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Old Feb 19, 2014 | 12:53 AM
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Hi, anyone here order or have their W204 2013+(I'm assuming) equipped with the Drive Kit Plus for the iphone? I traded in my 2011 C300 Iridium over ash w sport pak for a 2014 C250 Dolomite(tired of seeing silver everywhere) over Mocha(absolutely love this color combo) with sport pak and prem1. Reason why I ask is my car is equipped and prewired for the Becker map pro and the media interface.. over $500 of redundancy especially when the Becker map pro is a additional $600 from the dealer for the module and you can just order DKP and have a much better integrated system in your vehicle basically your smart phone(iphone) on display on your dashboard interface with GPS, ipod, text, apps, email etc., etc.,. I feel gypped here lol! I guess thats what happens when you don't order your vehicle! Anyways I'd love to hear from anyone with the DKP, your thoughts opinions are appreciated as I'm mulling over the extra cost on having the dealer install retrofit the DKP.

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Old Feb 19, 2014 | 04:25 PM
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Drive kit plus is rarely installed as a factory option, I think. I was considering getting it for the nav, but the install would be pretty expensive.
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Old Feb 19, 2014 | 07:16 PM
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I've researched this extensively and haven't found many who have done the DKP yet. I'm also not positive it has actually been released for iPhone 5 yet. I was considering the same thing. I am actually going to look at a 2013 prewired for Becker as I type. The thing keeping me away from the DKP is the $500 install price tag.
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Old Feb 19, 2014 | 07:18 PM
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yeah... thanks for the reply, i found that out today.. close to $500 for installation plus cost of unit.
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Old Feb 19, 2014 | 07:22 PM
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the reason for all the confusion for iphone 5 and the DKP was the lighting connector which can be easily remedied with a $20 30pin to lightning adapter - so i was told at least.
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