alanmacc 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2011 Ok so I am going to ask a really stupid question here if you buy a Jap import car, 525i year 2005 to upgrade the sat nav is it just a case of installing the latest NZ disk or does this need a total rest by the factory, the garage said a ball park figure of $2500 to do it but that seemed a tad steep. I know that you would suggest just buy NZ new rather than import but import does have the distinct price advantage ..... Ta in advance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
318Touring 40 Report post Posted April 5, 2011 Do a search here. It's not as straight forward as that unless it's a Singaporean car. These cars are getting quite ridiculously complicated where the factory 'configured' the car to where it'd end up. Replacing components on the car might include a re-programming which where the car's configuration is called up. If a car finds itself in a country different to where it was originally sent to, the re-programming might fail. If re-programming fails ........ You really don't want to find yourself in this situation. Ask around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt45 1 Report post Posted April 5, 2011 http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=35097 Look there Don't expect a $500 solution. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanmacc 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2011 http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=35097 Look there Don't expect a $500 solution. "Cough cough" almost choked there 2 grand holy sh*t, maybe the $2500 was not far off the mark, some good negotiation me thinks is called for Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt45 1 Report post Posted April 5, 2011 "Cough cough" almost choked there 2 grand holy sh*t, maybe the $2500 was not far off the mark, some good negotiation me thinks is called for The hardware does not come cheap and the coding can't be done by ur average pirate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanmacc 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2011 The hardware does not come cheap and the coding can't be done by ur average pirate. Damn BMW's if only i didn't like them as much ......... cheers for the feedback guys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1039 Report post Posted April 6, 2011 "Cough cough" almost choked there 2 grand holy sh*t, maybe the $2500 was not far off the mark, some good negotiation me thinks is called for Its a lot cheaper than it use to be ... the e46 cost 4k to do when I did it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
