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ilay475 02-24-2009 08:44 PM

About Gauge Cluster 4.8is
 
Hi! Somebody changed Gauge Cluster from 4.8 and put in 3.0? :popcorn:

Many thanks!:thumbup:

X5 Meister 02-24-2009 09:14 PM

Huh?

ilay475 02-24-2009 09:31 PM

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I had in view of somebody changed the panel from 4.8 on 3.0?

jvit27 02-24-2009 09:33 PM

Yes they can be swapped. A friend of mine did it to his.

zerochief 02-24-2009 09:36 PM

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Its a difficult & expensive task to swap the clusters out, electronically speaking. Here in the USA, you must purchase a new one from the dealer and have it coded for the vehicle. If you just slap the 4.8is cluster in your 3.0 the "tamper" LED will be lit (vehicle mileage will not match the cluster). Also I believe the oil temp gauge will not function. If you want the 4.6/4.8is look, then you can get gauge modification kits on ebay or other mod shops on the internet. Do a search here on x5world. Many members have done this.

X5 Meister 02-24-2009 09:56 PM

I didn't realize this was a common mod. Cool. I'd just settle for the gauge rings, but have yet to find the exact ones BMW uses.

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Originally Posted by zerochief
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Its a difficult & expensive task to swap the clusters out, electronically speaking. Here in the USA, you must purchase a new one from the dealer and have it coded for the vehicle. If you just slap the 4.8is cluster in your 3.0 the "tamper" LED will be lit (vehicle mileage will not match the cluster). Also I believe the oil temp gauge will not function. If you want the 4.6/4.8is look, then you can get gauge modification kits on ebay or other mod shops on the internet. Do a search here on x5world. Many members have done this.


zerochief 02-24-2009 10:28 PM

Be sure to check out DocMike's cluster overlay & gauge ring mod. :thumbup:

X5 Meister 02-24-2009 10:56 PM

Thanks zerochief. The overlays are scary and I don't want to f-up my cluster. The rings are nice but I'd really like to get the ones that were used by BMW in the 2006 X5, which I believe are not chrome or aluminum and look somewhat like titanium. BMW only called them "bright metal-ringed instrument dials." If I could get the OE ones, I'd buy them today.

ilay475 02-24-2009 11:24 PM

Thanks for answers... With recoding I won't have any problems, but I can't find any solutions of problems with oil temp and speed indication?! Maybe somebody write his own way of installing?!

bmdubbs 07-17-2010 11:24 PM

where do you guys get the wire kits from i want to install a 4.6is or a 4.4 cluster but the plugs on the back are different because i have a 3.0?ive have looked all over ebay for them??

jst2878 07-20-2010 09:57 AM

If it's 00-03 x5, purchase the 4.6 cluster. If it's 04-06, purchase the 4.8 cluster. BMW will charge u for an hour of labor. I did it and it was easy to do with a gt1 if u have it. If the connectors for a 3.0 are different then your out of luck.

killcrap 07-20-2010 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jst2878 (Post 757003)
If it's 00-03 x5, purchase the 4.6 cluster. If it's 04-06, purchase the 4.8 cluster. BMW will charge u for an hour of labor. I did it and it was easy to do with a gt1 if u have it. If the connectors for a 3.0 are different then your out of luck.

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bmdubbs 07-21-2010 02:20 AM

what is sa 555

bmdubbs 07-21-2010 02:21 AM

i have a 03 3.0

X5 Meister 07-21-2010 02:40 AM

High Onboard computer Option. Google is your friend. Cursing is not.

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Originally Posted by bmdubbs (Post 757195)
what the f$#k is sa 555


bmdubbs 07-22-2010 12:08 AM

hey killcrap is it plug and play???

killcrap 07-22-2010 10:55 PM

of course not


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