What did you do to your G01 X3 today?

OttoMobilia · 02-09-2019, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by NH_F36

Added travel and comfort system.

Nice

OttoMobilia · 02-09-2019, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by pinoetnani

I just got my m40i last night. Drove 2 hours. Can't wait to learn mre about it.

That’s awesome!

Congrats

You will enjoy

Lux700 · 02-09-2019, 09:35 AM

I fitted black grilles!

First of all, please excuse my dirty car. I'm car sharing with my wife at the moment, as hers was stolen and we're still waiting for her new one.

Anyway, back to the grilles; I'm not sure... what do you think? Maybe it's because the grilles are new, and clean, and are consequently standing out from the car a little. When I wash it, it all might look a bit more balanced.

mattchops · 02-09-2019, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

I'm pretty sure it's one piece of tint for the entire unit but I didn't inspect it that carefully. I'll take a look and report back

Let me know. I'd be interested in doing that on mine. I like it a lot.

MechX3M40i · 02-09-2019, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Lux700

I fitted black grilles!

First of all, please excuse my dirty car. I'm car sharing with my wife at the moment, as hers was stolen and we're still waiting for her new one.

Anyway, back to the grilles; I'm not sure... what do you think? Maybe it's because the grilles are new, and clean, and are consequently standing out from the car a little. When I wash it, it all might look a bit more balanced.

Looking good! Nothing awkward at all

chicagofan00 · 02-09-2019, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Lux700

I fitted black grilles!

First of all, please excuse my dirty car. I'm car sharing with my wife at the moment, as hers was stolen and we're still waiting for her new one.

Anyway, back to the grilles; I'm not sure... what do you think? Maybe it's because the grilles are new, and clean, and are consequently standing out from the car a little. When I wash it, it all might look a bit more balanced.

Looks good! 👍🏻

teaston · 02-09-2019, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Lux700

I fitted black grilles!

First of all, please excuse my dirty car. I'm car sharing with my wife at the moment, as hers was stolen and we're still waiting for her new one.

Anyway, back to the grilles; I'm not sure... what do you think? Maybe it's because the grilles are new, and clean, and are consequently standing out from the car a little. When I wash it, it all might look a bit more balanced.

Looks awesome!

fw_fw · 02-09-2019, 04:23 PM

Installed a wireless charging pad into my X3 today. Ordered it 3 weeks ago on Aliexpress, if you use a couple of coupons you can get the price down to around $60 or so. ebay US or amazon have these as well, but at a much higher price:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/DNHF...461045d0rvPQIr

It arrived well packed and as pictured in the ad. Little pamphlet inside was in Chinese, so you have to rely on the ad pics and any info you can get from newtis.info.

Installation is a fairly straightforward, the pics in the ad show you about 90% of what you need to know. The trim panel surround is held in place with clips and pops right up with a trim tool. Once loose there are three cables that must be unplugged before the panel can be totally removed: iDrive, Parking Brake, and Mode/Camera. There is just enough room to lift the panel 2-3 inches and unplug these. Everything else pretty much follows the pics shown, the only other thing that took a bit to figure out was how to unplug the wiring harness from the cupholder and hooking in the splice harness. By looking at the splice harness included with the charger you can see where the plugs clip & slide into place and go from there. Everything done on the install is 100% reversible without damage, so it's good to know in case it needs to be reinstalled later.

Once I put the charger assembly into place it was a little too loose in terms of fit, so I used some felt tape around the top and side edges to hold it snug. Once in place with the felt it sits nicely. It just sits in place and has 2 tabs on one side, I do wish there were someway for it to be screwed down firmly as it can move if you REALLY press on it, but this won't be an issue under normal use.

Once installed and everything put back together it works as promised. Obviously since I just installed it i can't really speak to how long it takes to charge a phone or it's reliability/longevity, but so far so good. As you can see in the pic, looks factory and has a rubber pad on the top to help stop the phone from sliding. With the phone resting on the pad the sliding door closes in the console with no issues. It does shows CE certification, but being from a Chinese source like Aliexpress sometimes quality can be a crapshoot, so only time will tell. Build quality of the charger and the harness looks to be very high and well done, so it looks promising.

SROC3 · 02-09-2019, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by fw_fw

Installed a wireless charging pad into my X3 today. Ordered it 3 weeks ago on Aliexpress, if you use a couple of coupons you can get the price down to around $60 or so. ebay US or amazon have these as well, but at a much higher price:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/DNHF...461045d0rvPQIr

It arrived well packed and as pictured in the ad. Little pamphlet inside was in Chinese, so you have to rely on the ad pics and any info you can get from newtis.info.

Installation is a fairly straightforward, the pics in the ad show you about 90% of what you need to know. The trim panel surround is held in place with clips and pops right up with a trim tool. Once loose there are three cables that must be unplugged before the panel can be totally removed: iDrive, Parking Brake, and Mode/Camera. There is just enough room to lift the panel 2-3 inches and unplug these. Everything else pretty much follows the pics shown, the only other thing that took a bit to figure out was how to unplug the wiring harness from the cupholder and hooking in the splice harness. By looking at the splice harness included with the charger you can see where the plugs clip & slide into place and go from there. Everything done on the install is 100% reversible without damage, so it's good to know in case it needs to be reinstalled later.

Once I put the charger assembly into place it was a little too loose in terms of fit, so I used some felt tape around the top and side edges to hold it snug. Once in place with the felt it sits nicely. It just sits in place and has 2 tabs on one side, I do wish there were someway for it to be screwed down firmly as it can move if you REALLY press on it, but this won't be an issue under normal use.

Once installed and everything put back together it works as promised. Obviously since I just installed it i can't really speak to how long it takes to charge a phone or it's reliability/longevity, but so far so good. As you can see in the pic, looks factory and has a rubber pad on the top to help stop the phone from sliding. With the phone resting on the pad the sliding door closes in the console with no issues. It does shows CE certification, but being from a Chinese source like Aliexpress sometimes quality can be a crapshoot, so only time will tell. Build quality of the charger and the harness looks to be very high and well done, so it looks promising.

OKAY. Darn it. I just got convinced of this. Getting one soon. THANKS for posting the install too. Does it charge well?? I don't care about "fast" but that it does charge properly.

SROC3 · 02-09-2019, 10:11 PM

Ordered......lol

fw_fw · 02-09-2019, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SROC3

OKAY. Darn it. I just got convinced of this. Getting one soon. THANKS for posting the install too. Does it charge well?? I don't care about "fast" but that it does charge properly.

Sure thing, the 8 install pics are from the seller, only the first pic is of it in my car. Like I said, hadn't really had a chance to test the charge rate yet, but my iPhone Xr recognizes the charger immediately and seems to be charging up, while using wireless CarPlay.

SROC3 · 02-09-2019, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by fw_fw

Sure thing, the 8 install pics are from the seller, only the first pic is of it in my car. Like I said, hadn't really had a chance to test the charge rate yet, but my iPhone Xr recognizes the charger immediately and seems to be charging up, while using wireless CarPlay.

I have an XR too...good to know

SROC3 · 02-09-2019, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Lux700

I fitted black grilles!

First of all, please excuse my dirty car. I'm car sharing with my wife at the moment, as hers was stolen and we're still waiting for her new one.

Anyway, back to the grilles; I'm not sure... what do you think? Maybe it's because the grilles are new, and clean, and are consequently standing out from the car a little. When I wash it, it all might look a bit more balanced.

Get the Body color for your side mirrors

OttoMobilia · 02-10-2019, 02:18 PM

just a wash today

raining for a couple weeks and we now have a break

couldn’t stand it anymore so dirty

Real loving this color

teaston · 02-10-2019, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by OttoMobilia

just a wash today

raining for a couple weeks and we now have a break

couldn’t stand it anymore so dirty

Real loving this color

What’s that in your diffuser!?

OttoMobilia · 02-10-2019, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by teaston

What’s that in your diffuser!?

A pain in the you know what to wash is what it is!

:

I think it’s something you tie stuff to to pull around

teaston · 02-10-2019, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by OttoMobilia

A pain in the you know what to wash is what it is!

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I think it’s something you tie stuff to to pull around

Sorry I still don’t get what it is?

OttoMobilia · 02-10-2019, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by teaston

Sorry I still don’t get what it is?

That how BMW does a trailer hitch here in the US

sad we don’t get the hideaway type

teaston · 02-10-2019, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by OttoMobilia

That how BMW does a trailer hitch here in the US

sad we don’t get the hideaway type

I didn’t know that! So it stays like that all the time, there’s no cover that goes over it? How come US doesn’t get the retractable one?

OttoMobilia · 02-10-2019, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by teaston

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Originally Posted by OttoMobilia

That how BMW does a trailer hitch here in the US

sad we don’t get the hideaway type

I didn’t know that! So it stays like that all the time, there’s no cover that goes over it? How come US doesn’t get the retractable one?

Yes, that's it!
No clue why...we always get the short end of the stick!

Don't get me started! The list goes on and on. We miss out on plenary of stuff here ... 😞

teaston · 02-10-2019, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by OttoMobilia

Yes, that's it!
No clue why...we always get the short end of the stick!

Don't get me started! The list goes on and on. We miss out on plenary of stuff here ... 😞

At least you pay a lot less than us for cars, and you do get the proper engines these days, unlike the E36 M3 days!

OttoMobilia · 02-10-2019, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by teaston

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Originally Posted by OttoMobilia

Yes, that's it!
No clue why...we always get the short end of the stick!

Don't get me started! The list goes on and on. We miss out on plenary of stuff here ... 😞

At least you pay a lot less than us for cars, and you do get the proper engines these days, unlike the E36 M3 days!

point well taken...

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02-09-2019, 04:23 PM	#734
fw_fw Freude am Fahren 108 Rep 278 Posts Drives: 18 X3 xDrive30i xLine Phytonic Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Alabama iTrader: (2)	Installed wireless charging pad for smartphones Installed a wireless charging pad into my X3 today. Ordered it 3 weeks ago on Aliexpress, if you use a couple of coupons you can get the price down to around $60 or so. ebay US or amazon have these as well, but at a much higher price: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/DNHF...461045d0rvPQIr It arrived well packed and as pictured in the ad. Little pamphlet inside was in Chinese, so you have to rely on the ad pics and any info you can get from newtis.info. Installation is a fairly straightforward, the pics in the ad show you about 90% of what you need to know. The trim panel surround is held in place with clips and pops right up with a trim tool. Once loose there are three cables that must be unplugged before the panel can be totally removed: iDrive, Parking Brake, and Mode/Camera. There is just enough room to lift the panel 2-3 inches and unplug these. Everything else pretty much follows the pics shown, the only other thing that took a bit to figure out was how to unplug the wiring harness from the cupholder and hooking in the splice harness. By looking at the splice harness included with the charger you can see where the plugs clip & slide into place and go from there. Everything done on the install is 100% reversible without damage, so it's good to know in case it needs to be reinstalled later. Once I put the charger assembly into place it was a little too loose in terms of fit, so I used some felt tape around the top and side edges to hold it snug. Once in place with the felt it sits nicely. It just sits in place and has 2 tabs on one side, I do wish there were someway for it to be screwed down firmly as it can move if you REALLY press on it, but this won't be an issue under normal use. Once installed and everything put back together it works as promised. Obviously since I just installed it i can't really speak to how long it takes to charge a phone or it's reliability/longevity, but so far so good. As you can see in the pic, looks factory and has a rubber pad on the top to help stop the phone from sliding. With the phone resting on the pad the sliding door closes in the console with no issues. It does shows CE certification, but being from a Chinese source like Aliexpress sometimes quality can be a crapshoot, so only time will tell. Build quality of the charger and the harness looks to be very high and well done, so it looks promising. Attached Images __________________ Current: 18 X3 xDrive30i Past: 03 530i Sport \| 06 330ci ZHP \| 14 X1 xDrive35i M-Sport \| 11 328i M-Sport \| 98 M Roadster Last edited by fw_fw; 02-09-2019 at 04:52 PM..
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