Tuesday, May 7, 2019

BMW E39 Stock MID To Navigation Upgrade/Retrofit

Thinking Of Retrofitting Either A 4:3 Navigation Or 16:9 Navigation Display Into Your Vehicle?...Here Are The Steps Involved

First Let Weed Out Some Readers Now
If Your BMW 3 Series E46, 5 Series E39, 7 Series E38, And X5 E53 Series Does Not Have What Is Referred To As “OBC High Guage Cluster” You Can’t Perform The Upgrade “Cleanly” That Is Without Having To Splice Wires Or Having Something Permantantly Or Temporarily Not Work Any More, Unless You Actually Remove The Upper DashBoard And Remove Wires And Cluster From Beginning To End I Have Never Attempted This Method Before So I Cant Give Advice Or Knowledge About Something I’m Unsure Of This Is OBC On Most Older BMW’s Will Have 2 Connectors Where As The OBC All Have 3 Connectors And OBC High Cluster Is REQUIRED When Installing A Nav You Can’t Have A Factory Installed Navigation System And Not Have OBC High