After Market Navigation...

drinkmaker613 · 10-08-2010, 10:27 PM

I am looking for a brand/store that can do a full customized navigation, I won't mind having to cup open my dash and sit the Navi in, nor replacing my head unit but if replacing my head unit, I want it the new head unit to have Bluetooth capability thats works with the car mic/speaker and also all controls on my steering wheel to still work as well...

Anyone?

I am driving a 335i sedan 2007

chromisdesigns · 10-08-2010, 10:29 PM

head unit replacement is complicated by the fact that on our cars, the radio is on a computer buss. "Standard" head units won't work.

drinkmaker613 · 10-08-2010, 10:50 PM

Yeah... I know... But come on... the car has been in the market for 3 years already... No one could come up with something?

michaelthepsycho · 10-09-2010, 04:59 AM

Alpine Electronics from Japan. I don't know the specifics for BMW's aftermarket process but if I had to pick a brand, that would be my sole consideration.

kaishang · 10-09-2010, 05:57 AM

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=417052

cb1111 · 10-09-2010, 09:23 AM

You will have a hard time finding someone to do a proper install. You'll have to find someone intimately familiar with modern BMWs and it will be very expensive.

Me, I'd find a company to integrate a nice Garmin (available with BT) into the sunglass holder/ashtray. You'll get a better nav (unless you cheap out) and won't have electrical issues down the road.

linlaoboo · 10-09-2010, 09:29 AM

yes Garmin is 10X easier to use than our stock nav in the 07

drinkmaker613 · 10-09-2010, 01:22 PM

I know Alpine is good stuff... but the problem is I want it to retrofit really good with my either dash or head unit, I hate to lose my Logic7 for it though... oh well...

drinkmaker613 · 10-09-2010, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cb1111

You will have a hard time finding someone to do a proper install. You'll have to find someone intimately familiar with modern BMWs and it will be very expensive.

Me, I'd find a company to integrate a nice Garmin (available with BT) into the sunglass holder/ashtray. You'll get a better nav (unless you cheap out) and won't have electrical issues down the road.

I love Garmins too... I am using a 255W right now, but I just hate the fact that I have to take the GPS off each time I drive to some bad neighborhood... And I do that a lot, my jobs requires me to drive to all types of neighborhood and I just want everything to be build in so that I don't have to mount/dismount each time...

drinkmaker613 · 10-09-2010, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by linlaoboo

yes Garmin is 10X easier to use than our stock nav in the 07

I am not trying to get the stock Navi... the stock Navi for my 07 would be idrive... I know idrive sucks... i was driving a loaner with an idriver last week and it was telling me to make u-turns and left turns when i was driving 70 mph on freeway...

Thats why I want something that is after market, and that have all the steering wheel control capability along with the navi and bluetooth...

drinkmaker613 · 10-09-2010, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kaishang

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=417052

OMG~~~~!!!

Great link!!

Do you own it? Or do you know anyone who owns it???

I really want some feedback before I jump up and down...

I don't mind spending money... But I just want to know how compatible would this unit be with my steering wheel, and also since I have logic7... would i lose it with the head unit?

cb1111 · 10-09-2010, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by drinkmaker613

OMG~~~~!!!

Great link!!

Do you own it? Or do you know anyone who owns it???

I really want some feedback before I jump up and down...

I don't mind spending money... But I just want to know how compatible would this unit be with my steering wheel, and also since I have logic7... would i lose it with the head unit?

That unit is absolute junk.

MacBlack335i · 10-11-2010, 05:17 PM

I'm bumping this because I am also interested if there are any good options. I saw a good option for the E46 but nothing mentioned for the E9X...

moto_noob · 10-12-2010, 03:19 AM

i'm thinking about taking out oem headunit all together, i don't have idrive, will this cause problems for me?

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drinkmaker613 New Member 3 Rep 12 Posts Drives: 2007 335i Sedan White Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Alhambra CA iTrader: (0)	After Market Navigation... I am looking for a brand/store that can do a full customized navigation, I won't mind having to cup open my dash and sit the Navi in, nor replacing my head unit but if replacing my head unit, I want it the new head unit to have Bluetooth capability thats works with the car mic/speaker and also all controls on my steering wheel to still work as well... Anyone? I am driving a 335i sedan 2007
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chromisdesigns Lieutenant Colonel 45 Rep 1,754 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW 335i sedan Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (0)	head unit replacement is complicated by the fact that on our cars, the radio is on a computer buss. "Standard" head units won't work.
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drinkmaker613 New Member 3 Rep 12 Posts Drives: 2007 335i Sedan White Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Alhambra CA iTrader: (0)	Yeah... I know... But come on... the car has been in the market for 3 years already... No one could come up with something?
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michaelthepsycho Lieutenant Colonel 76 Rep 1,644 Posts Drives: 11 Montego Blue E90 335i Step Join Date: May 2009 Location: CA iTrader: (4)	Alpine Electronics from Japan. I don't know the specifics for BMW's aftermarket process but if I had to pick a brand, that would be my sole consideration. __________________ Former car 2011 BMW 335i Step - Montego Blue / Chestnut Brown
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cb1111 I ask the questions you're afraid to ask. 44 Rep 2,489 Posts Drives: 335xi Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: DC iTrader: (2)	You will have a hard time finding someone to do a proper install. You'll have to find someone intimately familiar with modern BMWs and it will be very expensive. Me, I'd find a company to integrate a nice Garmin (available with BT) into the sunglass holder/ashtray. You'll get a better nav (unless you cheap out) and won't have electrical issues down the road.
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linlaoboo Private First Class 6 Rep 172 Posts Drives: 07 328xi 6MT Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New Joysey iTrader: (0)	yes Garmin is 10X easier to use than our stock nav in the 07 __________________ 07 328xi
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drinkmaker613 New Member 3 Rep 12 Posts Drives: 2007 335i Sedan White Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Alhambra CA iTrader: (0)	I know Alpine is good stuff... but the problem is I want it to retrofit really good with my either dash or head unit, I hate to lose my Logic7 for it though... oh well...
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MacBlack335i First Lieutenant 32 Rep 307 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Denver iTrader: (2)	I'm bumping this because I am also interested if there are any good options. I saw a good option for the E46 but nothing mentioned for the E9X...
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moto_noob Private First Class 3 Rep 149 Posts Drives: '06 e90 325i Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Louisiana iTrader: (1)	i'm thinking about taking out oem headunit all together, i don't have idrive, will this cause problems for me?
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