BimmerBreaker |
07-17-2019 12:25 PM |
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Originally Posted by wpoll
(Post 1166010)
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So that definitely doesn't look as bad as I imagined... I thought it'd be like replacing the ribbon cable on an early E39/E53 gauge cluster. But in doing some research the screen looks to be about $90 on it's own. Couple that with the fact that I don't know what I'm doing, and ~$160 for a used good screen seems like an attractive option. But then again how much life left would a good used screen have. Conversely, how long would a new LCD last for if I installed it?
Truth is I don't really use the nav stuff that often, I use my phone for navigation, the unit is just a fancy radio really. So I'm gonna just leave it for now and think on it. Maybe an aftermarket nav with OEM-esque menu screens and such will pop up someday...
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Originally Posted by SlickGT1
(Post 1166017)
Nah. I was in the same boat as you. Have aux, Sirius. The new units have CarPlay, direct wire dash cam, Bluetooth audio. Backup cam. And you can code with them. You can actually code in halo as DRL. You can’t even code that with Inpa.
But yea. I’m still on the fence as well. $700 is a lot for something I barely drive.
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Yeah, but the only thing you mentioned from that list that I'd use is bluetooth. I don't see a reason for a rear backup camera on a car with great visibility like the E53 and front and rear PDC. CarPlay I don't even know what that is (and I'm a younger guy too, I probably should still be hip to all this BMW lingo but it's getting hard to keep up).
I can code with NCS proficiently and I like the process of doing so, so the unit doing the coding for me would actually be a drawback in my eyes :p: I have my X5 coded perfectly how I want it right now in fact (set up basically to mirror my E39, high beam DRL's, no side parking lights at night, double blink hazards, etc).
FWIW - you CAN code the angel eye DRL using PA Soft. That is the *one* thing you can't code with NCS because it wasn't a factory option. Still pretty sure I could find a way to make it work though, there are "flags" in the system for the angel eye bulbs, as well as option lines for what lights are used as DRL's. May need a custom code or something to be installed, but you can do that on these LCM's...
Hmm that kind of makes me want to code on the angel eye DRL in PA Soft, then pull the module data with NCSexpert to see what changed in the coding :stickpoke Hmm.....
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