WiFi antenna Retrofit Apple Car Play

MathewM4 · 07-20-2022, 02:43 PM

Just wondering what everyone used to retrofit Apple Car Play?

OEM or aftermarket?

Please post a link if anyone has a good aftermarket option

OEM part number is 61119278133.

Seems to be quite a few aftermarket options on Amazon etc. Not sure about the quality.

McIntoshMotorSports · 07-20-2022, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MathewM4

Just wondering what everyone used to retrofit Apple Car Play?

OEM or aftermarket?

Please post a link if anyone has a good aftermarket option

OEM part number is 61119278133.

Seems to be quite a few aftermarket options on Amazon etc. Not sure about the quality.

The generic one has worked perfectly for me for over a year with zero issues. Can't comment beyond that but so far don't see a reason why you would need anything else.

Equilibrandt · 07-20-2022, 03:28 PM

I wouldn't be worried about the antenna technology/quality over such a short detection range.

Most vendors that will retrofit and code Apple CarPlay don't even sell you the OEM antenna, iirc. It's some generic 2.4 GHz that they probably get a good markup on.

MathewM4 · 07-20-2022, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Equilibrandt

I wouldn't be worried about the antenna technology/quality over such a short detection range.

Most vendors that will retrofit and code Apple CarPlay don't even sell you the OEM antenna, iirc. It's some generic 2.4 GHz that they probably get a good markup on.

So true, I have dealt with that for years when it comes to my E46 M3.

czub1 · 07-20-2022, 11:12 PM

I wanna upgrade my m3 to. Ive got id4 flashed to newest Version and code hmi Version to 5 but its still hmi id 4. Any idea?

e90m3808 · 07-20-2022, 11:27 PM

I got my OEM antenna from my dealer for $18. The generic one is likely sufficient, but for another $9 I decided the OEM was the right fit for me.

MathewM4 · 07-25-2022, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by czub1

I wanna upgrade my m3 to. Ive got id4 flashed to newest Version and code hmi Version to 5 but its still hmi id 4. Any idea?

https://bimmer-remote.com/

This is what I have decided to go with. I haven't got installed yet .

Alvin Mpower · 07-26-2022, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by McIntoshMotorSports

The generic one has worked perfectly for me for over a year with zero issues. Can't comment beyond that but so far don't see a reason why you would need anything else.

how does this work? you plug this in the you get carplay? This work for 2016MY?

McIntoshMotorSports · 07-26-2022, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Alvin Mpower

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Originally Posted by McIntoshMotorSports

The generic one has worked perfectly for me for over a year with zero issues. Can't comment beyond that but so far don't see a reason why you would need anything else.

how does this work? you plug this in the you get carplay? This work for 2016MY?

Need to plug it in to the head unit and have iD4 coded to iD6 to get Carplay. No other hardware changes are needed to make it work

Alvin Mpower · 07-26-2022, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by McIntoshMotorSports

Need to plug it in to the head unit and have iD4 coded to iD6 to get Carplay. No other hardware changes are needed to make it work

You telling me I can get carplay for 10 bucks? I can code it in bimmercode right?

MathewM4 · 07-26-2022, 05:25 PM

I had my car upgraded earlier today by Kubax86, https://bimmer-remote.com/

Everything works perfect and I can highly recommend this guy. No issues at all.

I used an aftermarket antenna from Amazon and the wifi connection works great.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PFLWY77...roduct_details

McIntoshMotorSports · 07-27-2022, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MathewM4

I had my car upgraded earlier today by Kubax86, https://bimmer-remote.com/

Everything works perfect and I can highly recommend this guy. No issues at all.

I used an aftermarket antenna from Amazon and the wifi connection works great.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PFLWY77...roduct_details

+1 for Kubax. Did mine as well and always super easy to work with.

Alvin Mpower · 08-04-2022, 05:09 AM

I just got my car coded from iD4 to iD6 with CarPlay, plugged the WiFi antenna in, still couldn't establish CarPlay, any ideas? Guys are Bimmer Remote Coding said this antenna is probably bad so I ordered another one, same brand (Bingfu), hopefully that solve the issue. Have anyone else encountered this issue?

sdhasher21 · 08-04-2022, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by McIntoshMotorSports

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Originally Posted by MathewM4

I had my car upgraded earlier today by Kubax86, https://bimmer-remote.com/

Everything works perfect and I can highly recommend this guy. No issues at all.

I used an aftermarket antenna from Amazon and the wifi connection works great.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PFLWY77...roduct_details

+1 for Kubax. Did mine as well and always super easy to work with.

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Originally Posted by McIntoshMotorSports

Quote:

Originally Posted by MathewM4

I had my car upgraded earlier today by Kubax86, https://bimmer-remote.com/

Everything works perfect and I can highly recommend this guy. No issues at all.

I used an aftermarket antenna from Amazon and the wifi connection works great.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PFLWY77...roduct_details

+1 for Kubax. Did mine as well and always super easy to work with.

+2 been working great

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Alvin Mpower Lieutenant 387 Rep 449 Posts Drives: 2016 M4 ZCP Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: RI iTrader: (0)	I just got my car coded from iD4 to iD6 with CarPlay, plugged the WiFi antenna in, still couldn't establish CarPlay, any ideas? Guys are Bimmer Remote Coding said this antenna is probably bad so I ordered another one, same brand (Bingfu), hopefully that solve the issue. Have anyone else encountered this issue? __________________ Current car: 2016 M4 DCT/Competition Pack/Executive Pack/Lighting Pack Previous car: 2017 440i 6MT M-sport/Track Handling/MPPSK/CTS Turbo catted downpipe/BM3 stage 2
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