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New Owner of a 2012 X3 / List of Upgrades?
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com I spent several hours yesterday scouring this forum and starting to make a list of stuff I need/want to improve. Let me know if there's something I should add to this list! 1. Unfortunately, I have the halogen headlights. I wish researched this before buying the car. Seems like a Xenon upgrade will be a nightmare? Not sure if it's still the same situation, as some of the posts here are couple years old. Hoping a local light/audio shop has some experience with this. Any suggestions would be appreciated! 2. There's a parking brake error. I want to try to troubleshoot it myself, so I'm going with BimmerLink with OBDlink to see if it's something I can solve. Never used this product before...so hope it's kinda straight forward. 3. The rims that came on these were pretty ugly. It has 235/55/17 tires. Any suggestions for good rims? Color of the car is Deep Sea Blue. 4. Rear Backup Camera. This thing didn't come with one, and I've gotten pretty used to relying on one. It didn't come with proximity sensors too. Can't believe these weren't standard...even in 2012! I imagine aftermarket proximity sensors might be tricky? Would appreciate any recommendations on backup camera! That's about it so far. Would love to know if there's something that should be on my radar. |
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Link off of Amazon for the exact one I got: CarlinKit Wireless CarPlay Retrofit kit for BMW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Series NBT System 2014 to 2016, Support iOS 13 to 15.1, airPlay, Multi-Window Screen, Rear View, Wireless Carplay Box, Wired Android Auto https://a.co/d/2HMTtoN Tailgaters Black Tailgate Backup Reverse Handle with Camera for BMW X1 X3 X4 X5 F30 F31 F34 F07 F10 F11 F25 F26 E84,530I/536Li/335i/328i/335i/320i/330i/X1/520Li (B= 164x48mm) https://a.co/d/723X7Xg - Hope this helps!
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There are some higher lumen Halogen bulbs available to improve the lighting with the stock headlights. Not a night and day difference, but still a nice boost in usable light output. I've used them on several vehicles that take a H7 with great success. Ultra High Output Vosla (H9 burner on H7 base) 65-watt, 2100-lumen vs the stock 55-watt, 1500 lumen. Just don't use LED bulbs in those Halogen reflectors |
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Yeah, I might have to go that way. I'm just surprised cause about 10 years ago, I did a halogen to xenon conversion for my mazda3 at a local shop, and I remember it wasn't so bad for the car. I'm hoping this shouldn't be too complicated for a custom shop! |
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10-23-2022, 08:26 AM | #7 |
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Depending on what media system/screen you have you would want to look into adding either an aftermarket MultiMedia Interface (MMI) box or a Android based replacement screen. Then you could tie in a backup camera into that.
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Have any suggestions for an MMI? Also, I notice these things usually have options for a camera. Do you know if they have options to add parking sensors? |
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