the way E60 was meant to be
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Finally got mine hooked up. I couldn't get the harness out of the clip, and part of it broke, but it connects back to the ECU very solid.
Weather in Houston today is TERRIBLE, but I can feel a huge difference in the steering.
Weather in Houston today is TERRIBLE, but I can feel a huge difference in the steering.
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I have decided to buy the original 'sport' button and drill a hole in the existing plastic gear gator to give it the OEM look and feel. The more I think about it, I just think the best place for the button is on the gator!
Anyway I'll keep you all posted on progress.
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Received my cable tonight, hooked it up with NCS Expert, and after a bit of faffing around with the dates so it actually recognised my car I have programmed the 'Sport' light on the display (as well as other goodies like digital speedo, door locks releasing on car stopping, heated seat on I drive etc) and I am well chuffed, thanks dbond for the pointers.
I have decided to buy the original 'sport' button and drill a hole in the existing plastic gear gator to give it the OEM look and feel. The more I think about it, I just think the best place for the button is on the gator!
Anyway I'll keep you all posted on progress.
I have decided to buy the original 'sport' button and drill a hole in the existing plastic gear gator to give it the OEM look and feel. The more I think about it, I just think the best place for the button is on the gator!
Anyway I'll keep you all posted on progress.
Hey I was wondering if it is not too much of a trouble for can you please please please make a video of coding to get "sport" on your cluster. Thanks a million
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I am going to reprogramme the tranny in the morning as apparently that will give the better throttle response and the S1,S2 etc in the dash which I don't have on my LCI, I only have the light and the tighter steering, I thought the throttle response was better but it's probably just the placebo affect.
Head on over to BMW Coding Forum sign up and read, read, read. It took me a few days to get the hang of it.
I'll keep you all posted, damn I'm hooked on tweaking this car
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Hey Texas, besides the steering is there a noticeable difference with the shifts? Also are you running a tune?
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I didn't notice a huge difference in shifts, but I haven't really been somewhere where I could really open it up. Honestly, the steering change was worth it in itself.