E46 NAVIGATION RADIO retro fit?

[Jamie]

Linky (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10374&item=4543020610&rd=1)

What kinda work would be involved in getting this working?

http://i12.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/d8/59/c1_1_b.JPG

Ive only seen these for sale on ebay before - never 1 working.

Simple or just as complex and expensive as the retro tv./sat nav BMW units?

Cheers

JAMIE

[peppernick]

If you need to install the Nav brain, which will be in the boot below the CD changer, then you need to route the wires from front to back. You can get a Mk2 or Mk3 on ebay for £150.

Tin and h4pry will be the best people to direct you. It's not difficult but does involve quite a bit of wiring work.

See here (http://sankeys.demon.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1040)

[Nickleback]

Do you want original with the cost & hassle ?
Why not go iPaq with Nav 3 ?????? with an NDBracket

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Clubsport/InternalCockpitRightView.jpg

:D :D

[Tin]

hmm..interesting.. 1st time i've seen one of them.. any closer pics?

yep wiring will need to be fed thru the car to the boot, to house the gps unit, the you have the gps ariel to mount, then speaker inputs for voice directions to be fed into your current radio etc.. quite a few things to worry about.. might aswell go for the widescreen version if you going thru the hassles..

[h4pry]

Those sat nav head units are crap to be honest mate. I did the whole retrofit thing last summer (widescreen)and it took me a long time to get everything together.

Almost one year on and the oem system now seems really outdated especially with the new i-drive system in the newer cars and there is soooo much more cool aftermarket stuff out there.

[Jamie]

Cool - thanks for the replies. Defo gonna give this 1 a miss.Probs will go for the IPAQ as Nickleback suggested (thanks for pic!) when i get round to it - dont really go to that many places which i dont know already - but they just look so damn cool

cheers

[Jamie]

hmm..interesting.. 1st time i've seen one of them.. any closer pics?

yep wiring will need to be fed thru the car to the boot, to house the gps unit, the you have the gps ariel to mount, then speaker inputs for voice directions to be fed into your current radio etc.. quite a few things to worry about.. might aswell go for the widescreen version if you going thru the hassles..

No closer pics - just what was taken from ebay add!