Welcome back! I'm Dylan with Bimmer-Tech. Have you ever wondered how to take the
head unit out of your F-13? Well, wonder no more! Here's a quick guide
on how to do just that!
For this job, you'll need some pry tools, which you can
find on our website, link in the description, a screwdriver
with a Torx 20 bit, and a precision pick tool.
At first, it's this panel right underneath the gauge cluster. You don't
even need your pry tool. Just pull straight down on it,
and it's going to pop right out like so. Set that aside.
Now, we are going to take our pry tool, and we're going to remove this portion
right here. So, I like to start from this corner. Get this going over here,
and it's going to pop. A little bit over here.
And that's going to pop.
To disconnect the start/stop button, just pinch,
and it will disconnect like that.
Now over here we have two more we want
to disconnect: this one is another pinch and pull,
and this one right here, just pull straight up.
That disconnects, and then this whole piece comes out.
All right! Now that we have those two pieces out of the way, now we have to
remove the section with all the buttons on it, and we've got four screws for that.
We've got one up here, one here, and then two down here as well, which means we have to
remove this panel. For that, I like to pull down
first before I insert my pry tool, just to get it going. It is pretty easy.
(Snap!)
You're going to hear some snapping. That's okay. That's normal.
Pull that away, just like that!
All right! Now after we get those four screws out, we're going to remove the fascia, and
you're gonna find two slide lock connectors. Let's disconnect them now.
So, pull this out like so.
Now for these, you're going to push down on the pin, rotate the arm,
and then it slides out just like so. Repeat the same for this side: push down
on the pin, slide down, pull out,
and set this aside. All right, so these are the four screws that we're going to
remove. Torx 20, but since we don't want to
scratch up anything down here, we're going to take a blanket, slide it
over the expensive trim, and then we'll be
good to go.
All right, so now we get to remove everything from the back of the head
unit, and it's these, the quadlock, and these guys down here.
So, for up top here you want to pull this pin in.
Use your pry tool for some assistance.
Get the plug out. Pull it out like so.
This one: squeeze the tab, pull up. That's pretty easy.
This one is just like the rest.
All right... Now for these on the side, gently rotate this head unit around.
A little pin that you have to pull up, and then you can pull the whole connector off.
Out like that.
Now for the quadlock, we're going to pinch these two buttons on the side,
rotate this arm back, and once you rotate the arm back...
The wiring harness will slide free.
After you disconnect the last retaining piece, you're done taking everything out.
Now when we did this, we were installing our MMI Prime in this car.
You can learn about that by checking out our website: link in the description.
For that reason, some cables might look slightly different in this
reinstallation portion, but the concept is the same.
Reinstallation of the head unit is even easier than taking it out. Simply
reconnect everything you unplugged.
And now we're going to put the head unit into its final place, and screw everything back in.
And if you feel something snag, we're just going to pop it out,
tuck everything where we believe it needs to go which, for this vehicle is
going to be off to the left a little bit. There's more room there.
So it's going to take a little bit of massaging,
but eventually everything will slide right into place
just like that.
All right, so the only things left to do are plug in this fascia and reinstall it,
plug in the A/C vents and reinstall that,
and snap in that last piece of trim into the gauge cluster,
and we're in the home stretch.
For all other trim pieces, plug in everything you unplugged, and screw back
in all the screws you took out. Line up all the tabs you need to and
persuade them back into place.
All right, for this one, guide in these three hinges here.
Snap it back into place. To finish things off, we're going to take the final
piece of trim, which is the first piece we took off,
and reinstall it in the car.
And there you go! So there you have it! That's how you take the head unit out of
your F-13. For more tips and tricks, and to
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