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      07-10-2014, 12:32 PM   #1
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Has anyone managed to get their hands on the factory service manual for the F8X cars?
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Resurrecting an ancient thread but... anyone have any luck? Would love to have some sort of reference material.
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Resurrecting an ancient thread but... anyone have any luck? Would love to have some sort of reference material.
Try this...

http://s3.bimmerfile.com.s3.amazonaw...S55-Engine.pdf
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Resurrecting an ancient thread but... anyone have any luck? Would love to have some sort of reference material.
Haven't seen an actual service manual yet. Looks like BMW is keeping this one close to the chest.
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Has anyone seen something similar to that but for the assembly / disassembly of the interior and exterior panels?
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Seems like it would all be electronic rather than paper. I am an old guy and would love one in paper but doubt they exist. If you find a service and assembly manual please let me know.
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Just an FYI, BMW doesn't not publish service manuals. For BMWs, the go-to manual has always been the service manuals from Bentley Publishers. However, to my knowledge, they have never published a manual for any M car, only for certain "standard" 3,4,5, and 6 Series models, the Z3, and the X3 and X5.

The closest you can get for an F80 M3 is the 2012-2015 F30 3 Series: http://www.bentleypublishers.com/bmw...ir-manual.html

The closest for an F82 M4 is the 2013-2016 F32 4 Series: http://www.bentleypublishers.com/bmw...ir-manual.html

It usually takes 3-4 years for Bentley to produce a manual for a particular model, if they produce one at all. For example, they've never produced a service manual for the Z4, M or not.

The current best source for technical information like that found in service manuals is now www.newtis.info, the online BMW Technical Information System.
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Looks like those links are no longer available; any other method to get these?
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Any update for this topic?

Looks like the lawyers in BMW shutdown the newTIS website.
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I just bought the 20$ VM ware manual
Can you share the link for that??
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Can you share the link for that??
https://manual4you.com/products/2015...-repair-manual
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What does the year indicate? When it was written or if it was for your model year? I see manuals for 2013 BMW M4??

Do you also know the difference between the 20.99 and 49.99 one?
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I will speculate that the repair manuals you are getting are just repair files pulled from ISTA (the factory BMW repair software) and converted into a readable/searchable PDF format - if that. Outside of ISTA, Bentley makes good manuals (I have had them for previous BMW's). But as was mentioned above, Bentley has not put out anything for late model BMWs in a while, especially M cars.

So whether you want to use one of the ISTA download links across the net/forums (and there is a lot of DIY info on this topic) or buy a pre-packaged software bundle/hard drive from several vendors, I recommend you go with ISTA. Regardless of the source, at least you know what you are getting. With this source in the post above, you don't know what you are getting - at least until someone posts their experience with it.
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It basically is the ista repair manual using a virtual machine. I think the difference is one is for only designated car and the others are for Multiple makes and models. Just get the cheap one.
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It basically is the ista repair manual using a virtual machine. I think the difference is one is for only designated car and the others are for Multiple makes and models. Just get the cheap one.
I paid for it and so, where do you download the manual ?
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UPDATE:
It takes a while, so wait for the email from them after you pay.

Looks like you have to download 2 pieces of files:
1. the Virtual box software
2. the content OVA file

[2] is taking a long time because their server has got a really small bandwidth, at around 10MB/sec.
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Installed Virtual box on my Mac.
Imported the OVA file as instructed.
Took 2-3 minutes to import.
Then, it crashed.

See attached.
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OK, after messing around with it, I finally got the VM to work after about an hour.
Now, that the VM can open the ISTA+ in a Windows VM, it is requesting that I enter the last 7 characters of my VIN.

I entered it and clicked ACCEPT. It spun a for a couple of minutes and said this:
"INVALID VIN or it was not assigned"

I re-checked the last 7 of the VIN and retried another 2 times and it gave me the same error.

I know the last 7 of my VIN is fine because I used it in TIS previously. Furthermore, I used the same last 7 on BMWusa.com to check for recall and the website pulled out my full VIN. So, it's a working last 7.

The last straw that broke the camel's back is this: I do not have the time to learn how to use the ISTA+, let alone I cannot get in using my VIN.
A PDF or a printed manual will work beautifully that will allow me to focus on the tasks at hand.

I'm asking for a refund from those Manual4You. Let's see how that work out.
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OK, after messing around with it, I finally got the VM to work after about an hour.
Now, that the VM can open the ISTA+ in a Windows VM, it is requesting that I enter the last 7 characters of my VIN.

I entered it and clicked ACCEPT. It spun a for a couple of minutes and said this:
"INVALID VIN or it was not assigned"

I re-checked the last 7 of the VIN and retried another 2 times and it gave me the same error.

I know the last 7 of my VIN is fine because I used it in TIS previously. Furthermore, I used the same last 7 on BMWusa.com to check for recall and the website pulled out my full VIN. So, it's a working last 7.

The last straw that broke the camel's back is this: I do not have the time to learn how to use the ISTA+, let alone I cannot get in using my VIN.
A PDF or a printed manual will work beautifully that will allow me to focus on the tasks at hand.

I'm asking for a refund from those Manual4You. Let's see how that work out.
Have you tried running other VINs that you can see on used car sales?
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