[MalM3]

Hi

Is it possible to upgrade a climate control with the black plastic dials to the newer version with the pearl chrome rings on?

Pictures

Old type


New type


Thanks in advance

[Bavarian Tech]

Plug N Play

[kmarei]

Plug N play and you mysteriously gain heated seats in the process

[MalM3]

Nice

Thank you fella

[AWBimmer]

Nice, what are the OEM part numbers for this unit as well as for the radio with the chrome dial knobs?

[MalM3]

climate panel
64119199260

chrome knobs
65129119423

[AWBimmer]

Top man, thanks.

BTW, I'm looking for the chrome plated climate panel AND the radio .. is the above part number for this as well?

[MalM3]

got my panel .. bought used from Ebay

peice of sh*t is defective..
But can confirm , all plugs from the car fit, and if the panel had worked.. the system would be quite usable.

Im waiting for the seller to contact me
click on pics for video

[dj john]

hi,just installed lci panel to my e87..bmw in norway had to cod it to work but it wouldn't work correct..this should work..min 1 serie is a 20.03.2006 mod..pleas help me with info to cod this to work.

[MalM3]

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...4#post10943274

It doesnt work, even with coding

The problem is the can system

[dj john]

bmw will cod it to a newer version(lci)and then they will plug it in my pre e87.if it works i will post some photoes on friday.

[Chadm]

Originally Posted by Bavarian Tech

Plug N Play

Apologies for reviving an old thread, but I have just done this exact change last weekend and although the swap seems fine at first, my a/c no longer works... The light comes on but I get no cold air. If I swap it back to the old panel, it works again, so it's not the a/c that's broken. Has anyone else come across this? Is coding of some kind needed? Are there different climate control systems associated with the different front panels? I don't seem to be able to find anything about it online...

[pinder91]

Originally Posted by Chadm

Apologies for reviving an old thread, but I have just done this exact change last weekend and although the swap seems fine at first, my a/c no longer works... The light comes on but I get no cold air. If I swap it back to the old panel, it works again, so it's not the a/c that's broken. Has anyone else come across this? Is coding of some kind needed? Are there different climate control systems associated with the different front panels? I don't seem to be able to find anything about it online...

Just swap the knobs!

When I was installing my Dynavin I also snagged an LCI HVAC panel (with integrated heated seat switches) so that I wouldn't have to relocate my switches to the ashtray. The problem was that my original HVAC panel had chrome trim on the knobs while the LCI panel I got (for a great price) had satin/brushed trim on the knobs. It took all of 20 min to swap over my old knobs to the new panel... assuming you were just trying to upgrade the black knobs to chrome knobs like the OP.

[Chadm]

Originally Posted by pinder91

Just swap the knobs!

The new unit had a damned warranty label on it so I couldn't pull it apart to swap the knobs over without then being unable to return it if I still couldn't get it working... However, I managed to code the new panel successfully and now it is all working as it should I used NCS Expert to read the IHK module code from the old unit, then swapped them over and wrote the code back to the new one.

Comparing the code in more detail with NCS Dummy, the differences were many - the new unit was from a 4-cyl diesel 1-series, and my car is 6-cyl petrol 3-series, they have different water pump and heater setups, and many different parameter settings, so many differences in fact that I'm surprised it worked at all!

[ptpending]

the new panel should be coded to car options
and if you get panel from >09/2008 car to older car you'll lose REST function and PTC heater in heater core may stop to work
so for pre-lci car it is better to look for pre-lci panel with chrome knobs, it is also exists
lci panel can have seat heating buttons integrated