I'll be picking up my car in a few days and I'm looking to retrofit it for android auto. The dealer offered to do it for 1000, and thats still an option I have (tho the dealer is in MA and I'm on the other side of NY so not entirely a 'local dealer support' situation)

I've done some digging on the forums but I can't seem to locate any links to actual products that can be bought to do this...

I did find this online; Wireless CarPlay and AndroidAuto Integration for Mercedes E-Class 2012-2015 (W212) – GTA Car Kits (and its youtube video related to it shows the install, which isn't too insane of an install).

Any suggestions? Not sure i want to peel apart the dash ENTIRELY by myself OR that I want to go the route of spending 1000$ with the dealer to do it when they wont be local enough for me to just drive in and have them fix it if there's an issue.

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I’ve sorta been looking into Carplay and here are what I believe our options.
1. get the Carplay/Android Auto module which utilizes the original screen.
2. get the tablet style screen kit that’s available. I typically am not a fan of these as I’ve always liked the more integrated style, but I gotta say these actually don’t look half bad and because the style of the W212 dash this kit looks a little more integrated than some of the oem racked on screens.
3. I guess if you have a 2016 (maybe earlier ones as well if you upgrade NTG modules), you can upgrade to oem carplay/AA, but I never found anything definitive on this and the newer NTG modules aren’t cheap even used on EBay.


At this point I’m still unsure which route I’d go, probably 1 or 2, but fwiw dash parts removal is pretty simple, I wouldn’t let that stop you. That center dash trim comes out in like 30 seconds.