Cheap BMW Programming hardware??
12-20-2008, 06:22 AM
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HUD, BT, Voice Control, Active Seats, Seat Heating (front), Xenon HID, Navigation Professional with CCC, Leather Dakota Black, Folding mirros, anti-glare mirrors in+outside, HiFi, CiC retrofitted, Aux in, CD Changer, Dension 500GW, etc...
Hi guys & girls,
I was looking for the equipment I need to do my own programming on the car (getting tired of leaving my car for a day to do a simple thing)
So I found this company that sells it all http://www.haetech.com/products_detail.asp?id=73
Apparantly they can do it for +/- $500 with software & laptop included...
Any thoughts on them or experiences?
Thanks,
Sven
I was looking for the equipment I need to do my own programming on the car (getting tired of leaving my car for a day to do a simple thing)
So I found this company that sells it all http://www.haetech.com/products_detail.asp?id=73
Apparantly they can do it for +/- $500 with software & laptop included...
Any thoughts on them or experiences?
Thanks,
Sven
12-20-2008, 01:01 PM
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My Ride: '04 530d Executive, all options except sunroof and comfort seats
ECU remapped by ZipTuning to 260+bhp.
Would be cheaper to buy if you do lots of mods (like adding your own AUX input, which is quite easy to do, but needs enabling in the software).
Dealers charge a hundred bucks to do some simple settings...
Dealers charge a hundred bucks to do some simple settings...
12-20-2008, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by brosken' post='749386' date='Dec 20 2008, 10:22 AM
Hi guys & girls,
I was looking for the equipment I need to do my own programming on the car (getting tired of leaving my car for a day to do a simple thing)
So I found this company that sells it all http://www.haetech.com/products_detail.asp?id=73
Apparantly they can do it for +/- $500 with software & laptop included...
Any thoughts on them or experiences?
Thanks,
Sven
I was looking for the equipment I need to do my own programming on the car (getting tired of leaving my car for a day to do a simple thing)
So I found this company that sells it all http://www.haetech.com/products_detail.asp?id=73
Apparantly they can do it for +/- $500 with software & laptop included...
Any thoughts on them or experiences?
Thanks,
Sven
12-21-2008, 07:49 AM
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Go to bmwecu.org and do some research. With a $15 cable and software downloads from p to p (actual bmw software) you can do your own programming and diagnostics. I have done this myself with my 07' e60.
12-21-2008, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Isay5' post='749758' date='Dec 21 2008, 05:51 AM
I just got quoted $700 "with software".
The total price for the whole package is 1100 USD (792 EUR) + 100$ for shipping.
Just ordered it and should arrive in 5 days...
Considering the retrofits it should keep costs at break even a bit with all the constant recoding costs:
- bi-xenon with adaptive lighting .... coding
- CD Changer retrofit ... coding
- MP3 retrofit ... coding (they still haven't figured it out here on how to do it)
- Rainsensor calibration ... coding
- reset airbag light after removing seat ... coding
- Webasto heater ... coding
- etc..
12-21-2008, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by ukamath' post='749939' date='Dec 21 2008, 10:49 AM
Go to bmwecu.org and do some research. With a $15 cable and software downloads from p to p (actual bmw software) you can do your own programming and diagnostics. I have done this myself with my 07' e60.
Could you PM me on how you did it? Everything went good?
12-21-2008, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by brosken' post='750029' date='Dec 21 2008, 04:24 PM
Correction with the price, the woman gave me the wrong price (only for software+laptop).
The total price for the whole package is 1100 USD (792 EUR) + 100$ for shipping.
Just ordered it and should arrive in 5 days...
Considering the retrofits it should keep costs at break even a bit with all the constant recoding costs:
- bi-xenon with adaptive lighting .... coding
- CD Changer retrofit ... coding
- MP3 retrofit ... coding (they still haven't figured it out here on how to do it)
- Rainsensor calibration ... coding
- reset airbag light after removing seat ... coding
- Webasto heater ... coding
- etc..
The total price for the whole package is 1100 USD (792 EUR) + 100$ for shipping.
Just ordered it and should arrive in 5 days...
Considering the retrofits it should keep costs at break even a bit with all the constant recoding costs:
- bi-xenon with adaptive lighting .... coding
- CD Changer retrofit ... coding
- MP3 retrofit ... coding (they still haven't figured it out here on how to do it)
- Rainsensor calibration ... coding
- reset airbag light after removing seat ... coding
- Webasto heater ... coding
- etc..