iDrive Install

a5bcap · 05-19-2009, 03:35 PM

Hi is there anyway I can install idrive if i don't have it. Is there any where i can buy the system, like on eBay. Or can I go to my dealer and get them to install it

Thanks

av8thor · 05-19-2009, 03:53 PM

The short answer is no. Someone has done a retrofit, but it took months and cost twice what buying the feature from the factory would cost.

a5bcap · 05-19-2009, 03:55 PM

so just to clarify i can buy the whole system (i.e. Screen, dash kit, knob, wiring) from the dealer... and if so how much would you estimate it would cost.

Cloud9blue · 05-19-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by a5bcap

so just to clarify i can buy the whole system (i.e. Screen, dash kit, knob, wiring) from the dealer... and if so how much would you estimate it would cost.

you are better off buy a car with a i-drive instead.

Kilgore Trout · 05-19-2009, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by a5bcap

so just to clarify i can buy the whole system (i.e. Screen, dash kit, knob, wiring) from the dealer... and if so how much would you estimate it would cost.

$5000 - $6000 USD.

Booster4075 · 05-24-2009, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by a5bcap

Hi is there anyway I can install idrive if i don't have it. Is there any where i can buy the system, like on eBay. Or can I go to my dealer and get them to install it

Thanks

Yes, it can be done. There is no retrofit kit, per say, but if you are mechanically inclined, it can be done. Don't count on any dealer being able/willing to do this for you....if you don't plan on doing it, it might be cheaper/easier to buy another car.

However, if you're like me, you can follow my thread and there is a PDF of sorts with instructions:
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131416

And no...it doesn't take months (it took that long to figure the retrofit out), but it can be done in a day, and for less than the cost of the OEM option. No one has done a 2nd-gen i-drive retrofit yet, but is there is a thread that follows that as well...

DimSumBoy · 06-02-2009, 03:56 AM

mannnnn

i wish i got this as an option too =/

edit: but it does not make my car any slower =]

kurtdaniel · 08-07-2009, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Booster4075

Yes, it can be done. There is no retrofit kit, per say, but if you are mechanically inclined, it can be done. Don't count on any dealer being able/willing to do this for you....if you don't plan on doing it, it might be cheaper/easier to buy another car.

However, if you're like me, you can follow my thread and there is a PDF of sorts with instructions:
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131416

And no...it doesn't take months (it took that long to figure the retrofit out), but it can be done in a day, and for less than the cost of the OEM option. No one has done a 2nd-gen i-drive retrofit yet, but is there is a thread that follows that as well...

tnx for the pdf,,AFE also have a manual for this,,but it’s a bit expensive..

Mr. ///M3 RD · 05-19-2010, 06:01 AM

Boster4075,

I like to congratulate you on a first class write up about the Navigation/iDrive installation. I just got myself a 2009 Z4 35i with all the options except for the iDrive at least I know now that A) it can be added and B) it will properly be very costly. Anyone out there has installed a iDrive or had it installed into a 2009 Z4 35i please let me know I would appreciate some feedback

Booster4075 · 05-19-2010, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by solgain@mac.com

Boster4075,

I like to congratulate you on a first class write up about the Navigation/iDrive installation. I just got myself a 2009 Z4 35i with all the options except for the iDrive at least I know now that A) it can be added and B) it will properly be very costly. Anyone out there has installed a iDrive or had it installed into a 2009 Z4 35i please let me know I would appreciate some feedback

Thanks! You should probably check to see if your car should be equipped with the new 2nd-gen CIC i-drive (which I suspect it may.) - if so, there is another thread going for that retrofit (its quite a bit different and definitely more challenging) and a few people are having some success. You may also want to post this question on the Z4 forum if you haven't already to see if other people are looking into it there..

budhahn007@gmail.com · 05-18-2022, 01:31 PM

Hello Forum, i have a 2006 330i and my navigation fried. now can i use a 5 series unit and just change the face plate on it. it seams i can find the 5 series much cheaper

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budhahn007@gmail.com Registered 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: 2006 bmw 330i Join Date: May 2022 Location: san clemente ca iTrader: (0)	navigation Hello Forum, i have a 2006 330i and my navigation fried. now can i use a 5 series unit and just change the face plate on it. it seams i can find the 5 series much cheaper
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