any one here has JB3

newbmwfans · 11-28-2008, 12:36 PM

How hard the JB3 to install in 135i???

AchtungF80 · 11-28-2008, 12:48 PM

Depends if you get the pnp or pin-out version.

With the PnP version, the hardest part is taking everything apart to get to the ECU. With the pin-out version, installation is a little more time consuming as you actually have to remove pins from harnesses and replace with the JB3 wires and then tidy it all back up..

fmxomar · 11-28-2008, 01:03 PM

from what ive heard both versions are very easy

newbmwfans · 11-28-2008, 01:21 PM

so is JB3 hard to remove from the car?

335iRCOupe · 11-28-2008, 01:38 PM

JB3 PnP will be much more easier for the entry level, the pin out is more complicated since it deals with wires exposed and such. It isnt the hardest job, but PnP is a whole lot easier and alot faster to install/uninstall and get anything wrong.

If you get the PnP, it isnt hard at all, really a piece of cake to remove and install.

dmboone25 · 11-28-2008, 03:12 PM

If you are a mechanical moron (like me) the PnP is worth the extra money. A buddy of mine, who has installed many of these, did the whole thing in about 20 minutes. It looked really easy. :wink:

Terrance28 · 11-28-2008, 03:30 PM

They both are equally simple. From looking a the diy and video it might look intimidating, but once you get in there its so simple your gonna kick yourself.

11-28-2008, 12:36 PM	#1
newbmwfans Private 5 Rep 68 Posts Drives: Join Date: Oct 2008 iTrader: (0)	any one here has JB3 How hard the JB3 to install in 135i???
	Appreciate 0 Tweet Quote

11-28-2008, 12:48 PM	#2
AchtungF80 Brigadier General 276 Rep 3,465 Posts Drives: 997.2 GT3, '17 G30 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NJ iTrader: (2) Garage List 2008 135is [9.50] 2010 Cooper S [10.00] 1991 318is [10.00]	Depends if you get the pnp or pin-out version. With the PnP version, the hardest part is taking everything apart to get to the ECU. With the pin-out version, installation is a little more time consuming as you actually have to remove pins from harnesses and replace with the JB3 wires and then tidy it all back up.. __________________ ig: 0verrev
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-28-2008, 01:03 PM	#3
fmxomar Major 94 Rep 1,245 Posts Drives: bmw 135i Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: san diego, ca iTrader: (15)	from what ive heard both versions are very easy
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-28-2008, 01:21 PM	#4
newbmwfans Private 5 Rep 68 Posts Drives: Join Date: Oct 2008 iTrader: (0)	so is JB3 hard to remove from the car?
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-28-2008, 01:38 PM	#5
335iRCOupe Enlisted Member 3 Rep 42 Posts Drives: 335i coupe Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CL.W,FL iTrader: (0)	JB3 PnP will be much more easier for the entry level, the pin out is more complicated since it deals with wires exposed and such. It isnt the hardest job, but PnP is a whole lot easier and alot faster to install/uninstall and get anything wrong. If you get the PnP, it isnt hard at all, really a piece of cake to remove and install.
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-28-2008, 03:12 PM	#6
dmboone25 Lieutenant General 4972 Rep 10,200 Posts Drives: 2024 Golf R / 2022 718 Spyder Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 E92 328i [10.00] 2007 328i [10.00]	If you are a mechanical moron (like me) the PnP is worth the extra money. A buddy of mine, who has installed many of these, did the whole thing in about 20 minutes. It looked really easy. :wink: __________________ Past rides: 2016 981 BGTS, 2020 MINI JCW, 2017 F80, 2015 981 CS, 2014 F22 235, 2011 E82 135, 2008 E82 135, 2007 E92 328, 2007 E92 328 (My lady drives an OG M2. So does my dad)
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-28-2008, 03:30 PM	#7
Terrance28 Brigadier General 109 Rep 3,334 Posts Drives: Crimson Red E92 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Killeen, TX iTrader: (17)	They both are equally simple. From looking a the diy and video it might look intimidating, but once you get in there its so simple your gonna kick yourself.
	Appreciate 0 Quote