need help with heater panel swap and cd player swap

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May 23, 2011 | 04:20 AM

BallyM5

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hi guys i wanted to know if i can swap my heater controls panel to the one with the round turning knobs instead of the old style turn knobs, if so is it just a direct swap as i have a 2003 e60 i have seen another 2003 e60 with these fitted

i got these

i want to add these

second question is i would like to swap my head unit to a newer e60 one is this also a stright swap i dont want sat nav just fancy a newer looking unit?

Jul 19, 2011 | 12:46 AM

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Did you succeed with the swap?

I want to swap my manual heater control with the automatic control.
I an trying to find out what else is needed to change in order to get the automatic climate control to work in a E60

Jul 19, 2011 | 03:45 AM

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You will not be able to do it as the one's you want to swap to is for the advanced climate control which you don't have,it would cost thousand's for you to convert and would not be worth it,so to sum it up it not a plug and play swap.