M3 Cluster Retrofit

Ph0zenstone · 01-07-2015, 09:38 PM

Got my m3 cluster retrofitted today and wanted to give Dan B. a shoutout for the fast turnaround time with the coding and shipment back to me. Literally took less than one week turnaround and that's with the holidays inbetween. Was such an easy transaction I shipped him the cluster, gave him my cars info (vin, mileage, etc) and he sent it back to me he same day he received it. He even shipped me a kcan cable and offered remote coding if any errors arose once I installed it. Well I installed it today and had no errors whatsoever. Everything works perfectly as intended and looks great. PM me for his details if you wish to have your m3 cluster coded as well.

RPM at cold morning startup:

RPM last evening after a drive

glachhman · 01-08-2015, 01:26 AM

Dan B is the man.

zero2sixtyZ · 01-08-2015, 09:45 AM

No issues putting same mileage on and no dot between mileage and trip? Wow.

Clean install. Details on turnaround? Are you an early build 07? Cost?

Ph0zenstone · 01-08-2015, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by zero2sixtyZ

No issues putting same mileage on and no dot between mileage and trip? Wow.

Clean install. Details on turnaround? Are you an early build 07? Cost?

no issues whatsoever. Literally received it back from Dan and just plugged and played. The odometer automatically updated to my car's existing mileage.

I have a June 2007 build that already had the oil temp guage intact.

danniexi · 01-08-2015, 12:00 PM

random question:

is the OEM M3 cluster not suppose to be that bright? i had this mod done at least a year or two back, and felt as if the backlight was always a bit dull compared to stock.

i don't know if this was a retrofit, coding, or personal cluster issue.

i already adjusted the interior light brightness to its maximum but still seems pretty low to me.

Blindside_137 · 01-08-2015, 12:37 PM

Sickness

datbimmer · 01-08-2015, 12:47 PM

Very Nice, I talked to Dan a couple of times and this is next on my to do list.
RPM(dynamic) is kinda high at warm start, it doesn't go any lower than that ?

Underground6t9 · 01-08-2015, 01:51 PM

what does an M3 cluster go for?

Ph0zenstone · 01-08-2015, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danniexi

random question:

is the OEM M3 cluster not suppose to be that bright? i had this mod done at least a year or two back, and felt as if the backlight was always a bit dull compared to stock.

i don't know if this was a retrofit, coding, or personal cluster issue.

i already adjusted the interior light brightness to its maximum but still seems pretty low to me.

I agree the oem backlight is a bit dull compared to my original orange backlighting. I guess you can have them swapped out for brigher LEDs. Personally if i knew in advance i wouldve opted to have Dan do it for me but since i already have it back now i'm not gonna bother.

datbimmer · 01-08-2015, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Underground6t9

what does an M3 cluster go for?

Programmed and ready for plug and play, should be close to 600 from Dan.

Ph0zenstone · 01-08-2015, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by datbimmer

Programmed and ready for plug and play, should be close to 600 from Dan.

Much less than that if you source the cluster yourself from the forums or eBay

BoogeyMan'sBMW · 01-08-2015, 04:49 PM

Wow, looks good.

And you lied your mileage and trip are exactly the same, so you either went for a really, really short drive or you're a LIAR!

Jk man, congrats.

djkevinnn · 01-08-2015, 04:49 PM

Dan is #1.

Ph0zenstone · 01-08-2015, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoogeyMan'sBMW

Wow, looks good.

And you lied your mileage and trip are exactly the same, so you either went for a really, really short drive or you're a LIAR!

Jk man, congrats.

Haha you missed the time stamp lol.the evening shot was last night after I got home while the car was still warm and the morning shot was the following morning cold start. Hence no additional mileage lol

zero2sixtyZ · 01-09-2015, 10:26 AM

Do the shift lights come on when you reach closer to redline?

1QuikWS6 · 01-09-2015, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zero2sixtyZ

Do the shift lights come on when you reach closer to redline?

Shift lights do not work in a non M car without DCT tranny

Lights get signal from DCT tranny. No way to get them to work even thru coding.

Only way they will work is if you have DCT

1QuikWS6 · 01-09-2015, 12:26 PM

Cluster looks good

It really does make a great improvement on the car interior. I have the same cluster, purchased thru Dan, but I also had him do the center LCD color change mod from the orange, to blue/white.

yamazaho · 01-10-2015, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1QuikWS6

Shift lights do not work in a non M car without DCT tranny

Lights get signal from DCT tranny. No way to get them to work even thru coding.

Only way they will work is if you have DCT

So through coding, the cluster's shift lights can be functional on my 335is with DCT correct???

glachhman · 01-11-2015, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yamazaho

So through coding, the cluster's shift lights can be functional on my 335is with DCT correct???

Supposedly.

You can swap out the leds for brighter ones and remove the resistors to allow higher voltage

zero2sixtyZ · 01-11-2015, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1QuikWS6

Shift lights do not work in a non M car without DCT tranny

Lights get signal from DCT tranny. No way to get them to work even thru coding.

Only way they will work is if you have DCT

Good to know. Thank you!

gsodonis · 06-04-2015, 04:21 PM

Anyone have Dan's contact info? Trying to get my cluster coded as well.

roll_the_dice · 06-04-2015, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gsodonis

Anyone have Dan's contact info? Trying to get my cluster coded as well.

PM sent!

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