BMW CD Player

[Juice Box]

Ok, my dad has a 94 BMW 351CI and wants to find a cd player for it. He says his friend went to the BMW dealer and it would cost $1000 for the player and isntallation. I have found a few on ebay, particuallyr the BMW Buisness CD player, I cant remember who makes it though. I wanted to know if anyone knew of a place that might have something like this, and if they could please direct me to it. BTW, it needs to have a black face and an orange display, like the rest of the dash. He doesnt need a tape player anymore, but if it has it, fine i guess. Thanks.

 

[Juice Box]

Bump?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Just have an after market head unit installed. You could get a nice Pioneer for around $200 with remote installed and it would be way better than the POS BMW put in there 10 years ago.

BTW-Did you mean 325Ci? I've never heard of a 351 CI before.

 

[boomdart]

Nakamichi makes a good cd player with orange display...look into them.

Otherwise, forget that stock cd player. Stock cd players are horrible, as Jules mentioned, a Pioneer would be a much better choice (and better than alpine/blaupunkt)

Nakamichi CD Player
Pioneer CD players at awesome prices

 

[Excelsior]

Find one at a salvage yard.

 

[Juice Box]

thats a good point, and yes i meant 325Ci, so, stock is usually terrible huh?

 

[3chordcharlie]

Stock is usually nothing special - it's a cd-player, that's all. And $1000 is insane.

 

[Juice Box]

Well, he hasnt gone to see if it really is 1000, but if anyone knew where i could get that buisness cd player that says BMW on it, like the ones on ebay, but from a real online store, please show me

 

[Gravity]

AFtermarket Eclipse worked for me. You can get a cd/mp3 player for about $300, installed.

 

[Juice Box]

do they have a website?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: digitalsnare
Well, he hasnt gone to see if it really is 1000, but if anyone knew where i could get that buisness cd player that says BMW on it, like the ones on ebay, but from a real online store, please show me

My wife and I had a 1994 325i for a few years and we looked at getting a CD changer for the trunk but they were too expensive. Check Bavarian Auto, they have the Alpine BMW CD changers but IIRC they were like $600. I would just go to a car audio place and have them yank the stock head unit and put a decent Pioneer detachable face CD player in there and forget about the CD changer. You'll have a pretty decent sounding system, better than the stock one anyway. And if you replace those 10 year old paper cone factory speakers it will sound even better.

 

[Juice Box]

Well, he would rather have an in dash cd player rather than a cd changer but I could ask him anyways

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: digitalsnare
Well, he would rather have an in dash cd player rather than a cd changer but I could ask him anyways

I thought he was looking at the overpriced BMW CD changer with the factory stereo. No?

Yes, in dash is the way to go IMO.

 

[Juice Box]

what he really wants is a single in dash cd player, no cd changer involved, but i dunno where to get one thats made to go with his dash look

 

[Juice Box]

Originally posted by: boomdart
Nakamichi makes a good cd player with orange display...look into them.

Otherwise, forget that stock cd player. Stock cd players are horrible, as Jules mentioned, a Pioneer would be a much better choice (and better than alpine/blaupunkt)

Nakamichi CD Player
Pioneer CD players at awesome prices

I checked that first one and it looks good, its just a bit expensive. Is Eay gonna be my only choice here>?