Upgrade air con to climate control panel?

adfhklkhkjrenwrw · 06-27-2009, 10:37 AM

Has anyone here successfully retrofitted the automatic climate control panel to a "manual" air con BMW e90?

I bought an auto climate control panel on ebay for £15, is it really as easy as swapping over the panels, "plug and play"?

I accept that I won't have full "dual climate control", which I don't really need - all I am after is the cosmetic improvement of the digital panel over the manual air con controls.

If anyone could tell me whether a) this will work, and b) whether the auto module will be able to control my "manual" air con - particularly which functions will/won't work, I would be *extremely* grateful.

Thanks,

Matt

F104 · 06-27-2009, 10:56 AM

If that works i'll park mine between a E90M3 and E93M3 and hope to get at least a335i with sunroof

adfhklkhkjrenwrw · 06-27-2009, 12:05 PM

Thanks - helpful!!

laihon · 10-29-2009, 05:48 PM

hey i have the same question. not sure if you tried to switch the panel yet. if it worked or didnt, can u let me know. thanks

msitter · 11-06-2009, 02:49 PM

We had that same discussion on LS1GTO as the Holden comes with an electronic HVAC and the GTO came with a manual setup. It was determined that a whole bunch of parts in the system are specific to the type of controls and is not simply plug n play. Air door controls, temperature sensors to name a few are completely different. I would suspect that it is the same with the BMW.

Vasil · 11-14-2009, 02:57 PM

Such a swap was not easy on the e36, so it most likely won't work without additional effort on the more complicated e90.

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F104 Captain 19 Rep 732 Posts Drives: E92 320D M-sport Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: belgium iTrader: (0)	If that works i'll park mine between a E90M3 and E93M3 and hope to get at least a335i with sunroof
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laihon Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: bmw 323i Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canada iTrader: (0)	hey i have the same question. not sure if you tried to switch the panel yet. if it worked or didnt, can u let me know. thanks
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msitter New Member 2 Rep 24 Posts Drives: 2007 328i Convertible Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greer, SC iTrader: (0)	We had that same discussion on LS1GTO as the Holden comes with an electronic HVAC and the GTO came with a manual setup. It was determined that a whole bunch of parts in the system are specific to the type of controls and is not simply plug n play. Air door controls, temperature sensors to name a few are completely different. I would suspect that it is the same with the BMW.
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Vasil Private First Class 11 Rep 180 Posts Drives: M3, M5 and 330i Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA iTrader: (11)	Such a swap was not easy on the e36, so it most likely won't work without additional effort on the more complicated e90.
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