Hi,
I wanted to start a thread that will become a timeline and build documentation for my audio installation in my JCW.
My car is a 2008 JCW with Navigation, but no Bluetooth or USB. I'll be installing the OEM MINI Bluetooth and USB retrofit kit as I go as I will already have the car stripped out. I also have the grey headlining and A, B and C pillars which I will be trimming in black Alcantara to match my Recaros.
So, here goes...
This is the interior "before":
You can just about see the nasty grey A pillars!
So let's get started!
Dash out... :aargh:
Rear stripped - I had actually run my power cable and speaker wires when I took this picture, but more on that later
Headlining, A, B and C pillars out
Once stripped, I installed the MINI Bluetooth and USB retrofit kit. I bought a used 'Hands-Free Charging Electronics - High' module from fabdirect.com that came from an E60 5 Series - Part number: 84109229740 which is the same as MINI use:
I also bought the MINI Bluetooth retrofit kit - Part number: 65412152530. In the retrofit kit you get the control module mount which is basically a big plastic box that goes under the passenger seat (RHD), Bluetooth aerial, Microphone, USB/audio socket, a cable loom set and various small parts. THIS PDF gives the full details of the retrofit kit. The charging electronics module shown in the PDF has a different part number to the one I bought, but it is the same part.
The kit didn't come with instructions, but I managed to find them online. A copy is now on my website HERE
With the interior already stripped, the install took about 3 hours - I did it in an evening. It's fairly straightforward, but I just took my time. The most worrying bit was taking a Stanley knife to the carpet to get the plastic box in under the floor. Under the carpet where the seat is, there is a polystyrene mould which is taken out. The plastic box for the charging electronics module is moulded to the shape of the floor, and once the polystyrene is removed, the box goes straight in. The retrofit kit even comes with the clips that you push into the factory made holes in the floor to then screw the box down. The carpet is then cut, and a plastic lid gets screwed on top of the box. The seat then gets bolted back down.
That's as far as I've got with the Bluetooth / USB installation at the moment. I think the only thing left to do on this is to have it programmed in, but that can wait for now - I've got other things to be getting on with while the interior is stripped.
I wanted to start a thread that will become a timeline and build documentation for my audio installation in my JCW.
My car is a 2008 JCW with Navigation, but no Bluetooth or USB. I'll be installing the OEM MINI Bluetooth and USB retrofit kit as I go as I will already have the car stripped out. I also have the grey headlining and A, B and C pillars which I will be trimming in black Alcantara to match my Recaros.
So, here goes...
This is the interior "before":
You can just about see the nasty grey A pillars!
So let's get started!
Dash out... :aargh:
Rear stripped - I had actually run my power cable and speaker wires when I took this picture, but more on that later
Headlining, A, B and C pillars out
Once stripped, I installed the MINI Bluetooth and USB retrofit kit. I bought a used 'Hands-Free Charging Electronics - High' module from fabdirect.com that came from an E60 5 Series - Part number: 84109229740 which is the same as MINI use:
I also bought the MINI Bluetooth retrofit kit - Part number: 65412152530. In the retrofit kit you get the control module mount which is basically a big plastic box that goes under the passenger seat (RHD), Bluetooth aerial, Microphone, USB/audio socket, a cable loom set and various small parts. THIS PDF gives the full details of the retrofit kit. The charging electronics module shown in the PDF has a different part number to the one I bought, but it is the same part.
The kit didn't come with instructions, but I managed to find them online. A copy is now on my website HERE
With the interior already stripped, the install took about 3 hours - I did it in an evening. It's fairly straightforward, but I just took my time. The most worrying bit was taking a Stanley knife to the carpet to get the plastic box in under the floor. Under the carpet where the seat is, there is a polystyrene mould which is taken out. The plastic box for the charging electronics module is moulded to the shape of the floor, and once the polystyrene is removed, the box goes straight in. The retrofit kit even comes with the clips that you push into the factory made holes in the floor to then screw the box down. The carpet is then cut, and a plastic lid gets screwed on top of the box. The seat then gets bolted back down.
That's as far as I've got with the Bluetooth / USB installation at the moment. I think the only thing left to do on this is to have it programmed in, but that can wait for now - I've got other things to be getting on with while the interior is stripped.