Hualingan/dynavin headunit upgrade

[StartX5]

440film, i installed the GPS antenna cable from top thru the side of the dash invisible. Look at the picture below and hope this helps you.

[440films]

StartX5, you're awesome. Thanks so much that really helps. I'm installing my Dynavin on Saturday.

I'm still trying to find a trick to fish a couple USB cables from the coin/pen tray (with the flip door) to behind the stereo.

Wish me luck.

[StartX5]

You're welcome. One more thing, when you connect the original harness to the Dynavin harness, you should use electric black tape to tape them tightly, otherwise, sometimes the audio wires are losing connection and your audio won't work properly.

[Morfzak]

My X5 is Right hand drive so I just unwound the braid around the loom and fed it through the side of the glove box. I would love to show pic's but after having got my head unit to finally sit right I don't really want to remove it again. It was really quite easy. A lot easier than running the reverse camera and head rest display cables.

[fullmetaljacket]

Very easy to explain but a very tedious task: buy a wire harness set or in my case I bought 5 kinds of different colored speaker wires with almost the same gauge/ thickness of the ones used for the MID connector. The idea is to extend the length of the MID wire harness to reach the glove box - so you're basically gonna cut the connector wires and use the new ones you got. It is crucial and imperative that you cut the WIRES ONE BY ONE and also CONNECT THEM ONE BY ONE so that you don't accidentally short them. Remove the glove box and route the WIRES to come in from the back or fuse box at the top part of the glove box. Connect to MID. Open a bottle of beer. Cheers!

[aimtimes100]

understadable, as for the last 2 posts the dynvians don't fit with the OEM brackets, ive seen multiple people mention "cutting it".My question is how did you go about doing it because i don't think a typical pocket knife won't do the trick. a rotary hand say maybe?

[fullmetaljacket]

Guys guys, anyone here changed their unit from HUALINGAN TO DYNAVIN? I'm planning on purchasing the updated DYNAVIN unit to replace my HUALINGAN. Had too many problems with it However I'm not sure whether the DYNAVIN would still fit in my butchered dashboard because installing the HUALINGAN required me/us to butcher and saw off the middle support part of the orig MID radio. Plus the HL unit mounts using 2 hidden screw in front? The DYNAVIN (I think) do not have or need those screws but snap on type clips that snaps into the original unbutchered dash.? I also assume (from reading posts about the DYNAVIN unit) that you need not butcher the dashboard to fit this. So Will I be able to change to DYNAVIN or am I stuck with the HUALINGAN?

[aimtimes100]

you should be be fine.the new dynvain units come with mounting brackets

[fullmetaljacket]

Originally Posted by aimtimes100

you should be be fine.the new dynvain units come with mounting brackets

If you take a look at POST #4 on this thread... http://www.xoutpost.com/electronics/...installed.html

...You'd see that the clips will have to clip on the plastic catch which I consequently and unfortunately sawed off to accommodate the Hualingan. This was my dash before...



and now it looks like this...



...Where will the DYNAVIN CLIP itself in this situation now?

[aimtimes100]

i stand corrected. velcro the dynavin bracket into place?