Complete Navi system... every component needed!!! - Page 2

Ricky Bobby · #11 08-06-2012, 12:11 PM

what else would I need to get this working?

I have a 2003, DSP, non nav.

On my VW I had to buy an antenna off ebay, so you can seriously just hook everything up and plug into existing wiring? No coding necessary? And is all bracketry or mountings for the head unit already in place in all Xs?

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nigwhyrito · #12 08-08-2012, 01:02 AM

I must have missed something. I didnt see the navigation radio in the post. The BM53. Is your X using the C43 nav radio?

Ricky Bobby · #13 08-08-2012, 12:20 PM

Passing on this one, wife wont allow it with wedding on the way. Good luck with sale!

NicholasW · #14 08-08-2012, 07:16 PM

PM me a price on the screen please. Like you were saying, mine has blemishes, and it drives me crazy. Zip is 31005. Thanks

PropellerHead · #15 08-08-2012, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordo

I have for sale a COMPLETE Navi system for your BMW. Well, everything BUT the wire harness, which you already have.

Terrible misinformation here. It would be very bad if someone purchased this kit with the expectations set here.

First, that unit from a 2002 E53 is at best an MKIII, not an MKIV/DVD unit. This means that you will need multiple disks to travel cross country or across CD disc lines rather than a single DVD. No big deal, but worth mentioning for full disclosure. MKIV/DVD was offered for >2003 production runs and will read 'DVD" on the face.

Next, the units that you are not sure about are the Navigation antennae boosters. They are installed to boost the signal from the Navi antenna which is NOT included in ANY E53 without factory NAV. They might have a GPS antenna, but it's for BMW Assist and is separate from the navi unit.

That CD changer looks like it is from an early E38 or late E32 7 series. It is nowhere close to the unit from the E53, 1997-2003 E39, or E38's of the E53 production era. I would be VERY cautious as to whether or not it will even function with the group of hardware here.

Finally- and most importantly-, the wire harness on non-nav E53's is VERY different from those with Nav. You'll have to remove all the seats, the center console, and the most of the rear panels to install a new, ~$3-500 navigation harness. This thread from TriX5 demonstrates the full retrofit as anything BUT trival. This is a pic from that thread.

This navigation retrofit is FAR from a plug and play install and even farther still with the disparate group of parts offered from different years and different models than the E53 here.

NicholasW · #16 08-09-2012, 05:45 AM

Propellerhead,

The screen looks the same as what's in my 2005 4.4 X5 (with factory nav), do you think that I'll have any issues with this screen, or are they the same?

Thanks

Ricky Bobby · #17 08-09-2012, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PropellerHead

Terrible misinformation here. It would be very bad if someone purchased this kit with the expectations set here.

First, that unit from a 2002 E53 is at best an MKIII, not an MKIV/DVD unit. This means that you will need multiple disks to travel cross country or across CD disc lines rather than a single DVD. No big deal, but worth mentioning for full disclosure. MKIV/DVD was offered for >2003 production runs and will read 'DVD" on the face.

Next, the units that you are not sure about are the Navigation antennae boosters. They are installed to boost the signal from the Navi antenna which is NOT included in ANY E53 without factory NAV. They might have a GPS antenna, but it's for BMW Assist and is separate from the navi unit.

That CD changer looks like it is from an early E38 or late E32 7 series. It is nowhere close to the unit from the E53, 1997-2003 E39, or E38's of the E53 production era. I would be VERY cautious as to whether or not it will even function with the group of hardware here.

Finally- and most importantly-, the wire harness on non-nav E53's is VERY different from those with Nav. You'll have to remove all the seats, the center console, and the most of the rear panels to install a new, ~$3-500 navigation harness. This thread from TriX5 demonstrates the full retrofit as anything BUT trival. This is a pic from that thread.

This navigation retrofit is FAR from a plug and play install and even farther still with the disparate group of parts offered from different years and different models than the E53 here.

Thanks for all your info Prop, I know its much more than I'd like to tackle and although I'd love factory navigation even to spend 2800 on a p-n-p retrofit kit from bimmernav is too much for me

PropellerHead · #18 08-09-2012, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NicholasW

Propellerhead,

The screen looks the same as what's in my 2005 4.4 X5 (with factory nav), do you think that I'll have any issues with this screen, or are they the same?

Thanks

I don't know of any way to confirm that the unit FS here came from an X5 vs an E39 of the same era. The function is the same, but rumor is that the pixels on an X5 unit are angled for the ergonomic difference in the two chassis' seating.

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