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Originally Posted by PichaDis11
Not trying to down you on this retrofit OP but I think the main snag to why you do not see many people jumping to do this retrofit, is just the process of getting a new key to work with your car.
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^^^ This. How are you going to get the key itself coded? Dealer codes keys by VIN (and you have to verify ownership), and your VIN is for non-CA. Even if the dealer bends the rules and agrees to make a key (I don't think they code them anyway, they are coded by BMW NA and shipped to the dealer), how are they supposed to know how to code it?
If you ask me this makes the project almost a nonstarter. Two things come to mind: find a wrecked donor car with CA, buy it, take title to BMW and get key made, then swap all the electronics to your car (so your car thinks it's the other car). Have fun taking it in for service, when they scan the car it will come up with the wrong VIN. Or find an aftermarket system that would work. They probably interface like a remote start system, and we know that is very difficult to achieve in our cars.
Or just trade your car for one with CA.