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I started a thread a few days ago about the 2017 BMW 330e that I am planning to buy. The only feature missing from the car is Carplay. I have been looking at my options, and it's quite confusing. The three different options that I have seen are Bimmertech, Defined Coding, and various eBay sellers. The confusing thing to me is their prices; Bimmertech is $400 Defined Coding is $200 and The eBay prices range from about $35 to about $100 Here are the questions I have: Why are they all so different? Do they all support full-screen CarPlay? Should eBay be trusted with this considering the unbelievably cheap price? Has anyone done coding to an F30 already with an NBT Evo, how did it go? The only thing that makes me consider the eBay option is the amount sold, and reviews. Almost all of the sellers had great reviews, and one of the sellers had sold over 300 CarPlay retrofits. If the eBay route is legitimate, how is it so cheap in comparison to these other trusted businesses? Thanks! Edit: I'm not actually sure if the exact car I'm looking at comes with CarPlay or not. It's one of those websites that delivers, and some other 2017 330e's are labeled as having CarPlay, but this specific car isn't. It might've just not gotten labeled on the website though, because on Apple's website it says that the 2017 3 series does have CarPlay. |
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I think the 2017 models were capable of carplay due to a more recent NBT. Does the one your looking at have a recent NBT? What's the link to ebay?
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You can also get it directly from BMW. I think there was a thread here awhile ago saying that they are no longer charging for this option and anyone who purchased it before can get a refund. Not sure if that only applies to the newest BMW's but thats what I've been hearing. My 2017 F30 already came with CarPlay when I bought the car so.
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Here is a few links to some of the eBay listings I was looking at: (Although an eBay search reveals A LOT of them) https://www.ebay.com/itm/254126008338 https://www.ebay.com/itm/113983749386 https://www.ebay.com/itm/223298704743 As I said before, I'm having a hard time believing that this is legitimate due to the pricing, but on one of those listings, the seller had sold over 300 of them with good reviews. |
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How does CarPlay work for you? Does your car have the full-screen variant? I wonder in the dealer-installed version is the 2/3 CarPlay or the full screen. I think that the 8.8 inch screen with full-screen Carplay looks stellar! |
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Those eBay listings that I was looking at claim to give full-screen CarPlay. Bimmertech (who I trust) sells a coding file to convert 2/3 to full-screen CarPlay, however like installing Carplay in the first place, so does eBay for a fraction of the price... I just don't see how the eBay route could be legitimate if Bimmertech sells it for so much more. |
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I was able to find the exact same thing on eBay for less than $100! Still expensive IMO, but better than $300... With the money-back guarantee, go for it! If all goes well, Report back the name of the seller! |
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