Hi all,

I'm looking to retrofit iDrive ID6 (touch) into my F56 pre-LCI JCW. I originally picked up a 4GB motherboard thinking to just do ID5, but I see a screen available locally now and I am wondering - if I buy the screen, a) can I go full ID6 (touch), and b) what other parts would I need? I know I need remote coding and so on, but before that, I want to make it's worth buying the screen or not.

My board is:




And the screen I would buy is an Innolux out of an F60, part # 6550 5A477D0-01:







Can anyone opine on whether this combo will work and whether I need to replace harness, etc or is it more or less plug and play? I've found threads on replacing the non-iDrive with ID6, but my upgrade is somewhat more minor so I wonder if that makes it more complicated in some ways. Thanks for any advice!

 

This main board didn't have GPS connector, I think you can't use it.



For 8.8 CID, you also need to buy new 8.8 trim for this CID. or you can buy old version.



Blue Connector is GPS antenna

 

Ahhhhhhh damn, you are correct. Wow, well, that was a colossal waste of money to buy the board, lol.

Guess there's no point just doing the screen retrofit, eh. I'm quite certain my current board is 2GB so I wouldn't be able to run ID6 anyway...

 

Ha ha 2GB ram also can run ID6. no black screen issue.

 

I'm kinda confused about that because there seems to be conflicting info. Is it worth doing ID6 on the 2GB and get a touchscreen, then? The one I linked above is really cheap, barely $100, so I don't even know if it's the right kind (or the seller doesn't know what he has).