[razvanx77]

Hey guys, I recently got a '20 BMW X5 45e. It's a great car, but has less features than my '21 X3. Therefore I'm thinking about retrofitting:
- Rear AC climate controls
- Gesture Control
- Automated Steering.

For the Rear Ac Climate controls, to my understanding, I need the control unit, wiring and coding.

for the gesture control, I need the whole lights unit with the Camera and wiring

for automated steering, I guess I would need to change the left buttons on the steering wheel with another module that has the automated steering as well + some coding I guess. My car has ACC and lane assist, I guess no other extra module needed?

Any information and correction to what I just mentioned is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[mlurker]

Originally Posted by razvanx77

Hey guys, I recently got a '20 BMW X5 45e. It's a great car, but has less features than my '21 X3. Therefore I'm thinking about retrofitting:
- Rear AC climate controls
- Gesture Control
- Automated Steering.

For the Rear Ac Climate controls, to my understanding, I need the control unit, wiring and coding.

for the gesture control, I need the whole lights unit with the Camera and wiring

for automated steering, I guess I would need to change the left buttons on the steering wheel with another module that has the automated steering as well + some coding I guess. My car has ACC and lane assist, I guess no other extra module needed?

Any information and correction to what I just mentioned is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

For the 3rd feature - if your camera on the top of windshield has 1 camera, that means you have to replace it to 3 cameras system + install sensors in bumpers, potentially additional hardware + coding.

[E91toG05]

None of these could possibly be worth the headache. Especially the gesture control - it’s a silly gimmick.

[mlurker]

A risky option, but might be worth mentioning: there are quite a lot of BMW shops focused on modifying cars located in Eastern Europe: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia with a reasonable price tag.

[eelnoraa]

Originally Posted by E91toG05

None of these could possibly be worth the headache. Especially the gesture control - it’s a silly gimmick.

Yes gesture control is useless. It does things wrong more often than right. After initial cool factor, you have mine disabled.

[mlurker]

Originally Posted by eelnoraa

Yes gesture control is useless. It does things wrong more often than right. After initial cool factor, you have mine disabled.

I find it particularly convenient to use gesture control with my right hand while steering with only left one. Minimum issues recognizing gestures.

[eelnoraa]

Maybe it is LCI thing, with preLCI, there is nothing I cannot do between steering bottoms and bottom easily reachable by right hand of it needs to come off from
Steering, that gesture can do.