Below i'll outline my journey from buying a mini on 3/1/23 with 0 knowledge or previous bmw experience and learning how to upgrade/add touchscreen headunit and digital dash. This will serve as a collective of information that i wish was available in one place.

Scope: Update Head Unit to Evo ID6 with Carplay and MOST cables to allow digital dash install
Vehicle: 2015 Mini F56 VIN: WMWXM5C58FT939909 HATCHBACK 2 DR 1.5L I3
Current Unit: 4 line amber head unit
Forum Links to successful retrofit on same setup: Here & Here & Here-3rd Gen Mini Lingo. 2014-2018 is pre-LCI, 2019-2021 is LCI, LCI2 is 2022-current.
-Headunit is the module box that sits inside the dash. Amber 4 line base cars have an “all in one” head unit/display screen. This is why the Quadlock needs to be changed to the 42 pin with Oabr standard on all BMW/Minis that came with any other headunit/display.
-Display is the touchscreen. This can be non-touch on older NBT/Evo units.
-Idrive Controller is the mousepad/wheel that goes into the center console area to control the display. You may have a blank out spot or may need to buy a new console to add this in should you want it. (i do not want it)
-FSC (activation codes generated for the cars vin to enable nav, carplay, sat radio, etc)
-VO Vehicle Order -BDC Body Domain Controller (ECU) located on the right side underneath the a-pillar inside the car.
-Before install, flash the headunit to generate and inject FSC, Update the unit, code your vin in and unlock. This can be done “on the bench” negating the need to add the OABR cable into the car. Or you can add the OABR cable anyways as it's already pinned out from the wiring kit. (pay anyone that codes BMWs. I've been in touch with minif56 forum members “Empo” and “SB2002” for this service and have heard great reviews).
-Note that you need to flash/code via OABR FIRST (if you are not bench flashing the aforementioned) before OBD coding or you will lock out the unit as described below. Remaining work is done via OBD/ethernet. Coding can be negated via emulator but warrants potential crashing in the future.
-On any windows laptop via adaptors to OBD/ethernet, change the VO to allow Evo head unit via remote coding(from your BMW coder of choice) with head unit installed in the car.*:Quadlock 40 pin (amber base unit) to 42 Pin NBT/Evo Wiring. Antennas for GPS, BT, Wifi. USB cable, and pins for Oabr, wiring for Evo buttons on display, and Idrive controller wiring.
*:USB-C to Ethernet Female & Oabr to Ethernet Cable (not needed if bench flashed) & OBD to Ethernet for coding via Esys. (links are dead but easy enough to google)
*:Evo Head unit Any with Hardware HW 3.1 or above have 4gb and can be updated. This is displayed on the side of the headunit. HW 2.3 2gb units can be used and updated but black screen and crash on updates. (BMW units of HW 3.1 are 4gb but Mini 3.1 are 2gb** need to confirm this)
*: Display, you can use any display with some work and coding. There are 3 styles. NBT (needs coding, voltage regulator to work), Non touch Evo display (similar to touch evo but requires the idrive), Evo Touch screen (best option). Part # 6820386
*: Idrive controller (not required for touch screen evo display, you can add later or not at all)
*:MOST POF Fiber Optic 6WA 6WB Cable Connectors (for Digital Dash)
*:Instrument Cluster Part Number: 62105A49996 (Note this needs to be NEW from Mini) Coding Guide here1. Put evo id6 replacing NBT and you need to pull out from the quadlock the Ethernet wires to create a OABR plug. Then u can code it, activate CarPlay etc..,
2. Put evo id6 in a BMW or MINI car that already have evo unit, activate it there on your vin, inject fsc, etc , then move it to your MINI
3. Put evoid6 on bench and do all the activation , carplay etc on the bench then retrofit NBT-NBT Evo has 2 kinds of anti theft / anti tampering mechanisms.
-One is Coding Lock, in a nutshell once it is VO coded with a VO that differs too much from what it was originally coded to it will lock itself, give 'no signal' on the screen and from that point on it can be detected in e-sys but no longer will be able to be coded. This protection can be removed by special means.
-Second is Component Protection, once the Evo is installed in a car with a different VIN your FSC's (activation codes generated for the cars vin to enable nav, carplay, sat radio, etc) it will reject all these codes. That's been this way since the CIC iDrive. Evo's took that a step further, once the fsc's are rejected component protection is triggered and you will not be able to import any fsc's anymore even if they were for the cars vin. Component protection can be removed by uploading a special FSC to the Evo that has the sole purpose to reset the tripped component protection and from there on you can import FSC's again.
-During the coding process you need to be very careful and thoughtful to not trip these anti tampering mechanisms.
-Best is to ditch any emulator and get an FSC set made to your vin
-ethernet is actually called OABR on the Evo. It needs to run from the BDC module to the evo and from the ATM module to the evo. You'll actually need both connections since for component protection to be initialized the first time it needs the OABR connection Evo <-> BDC. Don't hook up an enet cable directly to the OABR, if you do your wiring properly you will be able to do all needed coding and what not via the OBD plug.
-Get yourself an OABR loom from BMW (P/N 61 11 9 372 330) and an ATM retrofit wiring loom from ebay.
-Lay the ATM loom from the trunk to the dash and remove the pins from the pre-installed OABR plug that connects to the evo.
-Install the pins in the OABR plug connected to the loom from BMW. Then run the other end of the OABR loom over to the right side footwell where the BDC module lives. Remove the existing ethernet pins from the smallest connector on the BDC (these ethernet wires go to the quadlock and are not needed anymore) and plug the pins from the OABR loom into the connector on the BDC. That's it for the wiring.
-You'll also need the WLAN antenna for Carplay to work, they are dirt cheap over at BMW (P/N 61 11 9 372 321).

Pricing for my setup: Oabr to ethernet $32.39, Obd to ethernet ENET cable & USB C to Enet $29.14, NBT Evo 3.2 $550.00 (From SB2002), Retrofit cables $140.39, 8.8” Touch Display $701.35.
Parts: $1703.27
Remote coding:$250
Grand Total: $1953.27

 

id6 8.8 touchscreen and digital dash have successfully been installed and coded. Everything works as it should.

Wiring diagrams: The Led ring (6 pin white connector) needs to be re arranged to illuminate. I do not have any pins in my X434 1B harness in the passenger foot well according to the attached diagrams.

The audio controls (**** and radio physical buttons) need to be added in. This is a 8 pin connector that I’ve purchased. 4 hvac wires come up into it, the remaining 4 go into the x434 2B connector in the passenger foot well. I don’t have this harness at all.

Pdf guide was translated myself into English from Italian. Any help or tips is appreciated.

 

Nice, great work. For picture of that cluster we have it here:

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...r/62105a49996/

Some of those ebay links and amazon links will disappear after a while and get item not found. So if you link them to our page at least the item pictures can be seen on what they need even if they buy used. Also if the part does go NLA down the road we dont kill the link and they will know they have to go the used route and will have a picture of the item.

 

Would it be possible if you could help me connect the color ring, it doesn't light up, it happens to me like you, I don't have wire 12 in the harness

Thanks!!