Colobimmer

Hi all, first post here.
I recently came into possession of a wrecked 2010 LCI 5 series. I have a 08 LCI 528 currently, and I am wondering what the process would be to retrofit a CIC with nav to a non-nav car. I know I need an updated controller, screen, gps antennae and wiring, and the usb wiring and port. Is there anything else I need besides coding? I keep seeing something about an emulator needed to run CIC as well, or switching around cabling on the CIC unit.

habbyguy

Make sure that you're going to be impressed enough with the (outdated) navigation capabilities of the BMW system before going to TOO much trouble. I've never bothered chasing getting nav enabled in any of the cars I've owned simply because it's going to be way, way short of the nav capability of my 'droid phone. Basically, it would be great to have built-in nav, but I wouldn't be willing to go to any great lengths to get it working.

y0itzflip

you do not need emulator but you will need to do some coding to activate navi without emulator. it is an upgrade from CCC and good insurance because the CCC units always die. but like previous poster said the cic navi is still old as well as the tech. I did do a cic retrofit but never bothered to activate navi. I just did a cic apple carplay box and so much happier than I would have ever been with the cic navigation in 2022