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M850 Instrument Panel Coding - BimmerCode
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Did anyone code their M850 instrument panel with the M5/8 look? If yes, did you use BimmerCode? I've seen someone on Youtube coded his M550 with Alpina dash but I'm interested in the M look vs Alpina. If anyone coded their car, could you please advise what tool used and share some pictures to show how the screens look (comfort vs Sports +)? Thanks Last edited by Moopai; 08-08-2023 at 08:36 PM.. |
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This can be done, and I tried it on my iD7 X4 M40i. I don't do my own coding, but use codemybimmer. Canadian firm btw, located in Vancouver, although I usually work with Steve Ma, a super guy who's mostly in Hong Kong these days.
Anyway, Steve originally coded the Alpina IP. Later, I wanted to try the M layout. He did it, but there were incompatibility issues and I quickly reverted back to the standard layout. I won't remember all the issues now, but I remember the location display at the bottom center of the IP was pushed to the right. The drive mode display (eco, comfort, sport) disappeared. The tach calibration and redline was off. And oddly, the tire temp display in the IP and Car Status menu disappeared. There may have been one or two other things which, as a total package, added up to something that didn't work for me. YMMV. On the flip side, one of the benefits of coding the M layout is that the HUD font changes to the M font, matching the IP. That was a big deal to a noodge like me. Here's a thread from the X3/4 forum on this topic.
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Thanks for your response. Are you experiencing any bug issues with the M layout? In sport plus, do you get the same layout as the M5/M8? This is what I'm really interested in, the M sport layout, I don't care if the tachometer showed 200m/330km...
Do you have any pictures of M Layout in sport mode to share? Quote:
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If you have an enet cable and a laptop I can do it for you free of charge
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