cruise control addition - help needed

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anton
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Post Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:09 am

hi guys,
id like to add cruise control to my november 1989 325i 4dr e30.

i was most fortunate to win a COMPLETE original bmw cruise control setup, wiring harness,steering column switch etc etc etc everything,

i won the bid on ebay for US DOLLAR 61.00!!!! thats for nothing..

so anyways, it'd take 2 or 3 weeks for a slip to land up in my postbox with instructions to collect a parcel at my local post office.. i.e the kit i bought.

so has anyone here every installed/added this kit? or even removed a cruise control system from a e30? or added one from a higher model.

any pointers/tips/url's etc would be highly appreciated.
so i am armed with K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E when the kit arrives, so that way i can install it as if ive done it countless times.

any help?

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Post Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:17 am

ive fitteda lhd kit to mine m8

did you get the green plug from bottom of speedo head???
bracket to mount actuator???

if you get stuck or need a plug give us a pm

there is an article if you search?
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Post Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:22 am

theres lots of articles on it..

lots of us on here have done it,,, its a very good mod to the car
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Post Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:49 am

thanks guys for the help so far,
ok like i said i havent received the items yet.

here is the ebay link, along with the picture of the goods.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... AMEWN%3AIT

does this look like all the goodies needed??

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Post Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:16 pm

looks like most of it....not a good picture but i cant see the green plug for the back of the clocks....difficult to telll if you have the actuator mount either.

there is a pdf file going a round with full instructions to fit cruise. most of it is plug and play....biggest problem i had was making space for the actuator in my very cramped bay

cruise= :cool:
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