Q5 Audi Retrofits ltd - has anybody use them before

Benn Nixon said:

Hi Guys,

Hope your all well, recently picked up 2012 Q5 which I'm super in love with. However, one of my favourites things to do is me and my kids taking long drives and listening to music.

My Q5 has MMI 3G low however music can only be played via SD card or CD Player etc... really want to be able to play music via Bluetooth wireless Ideally via apple car play or something similar, Now after doing my research I have seen that I can get a retrofit to do this.

Found the following company Audi retrofits ltd- who have lots of stuff on there website (including youtube vids) they seem to know their stuff.

Spoken to the guy via Instagram and he says they can do the work pls see link below:

The aftermarket wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto kit is £550 supplied and fitted.

He's asking also for a deposit of £300 pounds to book the car in for an appointment to have this done..(not sure how comfortable I am with sending money, is this normal??)


Wanted to know if anybody from 'myaudiq5' family has used or heard of this company before.

Thanks In Advance guys..

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Benn Nixon said:

Hi Guys,

Hope your all well, recently picked up 2012 Q5 which I'm super in love with. However, one of my favourites things to do is me and my kids taking long drives and listening to music.

My Q5 has MMI 3G low however music can only be played via SD card or CD Player etc... really want to be able to play music via Bluetooth wireless Ideally via apple car play or something similar, Now after doing my research I have seen that I can get a retrofit to do this.

Found the following company Audi retrofits ltd- who have lots of stuff on there website (including youtube vids) they seem to know their stuff.

Spoken to the guy via Instagram and he says they can do the work pls see link below:

The aftermarket wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto kit is £550 supplied and fitted.

He's asking also for a deposit of £300 pounds to book the car in for an appointment to have this done..(not sure how comfortable I am with sending money, is this normal??)


Wanted to know if anybody from 'myaudiq5' family has used or heard of this company before.

Thanks In Advance guys..

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DJAlix said:

Apple CarPlay / andriod auto box is £200 from aliexpress. If you are not confident in fitting then I would ask £45.00. Done loads of these recently. These boxes are all made by the same three companies but people sell them for higher prices with different labels so don’t pay over the odds.

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Blackie said:

Alix

Once you have fitted have you had issues with phones not connecting etc etc.

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DJAlix said:

had one box, on an older RS4, which needed resetting in order to solve a connection issue, otherwise no.

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Blackie said:

Ok cheers

I fitted one and I assume they are all the same but everytime I switch the car on i have to disconnect and reconnect bluetooth for it to work as it also connects to the phone kit

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DJAlix said:

what does your box look like?

1)

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Never had any issues with boxes that look like number 1.

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Blackie said:

Yes the number 1 one mate

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DJAlix said:

Apple CarPlay / andriod auto box is £200 from aliexpress. If you are not confident in fitting then I would ask £45.00. Done loads of these recently. These boxes are all made by the same three companies but people sell them for higher prices with different labels so don’t pay over the odds.

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