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dash board pixels

Post by chill6662001 » Sat May 11, 2013 11:12 am

My dash pixels need replacing im based in the north west can anyone point me in the right direction and roughly the cost involved, im new in the x5 world this week but love the thing already
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Post by Sanj » Sat May 11, 2013 11:22 am

Quick search will point you in the direction of Rudi (I think) in Southampton. He can turn the cluster around in 3 days(ish) or do a while you wait service. His contact details have been posted on the forum. Oh and about £100.
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Re: dash board pixels

Post by Jamee » Sat May 11, 2013 11:24 am

rudi is the man in the south, it costs about £150 with led change or £115 for just a repair, i'll dig the address out in a bit.


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Re: dash board pixels

Post by dpbayly » Sat May 11, 2013 4:58 pm

Could repair it your self, I did mine the other day not hard really takes around 1.5hr I've done this a few times now and i can turn mine round in about 30mins

How it looked before:

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Mid way through the job

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all done cost £0.00

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Here's the how to I always follow, same way for a few BMW's I've done it before now on E39's and E38's

http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/543597

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Re: dash board pixels

Post by IanP » Sat May 11, 2013 5:39 pm

If you dont trust yourself to DIY (as I didnt), then Rudi is good. Just got mine back along with LED modification.

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Post by Jamee » Sat May 11, 2013 6:52 pm

IanP= any pics?
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Re: dash board pixels

Post by IanP » Sun May 12, 2013 12:31 am

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Post by Holski » Mon May 13, 2013 6:18 pm

I like that, how much did that cost?

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Re: dash board pixels

Post by IanP » Mon May 13, 2013 8:14 pm

[quote="Holski"]
I like that, how much did that cost?
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If your Pixels are OK, then I think it was £50 for the LEDs, or around £150 if the pixels are dead.

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Re: dash board pixels

Post by chill6662001 » Tue May 14, 2013 3:41 pm

Thanks all got it sorted now strange thins is went to remove other day and they were all fine lol think they knew
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Post by shadrack » Tue May 14, 2013 7:43 pm

is the led upgrade diy? could this be done on m3, looks very good :)
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Re: dash board pixels

Post by Sanj » Tue May 14, 2013 8:05 pm

[quote="shadrack"]
is the led upgrade diy? could this be done on m3, looks very good :)
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It is a DIY and both Raj and I were looking to do it but just need to know what bulbs to replace and with what!

Even have SimonSingh on the case...

Drawback we discussed yesterday was that this could be a solder job.

Then much better to send to Rudi for the sake of £50 and a job guaranteed to be done right.
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Re: dash board pixels

Post by shadrack » Tue May 14, 2013 8:15 pm

[quote="Sanj"]
[quote="shadrack"]
is the led upgrade diy? could this be done on m3, looks very good :)
[/quote]

It is a DIY and both Raj and I were looking to do it but just need to know what bulbs to replace and with what!

Even have SimonSingh on the case...

Drawback we discussed yesterday was that this could be a solder job.

Then much better to send to Rudi for the sake of £50 and a job guaranteed to be done right.
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it looks like a small job to a man of your expertise, then you can do us all a how too thread with step by step instructions and pics  ;)

p.s i've a soldering iron so come on get on with it lol
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Re: dash board pixels

Post by Sanj » Tue May 14, 2013 8:50 pm

I haven't got a clue! Need some time and then I can tinker - would definitely do a How-To.
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Re: dash board pixels

Post by APPLEX5 » Thu May 23, 2013 10:02 pm

Hi Everyone

sorry for hi jacking the thread, i live in south london and would like to get the pixels fixed on my 3.0 D X5, can anyone reccommend someone in this area? 

much appreciated :)

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