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Originally Posted by youyou
So this is a lost cause?
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I would not say that this is a lost cause... just yet.
Remember that Booster4075 retrofitted an iDrive to a non-iDrive E90, that he switched a HiFi output to a Top HiFi output in a CCC, that he changed the Vehicle Order of his E90 and that he obtained
a set of FSC codes from BMW itself.
If you ask your local dealer right now they will tell you that all those changes and retrofits are impossible. Yet they were all accomplished and are fully functional in Booster4075 E90.
Can this be replicated with a CIC iDrive? The fact of the matter is that the main issue here is obtaining FSC codes for a non-CIC VIN. Technically, it should not be any other architectural/design issue blocking this swap and swapping is always simpler than a full retrofit.
Sooner or later somebody -I hope that CIC salvage parts will show up in a couple of months for sale- will try to swap components and then we will all finally know for sure how that went.
