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Originally Posted by Asianoak
I've done this on a 2011 X3. It's not a straight forward swap, however it's not particularly hard either. The panel mounting points don't all line up with the original HVAC controls. The solution is to either replace the "mounting cage" behind the HVAC panel or Dremel out a couple spots on the back of the new panel to clear some of the mounting points. All in all it took me maybe 15 minutes to do the swap. No coding is required at all and everything works great. Huge improvement to the interior and it might just be me but I swear some of the heating elements respond faster now... like the seats warm up faster.
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Originally Posted by Asianoak
On a side note, while I was in there I also swapped the idrive screen surround for the newer version, swapped out the HVAC vents surrounds for the high gloss versions and replaced all of the speakers with BMW individual audio units. everything was plus and play except the idrive surround, that took some finesse since the screens are different shapes.
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Sounds good! Interestingly I am about to do the exact same mods as you
I have bought;
- LCI HVAC
- LCI gloss black trim vent surround
- LCI gloss back headlamp switch surround
- HK speakers and subs
Hoping to start fitting in the next week or so.
One question, you mentioned you changed to the LCI idrive screen surround. Did you swap the entire screen or just surround?