Retrofit possibilities
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Hi People,
Going to join the club of E60 owners in a few days after being a faithful E39 owner, and I've already been checking out what can be retrofitted.
Here's a few official BMW retrofit options:
There are of course some non "official" retrofit options such as:
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Please add as you can find others, I'll update this topic with relevant links to their retrofit pages or forum posts if available along with the average price and difficulty.
Sven
Going to join the club of E60 owners in a few days after being a faithful E39 owner, and I've already been checking out what can be retrofitted.
Here's a few official BMW retrofit options:
- Gearshift knobs
- Steering wheel (heated)
- M Kit sports suspension
- Handbrake handle (wood/chrome)
- Pedals in steel
- Alloy rims (duh)
- Rearview mirror (electrochrome)
- Rear view mirror with compass
- Rear Spoiler
- Interior trim (wood/aluminium)
- Armrest front (movable)
- Illuminated door sills
- Umbrella+holder
- M Aerodynamic kit/spoiler
- M Foot rest (next to pedals)
- M door sills
- Sun shield in back (mechanical?)
- Rear view mirror with compass/garage door opener
- Seat belt holder
- Headlight cleaning system
- Bi-Xenon headlights
- Adaptive headlights
- Auxiliary heating system w. Remote control
- CD Changer
- Alarm System
- DVD System for rear passengers
- TV Function
- Aux connector for audio
- Navigation Professional (big screen)
- DVB-T
- Ipod connection
- PDC regular version
- PDC Camera's rear/front
- PDC cheap version (license plate)
- Towing hitch
- Bluetooth
- Car phone professional
- Voice input
- Hands free cradle
There are of course some non "official" retrofit options such as:
- Comfort seats (if you have the time, stamina, money and balls of steel)
)Please add as you can find others, I'll update this topic with relevant links to their retrofit pages or forum posts if available along with the average price and difficulty.
Sven
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Originally Posted by AlexFW' post='603226' date='Jun 15 2008, 09:56 PM
You can retrofit everything: the problem is only the cost .
Would be kinda silly to retrofit your car with comfort access and dynamic drive, that would cost you a lot of money + having to strip your whole car practically.
Another thing is the average cost of a particular retrofit, it's rarely known and can help you decide on whether to do it or not
ie: there's a lot of talk about the usb retrofit, but do we know how much it costs partwise & labour and can we do it ourselves?
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Originally Posted by brosken' post='603297' date='Jun 16 2008, 12:38 AM
That's true, but I'm talking about do-able retrofits.
Would be kinda silly to retrofit your car with comfort access and dynamic drive, that would cost you a lot of money + having to strip your whole car practically.
Would be kinda silly to retrofit your car with comfort access and dynamic drive, that would cost you a lot of money + having to strip your whole car practically.
If you could be able to find those parts on eBay ... At your dealership they would cost ?4000 so it can't be done
You are right, yes, some retrofit are very difficult to do .
Another thing is the average cost of a particular retrofit, it's rarely known and can help you decide on whether to do it or not
ie: there's a lot of talk about the usb retrofit, but do we know how much it costs partwise & labour and can we do it ourselves?
Dension Gateway 500 ?350 or ?7-800 with BMW parts (ACM+Aux+US
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My Ride: BMW E60 525dA 11-2004 Silver
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...
Originally Posted by MatyB' post='603496' date='Jun 16 2008, 08:50 AM
How about retro fitting it into a E39......now that's retro
Anybody wanna try?
