Thread: BMW 2004 330i Project (any input welcome)

jedi,

just a quick one mate, i noticed you said you have "just about every option" did u get the Phone Bluetooth system, because if you i did, i will be very intrested in finding out how you will get round this. As i have the systems and was looking into buying one of these great bezals however i had to remove my business unit, which would mean goodbuy bluetooth.

cheers

easyrog, no sorry did not pick up the bluetooth. I had to get the BMW Assist with the premium package. You cant get both, its on or the other. I thought I may do the blue tooth thing later after the BMW Assist term runs out but I think you need to the head unit to get it to work. Let me know what you find out. There has to be a way to integrate it to the PC and IBUS

Jedi,
mate, wish i didnt get the bluetooth kit in mine, never new that you have to keep the head unit to use it, never mind.

I have used the Phonecontrol s/w on this web site using my latpop with a blue tooth adaptor and it works great, however still need to keep the car head unit in place to use the phone system, i'm in the middle of talks with a chap who has made a custom bracket for a sceen which fits behind the gear stick. will post pics once i get them.

hmmm... somethings wrong with your bmw.. your shifter is all wierd looking and your missing a pedal.. .. just kidding.. anyway..


Let me know what you figure out, because me and my friend are trying to figure out the same thing since we live in AZ too.. He's bent on going with mini itx and mounting under the seat or something.. I did some measurements and I know someone has done that in their bmw.. so it's possible..

i'm more towards the micro atx route.. but that ain't gonna fit under the seat.. the smallest case I could find is 9.6x9.6inch and like 3.5inch high.. not to mention $380... comes with dc-dc power supply though..

the only real place to put it without it being seen is the trunk. My friend has is laptop mounted in the trunk of his M3 and said heat hasn't been a problem because he's got fans and stuff.

my solution that I've come up with is to build a custom case out of a 12v travel cooler.. keep cool in and heat out.. even with the engine off.. so it shouldn't cause a problem with condesnation.. and I wouldn't turn it too low either. keep it at like 80-85 deg.. room temp..

I have a carputer in the trunk in South Florida(been over 100 degrees lately) and no problems. I also made a custom bezel from the BMW aftermarket navigation piece...on my 2003 M3.

below are a few pics if you want to check them out. I'm currently cleaning up the truck and making it cleaner.

www.embrazza.com/m3

JUSTWAITING:

What is the part number for that BMW aftermarket navigation piece?
Also, what kind of customisation did you need to do to it to get the LCD to fit in there?

Good work! This may be exactly what I need to do to keep my factory business CD player so that my BMW bluetooth kit still works...

Originally Posted by eazyrog

jedi,

just a quick one mate, i noticed you said you have "just about every option" did u get the Phone Bluetooth system, because if you i did, i will be very intrested in finding out how you will get round this. As i have the systems and was looking into buying one of these great bezals however i had to remove my business unit, which would mean goodbuy bluetooth.

cheers

Have you looked in the software forum for the "phonecontrol" software? I am in the same boat as you with the BMW bluetooth kit, but the chap that developed the phonecontrol software has made essentially the same thing running off of your carputer...looks great!

Ya, i think I am going to try to put my laptop in the trunk this week and mesure temp readings to see if it will hold up. anyone have a good idea of what CPU temp could be harmful to a regular AMD Athlon XP (not laptop)?