Retrofitting Ceramic Controls from 7er?

minicrazy592 · 12-21-2009, 03:10 AM

Anyone else thought about ripping out the ceramic I-Drive from the F01 and put it in their E9X? I noticed the housing is different, but the buttons are the same. So I think it would just be a matter of prying open the housing and taking off the buttons, I think.

I want to do this because I find the I-Drive controller to feel a tad bit cheap to me in my E90 and taking something out of BMW's flagship would solve this, I think.

Key word in all of this is "I think."

I335 · 12-21-2009, 10:55 AM

You mean this?

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minicrazy592 · 12-21-2009, 11:23 PM

Yup, sorry I forgot to include the links.

E9X controller:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...17&hg=65&fg=45

F01 controller:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...66&hg=65&fg=50

5soko · 12-22-2009, 12:11 AM

I am sure it can def work, wouldnt see why since its basically the same controllers with different knobs?

Looks like a cool idea.

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minicrazy592 Second Lieutenant 71 Rep 267 Posts Drives: 2011 E91 328i RWD Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Austin,TX iTrader: (1)	Yup, sorry I forgot to include the links. E9X controller: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...17&hg=65&fg=45 F01 controller: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...66&hg=65&fg=50
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5soko Brigadier General 333 Rep 4,632 Posts Drives: M5 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY iTrader: (4)	I am sure it can def work, wouldnt see why since its basically the same controllers with different knobs? Looks like a cool idea.
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