itsbrokeagain |
09-03-2017 02:17 PM |
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Originally Posted by Crowz
(Post 1115541)
Its not the radio its the X5.
So far I have bought several of the tag light with the backup camera made onto it. They fit e39 cars and some other bmw's but so far any bmw that has a removable piece that the tag lights and trunk/hatch opening button built into it wont work with them. Basically the tag light isn't removable. Its made into the piece. You can remove the lens but the guts are in the lip piece itself so there isn't enough room for these all in one replacement camera/lens to fit.
In the past I ground the camera housing down to fit inside but its just to time consuming to do again.
So I'm going to mount a different kind of camera on mine to get around the problem.
If you have a camera on your x5 already the radio will work with it fine. The radio will work with any backup camera.
Its this particular camera I cant mount to my x5 that I'm referring to and not the radio.
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had this same exact issue yesterday with my girlfriends e46 325. Had to grind down the support on the plastic lens, in addition to dremeling the old bulb holder out. I cut the old holder out and soldered in the new led light to the existing wires, and drilled a hole in the trunk to run the antenna inside (im using the wireless setup).
covered the hole with some clear silicone, even though the trunk latch/plate lights are insulated with foam from the factory, so no rusting there.
reception is ok, it took me a while to get the antenna in the right spot to get the best pickup without getting distorted. Turns out if you bundle the turn on wires from the reverse light near the antenna, it causes all sorts of crazy static on the headunit. Had to loop it out and away from the antenna and that solved 90% of it.
Makes me wonder how Im going to run the wires for mine in the X, going to be an insanely long run from the top part of the tailgate, up into the cabin and the back down into the lower tailgate to pick up the reverse light power on.
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