Strange gap after BMW Professional retrofit

sklr · 02-19-2020, 05:44 AM

Hello,
I swapped my BMW business CD with a BMW Professional with Bluetooth (9246502). It went very well and the unit is working good.

What bothers me is the big gap between the CD player and the AC controls panel. It can be seen in the attached images. With the old BMW Business unit it was very tight.

I tried pushing it up but it just goes back down. Also when I run my finger along the gap I feel the CD player side higher in the middle. This makes me think that I got the wrong unit.

Wolf 335 · 02-19-2020, 08:29 AM

Have you tried removing and repositioning again?

kamaaina1 · 02-19-2020, 01:27 PM

It almost looks some sort of tab or extra piece of plastic between units.

sklr · 02-24-2020, 03:36 AM

I removed it and repositioned it twice with exactly the same result. I checked, there is nothing in the gap.
It looks like the curve on the CD is different than the one on the lower panel. Is it possible that there are multiple versions of this CD unit? Maybe if 1-st and 3-rd series have slightly different face panels?

02-19-2020, 05:44 AM	#1
sklr New Member 0 Rep 8 Posts Drives: e93 `07 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Bulgaria iTrader: (0)	Strange gap after BMW Professional retrofit Hello, I swapped my BMW business CD with a BMW Professional with Bluetooth (9246502). It went very well and the unit is working good. What bothers me is the big gap between the CD player and the AC controls panel. It can be seen in the attached images. With the old BMW Business unit it was very tight. I tried pushing it up but it just goes back down. Also when I run my finger along the gap I feel the CD player side higher in the middle. This makes me think that I got the wrong unit. Attached Images
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02-19-2020, 08:29 AM	#2
Wolf 335 Brigadier General 2511 Rep 3,640 Posts Drives: 2007 E92 335i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	Have you tried removing and repositioning again?
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kamaaina1 Registered 15 Rep 29 Posts Drives: 2011 328i x-drive Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Vancouver, WA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2004 Tacoma SR5 TRD [0.00] 2011 BMW 328Xi [0.00]	It almost looks some sort of tab or extra piece of plastic between units.
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02-24-2020, 03:36 AM	#4
sklr New Member 0 Rep 8 Posts Drives: e93 `07 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Bulgaria iTrader: (0)	I removed it and repositioned it twice with exactly the same result. I checked, there is nothing in the gap. It looks like the curve on the CD is different than the one on the lower panel. Is it possible that there are multiple versions of this CD unit? Maybe if 1-st and 3-rd series have slightly different face panels?
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