Group buy: MID & instrument cluster ribbon / ring / bulb

[bmw7833]

Halo, do u all need the group installation for cluster ribbon? I can arrange to do that.

 

[seewai]

Halo, do u all need the group installation for cluster ribbon? I can arrange to do that.

Cluster Ring, Ribbon and MID ribbon as well bro

 

[jaar]

I need help.... please point to the right direction.

 

[bmw7833]

Group install:

1. seewai
2. jaar
3.
4.
5.

Who else?

 

[harbhajan]

me too let me know wen......

 

[bmw7833]

me too let me know wen......

Yes sure, let me gather the name here and discus with haywire.

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Group install:

1. seewai
2. jaar
3. harbhajan
4.
5.

Who else?

 

[alive88]

how much will the cost be bro?

 

[bmw7833]

how much will the cost be bro?

Free if u able to attend the group install session, after that it will charge with small fee..

 

[alive88]

and whereee will that be... hope my dad can lend me his car to fix his meter.. i think its a solid reason to let me legally pedal to the metal of his e38..

 

[bmw7833]

Tell him u will bring him a full functional cluster after u back, he may give u the key for one whole day..

 

[alive88]

that sounds great bro.. btw, where will it be?

 

[bmw7833]

Have not decided where and when, may be wait the 2nd batch gb so we can do together.

 

[harbhajan]

Have not decided where and when, may be wait the 2nd batch gb so we can do together.

i think v do 1st,to big a group may b not easy to handle my 1 kupang.

 

[haywire]

maybe MMZ on a clear day?

have cordless drills ready...hehe

 

[Lithium2]

Yes sure, let me gather the name here and discus with haywire.

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Group install:

1. seewai
2. jaar
3. harbhajan
4. lithium2
5.

Who else?

I need help too!

 

[bmw7833]

Hmm..haywire, u fix a time then we all follow u.

 

[sewell]

waiting, i also want to install mine.

 

[zidee]

I recommend not doing it by yourself if you're not confident. This involves drilling some tricky parts of your cluster as I've shown to some of you last night.

The installation instructions should've been included by the seller but was missing. Bro bmw7833 will try to get hold of the instruction and post it here somehow.

I am haywire protégé. We spent hours getting it done on E53 X5. X5 cluster similar to E39. This is not straight forward DIY my friend. That is why someone is charging about RM500 to get it done. I suggest haywire to do a 'clinic'. If someone not confident to do it, pay him. Maybe RM100. Why I said so. Let me line up below some steps :

1. To remove the instrument cluster (easy job)
2. Tp remove the meter cluster from the instrument casing (easy but can be tricky as you need to know which clip and points to undo. Press wrongly it may break)
3. To access the screws behind the speedometers and RPM indicator (now this is a "scary" part. It require you drill a white plastic base behind the round speedometer indicator at the precise point. I repeat PRECISE !. There are 4 holes if I'm not mistaken to be made. You cannot use a normal high speed drill as it is plastic. It will break. You must use a handheld drill that you can control the speed. There is one particular hole position at difficult angle)
4. After you drill the hole and remove the screw, then only you can remove the OBC module to access the ribbon.
5. Remove the old ribbon and clean the surface to get the full contact between the ribbon and the module.
6. To fix the new ribbon. (this one is tricky as well. Require lot of patient. You may have to do this many times to adjust the ribbon and test. To test you have to connect the cluster back to the car and switch on. You may still get some missing dots so need to clean the affected area and adjust again)
7. Once you are satisfied with the result from step 6, then everything else to to re assemble the cluster is rather easy.
8. Lastly put back the instrument cluster into the dash.

How does it sound? Ada berani? I think the whole process with take about 2 - 3 hours....easy ! I don't mean to scare you but don't under estimate the effort.

Over to you haywire for comment.

 

[alive88]

I am haywire protégé. We spent hours getting it done on E53 X5. X5 cluster similar to E39. This is not straight forward DIY my friend. That is why someone is charging about RM500 to get it done. I suggest haywire to do a 'clinic'. If someone not confident to do it, pay him. Maybe RM100. Why I said so. Let me line up below some steps :

1. To remove the instrument cluster (easy job)
2. Tp remove the meter cluster from the instrument casing (easy but can be tricky as you need to know which clip and points to undo. Press wrongly it may break)
3. To access the screws behind the speedometers and RPM indicator (now this is a "scary" part. It require you drill a white plastic base behind the round speedometer indicator at the precise point. I repeat PRECISE !. There are 4 holes if I'm not mistaken to be made. You cannot use a normal high speed drill as it is plastic. It will break. You must use a handheld drill that you can control the speed. There is one particular hole position at difficult angle)
4. After you drill the hole and remove the screw, then only you can remove the OBC module to access the ribbon.
5. Remove the old ribbon and clean the surface to get the full contact between the ribbon and the module.
6. To fix the new ribbon. (this one is tricky as well. Require lot of patient. You may have to do this many times to adjust the ribbon and test. To test you have to connect the cluster back to the car and switch on. You may still get some missing dots so need to clean the affected area and adjust again)
7. Once you are satisfied with the result from step 6, then everything else to to re assemble the cluster is rather easy.
8. Lastly put back the instrument cluster into the dash.

How does it sound? Ada berani? I think the whole process with take about 2 - 3 hours....easy ! I don't mean to scare you but don't under estimate the effort.

Over to you haywire for comment.

doing a 'clinic' for this is the best!.. we need some experienced guy to show how its done. i have a handheld drill btw, so one check for me. haha

 

[haywire]

MMZ this Saturday afternoon, guys?