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Points: 147 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-August-2004 at 16:35

cheers i'll have a look. 

thing is with my wheels, they're off an e46. garage that i bought the car off thought they looked good.  yeah they look ok but the off set is all wrong der!!!
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Points: 353 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-August-2004 at 16:38

Oh dear thats not good ...I remember seeing your car on Autotrader (i live in Herts ) and thought it was tasty especially the wheels ..but they are E46 ones

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Points: 147 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-August-2004 at 17:27

yup i saw it on auto trader as well.  apart from the wheels being the wrong offset and me not noticing till i got the car home it's pretty good though.

managed to get a few hundred off of it as well.  still nothing that some spacer won't sort out.  if i ever get round to buying them lol!!
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Points: 353 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-August-2004 at 18:51

Cool ...going back to the original post I have just taken the old pioneer head unit out of my car and had a rummage around looking for the BMW connector and all I can seem to find is some round connectors which plug into a cable coming from the back of the headunit , they look like Multichanger cables and i know that one of them is but the othet 2 seem to power and control the speakers , i cant even feel a square connector anywhere although it might be behnd the OBC

How easy is it to get the OBC out because I then might be able to see what is going on better . I'm going to take a pic when i get a chance of the connectors

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Points: 1344 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-August-2004 at 19:07
To remove the OBC you need to push on the lever as desribed Here but you really shouldn't need to remove it to see the connector if it is there.


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Points: 353 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-August-2004 at 19:09

thanks Miles , this is what the connectors look like currently

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Points: 1344 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-August-2004 at 19:18
Can you follow the coloured cables back to where they join the original BMW wiring loom ? The original wiring loom will be wrapped in binding tape.

BTW The connector you are holding in the picture definitely looks like the CD-Changer cable.


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they seem to join behind the OBC I will go and try to remove the OBC now

 
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I can't seem to get the OBC to move I don't want to force it   Orange cable runs right round the back of the OBC , I can feel an in line fuse holder but cant feel anything that is like the ISO , the CD change cable is plugged into the head unit so it can't be that , there are 2 connectors identical on the one i'm holidng and then the cd changer cable

 
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Points: 1344 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-August-2004 at 19:49
I thought i was going to break my clock when i was trying to remove it to upgrade to the OBC but it was just a bit reluctant to budge after being there for 13 years !

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I got the OBC out ...hasn't really helped much can't see anything obvious that could be the ISO connector ..think it might be time to take it down to my local audio specialist and get them to fit it

Just can't get my rather large hands all the way round the back and obviosly i don't want to start pulling wires too hard

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Points: 1344 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-August-2004 at 20:04
It does sound like the BMW connector has been removed at some time so it would probably be best to get a "Professional" to have a look for you.


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Did you say that you have a factory fitted Amplifier ? This could complicate things if you are planning to upgrade.


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Thats what I was about to say , from what I can make out there is a factory fitted Pioneer Amp in the boot and one under the glovebox one of the connectors I'm holidng seems to run all the way behind the OBC and up into the glovebox (from what I can make out ) the ornage wire runs behind the OBC into what I can only describe as a black box and then out again then I can't see where it goes ...oh well thanks for all the help gotta go and re-programme the OBC now
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What unit are you installing to replace the old one ?


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Well I was going to put a Kenwood Mask in but if im going to have compatibility issues i might have to change headunits ........arghhhhhh and now I have put the old unit back it doesn't work
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Points: 1344 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-August-2004 at 20:48
Definitely time to take it to a professional, you don't want anything shorting out and turning your car in to a smouldering mound of plastic and metal ! I have a Kenwood KDC-M9021 Mask CD/MP3 player and it sounds excellent.


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Exactly ...oh well I will have to do without a stereo for a while until I can get it to a professional
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Points: 333 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-August-2004 at 00:11

Not in the norfolk area are ya, as i would gladly offer my services if you were.

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Cheers Russ , fraid i'm not that close to Norfolk about an hour and 1/2 but if non one else can fix it I might take the trip
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