[OGM2LCI]

So I began fitting my alpine retro fit kit yesterday, I have lifted the passenger side door sill only to find what looks like a poor bodge job of some kind..

Directly in line with the M badge on the kick plate, a red/brown wire has been tapped in to..this 'new' cable then heads straight in to a 3 amp fuse holder which splits in to two further wires, one feeding another 3 amp fuse and the other just to some coiled up wires..they both head forwards in the car and split up further again

Now in my fuse box behind the glove box it looks as though one of the cables has been 'stuffed' in to a connection for what I believe is the rear windscreen wiper...but it's an E92...just to clarify that, it's stuffed in to the very top left section of the fuses, normally a block connector would be put in here I believe similar to the front windscreen wiper block below and to the left of it...

Anyone got any idea what has been done here at all?! I will upload some pictures asap..

[OGM2LCI]

[JM85]

Yikes, are there no aftermarket add-on's in the car anywhere that require power??

I bet the previous owner was "handy"

[OGM2LCI]

That's what I was looking for when I found the cables but there's nothing? Although I do have a cable with an old type Apple connector in the glove box but I doubt it's related to this at all?

Could it be related to a retro fit of oem Bluetooth?

[JM85]

I would think it could be some sort of Apple interface perhaps like a dice silverline etc?

Have you plugged anything into the lead?

[OGM2LCI]

I haven't, no, I was half tempted to buy myself an Apple connection adapter thing, don't have anything with the old style connector! May give it a shot though see if it's anything to do with that

[texasjohn]

Why not write to the previous owner using details on the V5?

A quick phone call (assuming they ring you) might provide enlightenment.

[OGM2LCI]

Spoken to previous owner and hes not aware of anything added in..the only think aftermarket that is obvious is the ipod cable in the glove box

[borinous]

could it be electric seat retro fit? i thought i read on here somewhere that to wire up electric adjusting seats in a manual adjusting car you can just run a live to the fuse box??

[OGM2LCI]

I did think about it, the car has electric seats and heated and a couple of the wires went in underneath the floor insulation and off towards the gearstick area, may try and get hold of an old apply iPod or something, try it and then pull one of the fuses and try it, or pull the fuses and try the seats etc
Really curious as to what it is just because it looks like such a bad bodge job!

[Hulla the Hulla]

Originally Posted by James-B93

I did think about it, the car has electric seats and heated and a couple of the wires went in underneath the floor insulation and off towards the gearstick area, may try and get hold of an old apply iPod or something, try it and then pull one of the fuses and try it, or pull the fuses and try the seats etc
Really curious as to what it is just because it looks like such a bad bodge job!

that is what I would do, pull the fuses systematically and see what still/does/doesn't work.

[half Colin]

Originally Posted by James-B93

I did think about it, the car has electric seats and heated and a couple of the wires went in underneath the floor insulation and off towards the gearstick area, may try and get hold of an old apply iPod or something, try it and then pull one of the fuses and try it, or pull the fuses and try the seats etc
Really curious as to what it is just because it looks like such a bad bodge job!

Have you checked the build spec of your car to see if the seats are original?

http://www.bmwarchive.org/vin/bmw-vin-decoder.html

[OGM2LCI]

Just had a look and both heated and electric adjusting seats are original to my car, it must be the ipod connection in the glove box, unless something else was fitted and previous removed but the bodged wiring left in place