How The Hell Is The Dashboard Attached?

BayMoWe335 · 11-14-2016, 10:34 PM

E92 335i.

How is the top dash pad attached? It's creaking like crazy on the passenger side and if I push on it just a bit, I can hear it sort of popping/creaking.

Is there anything I can tighten or jam between a seam to stop it moving?

Socket · 11-15-2016, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BayMoWe335

E92 335i.

How is the top dash pad attached? It's creaking like crazy on the passenger side and if I push on it just a bit, I can hear it sort of popping/creaking.

Is there anything I can tighten or jam between a seam to stop it moving?

Top dash pad?? Can you take a photo??

Assuming you are talking about the dash board itself
I have attached a manual for removing the dash board. Page 35 of 58 describes how the dash in bolted in. Tightening these bolts might fix the problem, but theres a heap of stuff to remove to get to them....

unrulyteach · 11-15-2016, 08:40 AM

The dash is just one big piece

BayMoWe335 · 11-15-2016, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Socket

Top dash pad?? Can you take a photo??

Assuming you are talking about the dash board itself
I have attached a manual for removing the dash board. Page 35 of 58 describes how the dash in bolted in. Tightening these bolts might fix the problem, but theres a heap of stuff to remove to get to them....

Thanks. This can help. It's essentially the entire top piece that seems to slight move making a creaking sound if I turn sharply and even press it with my hand. Vibration and bumps don't really cause it.

Bluewater328iT · 11-15-2016, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Socket

Top dash pad?? Can you take a photo??

Assuming you are talking about the dash board itself
I have attached a manual for removing the dash board. Page 35 of 58 describes how the dash in bolted in. Tightening these bolts might fix the problem, but theres a heap of stuff to remove to get to them....

That's quite a write up that probably took a lot of time to document. Thanks! However, having lived with my wife's 2007 nav & iDrive, I would prefer to replace my head unit with an aftermarket and more modern one. I haven't quite reached the point where I am ready to do that, but it is on my potential mod list.

BayMoWe335 · 11-15-2016, 02:08 PM

OK, I've isolated it to JUST the back strip where the vents that shoot on the windshield. It's not the vents creaking, it's the black dashboard strip closest to the windshield and ONLY on the right side. If I press any point on that roughly 2 foot strip of black dash, it creaks.

Does anyone know if there are some clips or something underneath that it's not fully seated?

Wolf 335 · 11-15-2016, 02:27 PM

This issue has come up before, where guys had the creek coming form the area where dashboard meets windshield.

I hear it myself on my car sometimes as the chassis flexes while pulling onto a driveway.

I cant recall exact details, but from what I do remember there are some solutions.

Browse through the forum a bit, and search for this dashboard creek and you'll find it.

Edit: Found this

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ight=dashboard

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ight=dashboard

BayMoWe335 · 11-15-2016, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolf 335

This issue has come up before, where guys had the creek coming form the area where dashboard meets windshield.

I hear it myself on my car sometimes as the chassis flexes while pulling onto a driveway.

I cant recall exact details, but from what I do remember there are some solutions.

Browse through the forum a bit, and search for this dashboard creek and you'll find it.

Edit: Found this

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ight=dashboard

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ight=dashboard

LOL, one of them is my thread. Unfortunately, none of those solutions worked. I feel like just jamming something in there would solve it, but need to figure out what.

Socket · 11-16-2016, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluewater328iT

That's quite a write up that probably took a lot of time to document. Thanks! However, having lived with my wife's 2007 nav & iDrive, I would prefer to replace my head unit with an aftermarket and more modern one. I haven't quite reached the point where I am ready to do that, but it is on my potential mod list.

Upgrading the head unit is a hard core mod, I know because I had mine upgraded with NBT... works great but a major job, especially if you are installing reversing cams etc

DIY below

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...&highlight=NBT

Bluewater328iT · 11-16-2016, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Socket

Upgrading the head unit is a hard core mod, I know because I had mine upgraded with NBT... works great but a major job, especially if you are installing reversing cams etc

DIY below

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...&highlight=NBT

I think upgrading a head unit that is not iDrive to an aftermarket Alpine, Pioneer, Kenwood, etc. is not as complicated as the project you completed. Meantime, using iPhone 6 plus on a RAM mount plugged into the AUX and USB outlets works for now. Waze works better for me than the navigation on my wife's F30 OEM navigation.

Wolf 335 · 11-16-2016, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BayMoWe335

LOL, one of them is my thread. Unfortunately, none of those solutions worked. I feel like just jamming something in there would solve it, but need to figure out what.

WOW clearly I was sleeping lol.

Socket · 11-17-2016, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluewater328iT

I think upgrading a head unit that is not iDrive to an aftermarket Alpine, Pioneer, Kenwood, etc. is not as complicated as the project you completed. Meantime, using iPhone 6 plus on a RAM mount plugged into the AUX and USB outlets works for now. Waze works better for me than the navigation on my wife's F30 OEM navigation.

Sory my bad, I assumed you were talking about swapping out the CCC.... aftermarket head unit is a simpler (but still significant) undertaking

BayMoWe335 · 11-22-2016, 04:02 PM

I semi fixed it. I'd say it's 80% better.

I went to Home Depot and bought a $4 piece of rubber insulation for like a copper pipe outside for an A/C unit. I cut it down and jammed 3-4 long strips into the space between the dash and windshield.

It's black and goes down pretty deep so it's invisible from the outside and barely visible from the inside. It kind of "tightened" things up.

I'm not really sure if there is a long term impact. I have no idea what's between the dash and the windshield, so hopefully it doesn't mess anything up.

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BayMoWe335 Colonel 1179 Rep 2,132 Posts Drives: 2010 E92 335i 6MT Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: US iTrader: (0)	OK, I've isolated it to JUST the back strip where the vents that shoot on the windshield. It's not the vents creaking, it's the black dashboard strip closest to the windshield and ONLY on the right side. If I press any point on that roughly 2 foot strip of black dash, it creaks. Does anyone know if there are some clips or something underneath that it's not fully seated?
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Wolf 335 Brigadier General 2347 Rep 3,548 Posts Drives: 2007 E92 335i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: GTA - Greater Toronto Area iTrader: (0)	This issue has come up before, where guys had the creek coming form the area where dashboard meets windshield. I hear it myself on my car sometimes as the chassis flexes while pulling onto a driveway. I cant recall exact details, but from what I do remember there are some solutions. Browse through the forum a bit, and search for this dashboard creek and you'll find it. Edit: Found this http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ight=dashboard http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ight=dashboard
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BayMoWe335 Colonel 1179 Rep 2,132 Posts Drives: 2010 E92 335i 6MT Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: US iTrader: (0)	I semi fixed it. I'd say it's 80% better. I went to Home Depot and bought a $4 piece of rubber insulation for like a copper pipe outside for an A/C unit. I cut it down and jammed 3-4 long strips into the space between the dash and windshield. It's black and goes down pretty deep so it's invisible from the outside and barely visible from the inside. It kind of "tightened" things up. I'm not really sure if there is a long term impact. I have no idea what's between the dash and the windshield, so hopefully it doesn't mess anything up.
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