rodenal · 31 Oct 2013 at 10:33

IIRC new keys arent that expensive - a non remote one is only £40, remote about 3 times that from memory

Atari · 31 Oct 2013 at 10:38

There's guys selling the diamond cases on eBay for not much money, may be worth a look but I'm not sure what the quality is like unfortunately.

May as well replace the battery in the fob whilst it's open if you do try and do an internals swap.

Voxination · 31 Oct 2013 at 10:42

rodenal said:
IIRC new keys arent that expensive - a non remote one is only £40, remote about 3 times that from memory

£120 is still a large amount of cash for something that is still fully functional though :/

Atari said:
There's guys selling the diamond cases on eBay for not much money, may be worth a look but I'm not sure what the quality is like unfortunately.

May as well replace the battery in the fob whilst it's open if you do try and do an internals swap.

Yeah it was those that were tempting. Battery could do with replacing too tbh, so might be worth just giving it a go....

scratch · 31 Oct 2013 at 13:49

Voxination said:
scratch - How has the interest been selling your car, had much luck yet?

Not had any calls at the moment buddy, but then again it's only been on Pistonheads for 3 days and I put it on Gumtree last night. Will start looking at advertising on eBay and Autotrader early next week.

Uncle_Gravy · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:43

Just throwing it out there, What kind of Z4 am I looking for, for around £5.5-6.5k, And are they worth going for, don't know much about the Z4 range.

rodenal · 31 Oct 2013 at 15:44

Should be enough for a decent 3.0, will be an early one though.

Only real, expensive issue with them i'm aware of is the roof mechanism. I like the z4 a lot, good fun with reasonable running costs. The m54 feels a bit perkier in the smaller body too

leaskovski · 31 Oct 2013 at 16:07

Anyone heard of seen anything to do with this...

http://www.mobridge-ipod.co.uk/iPhone-iPod-car-kit-news/mObridge-BMW-DAB

BMW DAB+ is in final stages of testing, this unit will add BMW DAB (digital radio) to ANY BMW radio (E cars) including Business Pro radios, CCC, CIC and M-ASK units (via MOST ring).

Gives full emulation of BMW Digital radio as per factory specification with full display on the I-Drive and control via BMW buttons (I-Drive).

Seems interesting instead of doing a proper retrofit of the OEM Dab which is expensive, or the rubbish cheapo thing that BMW was touting a year ago.

rodenal · 31 Oct 2013 at 16:15

It seems pretty unlikely tbh. If you think about the oem head unit in the e46 as an example, I can't see how you could get a good usable DAB interface from that.

It would be welcome though!

[TW]Fox · 31 Oct 2013 at 17:11

rodenal said:
It seems pretty unlikely tbh. If you think about the oem head unit in the e46 as an example, I can't see how you could get a good usable DAB interface from that.

Exactly the same way as Intravee turns any BMW display into a usable mp3 system. DAB radio isn't THAT much more complex than FM, there is just more channels...

rodenal · 31 Oct 2013 at 17:13

Many more frequencies/bands too and much more information generally available and displayed (though I guess that's true of FM too now). I can see it basically functioning, just can't see it being very nice to use

dangermouse425 · 31 Oct 2013 at 19:46

Uncle_Gravy said:
Just throwing it out there, What kind of Z4 am I looking for, for around £5.5-6.5k, And are they worth going for, don't know much about the Z4 range.

I'm selling mine for £6.5k, it's a 2005 3.0i Auto. Trust message me for more details.

Uncle_Gravy · 31 Oct 2013 at 20:23

dangermouse425 said:
I'm selling mine for £6.5k, it's a 2005 3.0i Auto. Trust message me for more details.

Shame its an auto or I would have been interested.

Maccapacca · 31 Oct 2013 at 20:36

BOTW 3 anyone? Some of you may not like the silt that is GD or not join us in La Cuisine but new competition with prizes starts soon

Tom|Nbk · 31 Oct 2013 at 23:26

Guys, both my 330i key batteries have ran out, if I split apart the casing and replace the battery will they need reprogramming.

[TW]Fox · 1 Nov 2013 at 07:23

They have run out? They should charge up when in the ignition.

Tom|Nbk · 1 Nov 2013 at 07:24

They both worked intermittently for a few months but now seem dead. They are 12 years old to be fair

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