BMW iDrive in E34? :)

[Jon K]

Pretty close huh?

http://e34.digital7.com/Interior%20and%20Wheel/idrive.jpg

Excuse fingerprints and dusty alcantara

Complete with navigation:
http://e34.digital7.com/Interior%20and%20Wheel/idrive_nav.jpg


And entertainment for the children:
http://e34.digital7.com/Interior%20and%20Wheel/idrive_vid.jpg


:) I will be making tweaks to it... i am ditching the BMW symbol for the iDrive arrow thing.

[Jon K]

http://e34.digital7.com/Interior%20and%20Wheel/idrive_knob.jpg

[Dave M]

We got cable TV for a whole month when my mom broke her ankle and came to visit in March.

Dave M

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

out of getting lost

[kyleN20]

coach carter! haha, looks great, how you you know where yer HVAC settings are at?

[pundit]

coach carter! haha, looks great, how you you know where yer HVAC settings are at?
There's an on screen menu! ;)

[JD525IA]

or is this your secret?

Looks cool. How do you move the cursor? Mouse?

[Andrea K]

So, where's mine? :D

[Dr. evil]

what did you cover it with???
lookes like sued

[Jon K]

Hvac is easy, blower motor goes clockwise... other dial, counter clockwise is cold, clockwise is hot.

It's covered in alcantara

[E34 530]

Keep the roundel Jon, I think it looks sweeter.

[McWatters]

Holy fack man u never cease to amaze. That just looks so dam professional, IM a jelous fool right now lol

take it easy

cheers

J.McWatters

[SC David]

You should make a nonfunctionable iDrive knob to finish the job off.

[Jon K]

I thought about it - really i did. wouldn't take that much effort to make it functional.

[uscharalph]

Pretty close huh?

http://e34.digital7.com/Interior%20and%20Wheel/idrive.jpg

Excuse fingerprints and dusty alcantara

Complete with navigation:
http://e34.digital7.com/Interior%20and%20Wheel/idrive_nav.jpg


And entertainment for the children:
http://e34.digital7.com/Interior%20and%20Wheel/idrive_vid.jpg


:) I will be making tweaks to it... i am ditching the BMW symbol for the iDrive arrow thing.
Pretty Cool!

[sKilled]

I oh so hope that you post a how to. Please?

[mitch2k]

Good job man! Please, tell us how to do it :D

[Jon K]

It'd be the lengthiest how-to in the world...

I'll summarize in pictures:

http://e34.digital7.com/LCD%20Project/final1.jpg

http://e34.digital7.com/LCD%20Project/final4.jpg

http://e34.digital7.com/LCD%20Project/lcd11.jpg

http://e34.digital7.com/LCD%20Project/lcd12.jpg

[Tiger]

Augh! All those crimp connectors... Where is the old tried and true? Twist, solder and shrink tube? I know I know... takes too long.

[Jon K]

I have no problem soldering believe me - the wire wouldn't take solder. It's some sort of nickel wire or something and the solder would just bead right off.

[sKilled]

Fricking awesome. Awesome. Wow. Way out of my league at the moment (I have oh so much to learn), but wow. My hat is off to you good sir, well done.

[Paul in NZ]

didnt you have two screens at one time?wheres the stereo/radio?

[Jon K]

i did have 2 screens - consolidated to one :) Stereo? In the trunk :)


"Stereo" = 120GB hard drive with 80GB of MP3 so far. USB radio.

[BFEINZIMER]

where did the pics go for this thread?

[Fetch]

where did the pics go for this thread?

he moved his server addresses or somethin'

[BFEINZIMER]

hmm i really wanted to see those pics dam lol

[Macv]

Don't worry, its not very impressive. ;););)

He's giving me his car anyways, I can get around to pics.

[mzarifkar]

pictures please?? thanks!

[Jon K]

http://blowneuroz.com/mygallery/My%20E34%20525i%20Interior/idrive.jpg

[Macv]

mmm alcantra. thumbs up.

[BFEINZIMER]

thats pretty sic, does it all work, but id better better if it looks completely stock, more pics dude

[rreimund]

Damn.. I don't remember seeing this one.. I think I saw a picture from before Jon, when you hadn't put all the nice trim on.. This actually looks pretty good..

What function do the two knobs have? i.e. which of the stock knobs do these replace, or are there any combined into one etc. ?

[autophile]

Jon,

I'm new to bimmer.info, but have hung out at bimmerforums for a couple years. I dug up this thread after seeing your "turbo" video. I'm planning to do a Car PC in my 90 525, and I have a million questions.

The most relevant here would be related to the climate control. I noticed that you have 2 knobs next to your screen. I assume you linked the two temp controls and did away with the dual zone feature. And I saw the A/C, Rear Defrost, and Recirc controls on the dash, but how do you adjust the airflow between defrost vents, dash vents, and floor? And if you did away with those controls, how do you set the system to defrost?

I'm curious as to what mobo, cpu, and monitor brands you're running, but that's less important now.

Do you plan to integrate an OBD scanner w/ your system? I'd like to, but am having trouble finding anything compatible with OBD-I. Are they supposed to be backward compatible? If so, I feel very stupid.

Nice job on the car all around!