What did you do for your ZHP/ BMW / MINI today? #2

[cakM3]

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Coded my car so the physical keyhole in the driver door and trunk could not disarm the alarm. Only the remote can disarm it. My friend's LSB ///M was jacked and lock tumbler jimmied with valuables stolen out of his car the day before. If this was coded at least the alarm would have been going off so it doesn't give the thief as much time to steal property inside the vehicle.

Sorry to hear about your friend's ///M Trevor. BTW that's an excellent idea! I'm guessing that inserting the key into the ignition will also disable the alarm although the alarm would be sounding before you could insert the key....

[az3579]

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Coded my car so the physical keyhole in the driver door and trunk could not disarm the alarm. Only the remote can disarm it.  My friend's LSB ///M was jacked and lock tumbler jimmied with valuables stolen out of his car the day before. If this was coded at least the alarm would have been going off so it doesn't give the thief as much time to steal property inside the vehicle.

Sorry to hear about your friend's ///M Trevor. BTW that's an excellent idea! I'm guessing that inserting the key into the ignition will also disable the alarm although the alarm would be sounding before you could insert the key....

Just wait till the battery in the remote fails. Then that'll be quite embarrassing!

[danewilson77]

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Coded my car so the physical keyhole in the driver door and trunk could not disarm the alarm. Only the remote can disarm it. 🏽🏽 My friend's LSB ///M was jacked and lock tumbler jimmied with valuables stolen out of his car the day before. If this was coded at least the alarm would have been going off so it doesn't give the thief as much time to steal property inside the vehicle.

Will that suck if your fob battery dies?

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[Rovert]

Just re-code your car temporarily until you get a working key. I have a brand new spare at home so I don't have to worry. I think the chip in the key will help disarm with the key in ignition. I'll try it later and see.

[ecrabb]

Haven't put in the nav radio I got from Rando yet (need to order tools)... Waiting patiently for the order from ECS to arrive... So, in the meantime I decided to try updating the firmware in my radio and test out a new nav DVD for my region. Installed the v32 version with Night Mode, Camera Alerts, M Logo... Went from white Helvetica === BMW === startup screen to color ///M logo. :fist pump

I'd like to try the NavTweak thing at some point and build my own startup screen, but I have to get a VM and Windows installed to do it... Haven't needed Windows for anything for awhile.

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[BMWCurves]

Coded my temperature gauge values from

06 0F 32 4B 73 7D 8F 00 10 2D 2D

to

06 14 41 5A 64 70 78 00 10 2D 2D

Should hopefully be more useful values.

[Rovert]

Does that work for S54 too?? Although I know there is oil temp, coolant, and maybe customizing cold start Redline lights.

[BMWCurves]

Does that work for S54 too?? Although I know there is oil temp, coolant, and maybe customizing cold start Redline lights.

That's beyond me, someone else with more knowledge can shed light on that. I would assume though that you could code all of those gauges.

[az3579]

Does that work for S54 too?? Although I know there is oil temp, coolant, and maybe customizing cold start Redline lights.

Yes. The values to look for (stock values) as far as the M3 is concerned:

2001-2002: 0F 00 3C 1F 55 5A 5F 5A 69 94 73 A4 06 0E 1E 0F
2003+: 06 0F 3C 55 5F 69 73 00 10 2D 2D

[Rovert]

Will that suck if your fob battery dies?

Just wait till the battery in the remote fails.

I'm guessing that inserting the key into the ignition will also disable the alarm although the alarm would be sounding before you could insert the key....

You're right Charlie. Just tested it. The alarm went off and I just inserted the key into ignition and turned once....that's equivalent to hitting unlock on the keyfob to disarm the alarm. This is a worthy coding just so the car goes down without a fight and hopefully doesn't give a thief enough time to steal everything in your car. Also if they jimmy the trunk and open it, the alarm will go off as well.