Member Since: 17 Jul 2013
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 49
Nice one cheers for that M3DPO! Saw FL2 one cheap on fleebay but I'll avoid it if that's the case.
27th Feb 2015 12:05 pm
BBS SPY Site Sponsor
Member Since: 15 Jun 2007
Location: Sunny Cyprus
Posts: 3054
possible idea
I have been following a few threads where some members have had their existing steering wheels professionally refurbished and re covered, often with some customisation of not only the leather type and stitching but also the Wheels thickness and shape for not a lot of money.
The threads mention the providers of this service.
Given that it seems the base metal part is the same and only the upper spokes on a D4 wheel appear to be a bit shorter to accomodate the wider switch packs than a D3, I wonder if they would also be able to trim back the padding of the upper spokes of a D3 wheel before re covering in order to allow the D4 switch packs to fit.
1st Mar 2015 5:48 pm
Nubber99
Member Since: 13 Apr 2014
Location: Poole
Posts: 289
My £77 quid wheel
Quite a bargain. Just got to wait for the interface cards to appear.
10th Mar 2015 10:47 pm
Nubber99
Member Since: 13 Apr 2014
Location: Poole
Posts: 289
Couldn't wait.
Interface cards arrived today. I thought I'd be sensible and wait until the weekend before fitting them. Of course that didn't happen. Only took me about an hour from start to finish.
Looks good!
16th Mar 2015 8:36 pm
BBS SPY Site Sponsor
Member Since: 15 Jun 2007
Location: Sunny Cyprus
Posts: 3054
Nice one Nubber
To give everyone a heads up, we have recently confirmed that from VIN EA000001 (14MY) Land Rover has changed the Heated Steering Wheel control ECU they are fitting into their steering wheels to what appears to be the same one they are fitting to the Freelander 2 and all of their later Vehicle models.
Here is a picture of the previous ECU (Top) and the Later one (Bottom)
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The later version has an additional 3 pin socket that connects into a Plug on a modified version of the Y split loom.
In working closely with a member here especially who has been assisting us, we have identified that one of these 3 connections is to connect the new type Heated Steering Wheel ECU to the BCU with a data connection that is simply not present on a Discovery 3 and is required to make this ECU work.
We are of course looking into the possibility of finding a solution to this, but in the meantime please be advised that if retro fitting a heated wheel with our conversion Kit, that if you have this later Heated wheel ECU, the heated wheel will not work.
ATB
Colin
29th Mar 2015 4:47 pm
luciogodoy
Member Since: 14 Apr 2008
Location: Windsor - UK
Posts: 356
Colin
It is nice to see that you are finally alerting people about this issue!
I brought this issue to your attention in 08/11/2014 when I tried to install the heated S/W.
At the end I developed my own module with a 555 timer set to 2 minutes triggered by the steering wheel switch.
It would be nice to fix it properly one day!!!
LucioI'm riding a R1250GSA Triple Back
Previous love: Disco 3 HSE MY07, D4 heated Steering/W, D4 rear cluster, D4 extended roof rack, D4 grille & air grille, D4 rear bumper, colour coded arches + front bumper, side-steps, Webasto timer/ remote control, De-Tangoed Xenon headlights + HID, LEDs all around, reverse CAM (RR hack) + brightness, DLR LEDs, 3-click indicator, SatNav on the move, EGR's done, front/rear antiroll bar Polybush, gearbox pan/filter + oil mega-flush.
18th Jun 2015 12:21 am
Brjp1
Member Since: 21 Mar 2014
Location: Kansas
Posts: 39
So I have fitted a heated steering wheel to my RRS. I have put in a clockspring (heated) and as you can see from the photo I have attached I need to supply power to the heated wheel.
Does anyone know where I can get that 2 prong (2 wire) connector that is circled in the pic?
Member Since: 21 Mar 2014
Location: Kansas
Posts: 39
Now any good ideas on where to patch into for power to the heated wheel?
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10th Jul 2015 9:04 pm
radders89
Member Since: 30 Aug 2010
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1051
I used the cigarette lighter. It was pretty easy running the wire from the wheel down behind the console. MY15 D4 SDV6 HSE Corris Grey - Gone
MY05 D3 TDV6 SE Zambezi silver Auto Alpaca leather - Gone
MY02' Seat Leon 1.6s Metallic Black cloth trim with a hint of mould
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10th Jul 2015 9:13 pm
pinchy
Member Since: 27 Jul 2014
Location: Warsaw/Toronto
Posts: 64
Would the one below be compatible - the last one turned out to be unavailable
7th Sep 2015 4:54 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8104
Yep, same as mine, it's been on about a year now is working perfect and still is the best mod I've done
Check that is has got the small PCB for the heated part included, it is situated under the right side switch bank and cannot be obtained separately, it only comes with the wheel. The wiring loom from the small PCB should be able to plug directly into the clock spring heated socket inside the wheel.
Look at BBS Spy's reply and photo to Nubber above, it's that bit
When fitting the conversion kit PCB's from BBS take extra care not to over tighten them?It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
10th Oct 2015 6:12 pm
theanswers
Member Since: 30 Jun 2010
Location: Sligo/ Belfast
Posts: 244
Are all the D4 steering wheel's heated if I get the switch, and clock spring part?
Thanks!Discovery 3 SE 2.7 TDV6 Automatic - Project!
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