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Originally Posted by New5Series
I just ordered one myself, $150 with a cyber Monday deal. I was planning on going with the BMW Advanced Car Eye Pro 3.0 (ACE 3.0) that’s manufactured for BMW by the Korean company Thinkware so as not to have any warranty issues in the future. I stopped into two dealerships, one quoted $2,100 for the camera and installation and another was $1,890. 
Joe-BMW33 How is yours holding up, have you ever had any problems with it? I really like the OEM look and feel but I’ve read some users run into an issue where the Fitcam mysteriously loses minutes of footage. I also read that it has a tendency to get extremely hot to the touch and overheat to the point where it stops working. |
I have the BMW ACE 3.0 Pro dealer installed. Those quotes seem excessive for the labor. Here is the breakdown of my cost without BMW Card points used:
Camera with rear $639.99
Install/ Labor $839.00 (3 hours)
I used points from my BMW credit card. The point earnings on the card are great.
Camera with rear $0
Install/labor $381.00
I have a Nextbase in my Explorer. I would give the nighttime video on this camera the best band for the buck.
The ACE 3.0 Pro is more user friendly and is a very clean install with constant power integrated into the cars electric system. This is great for radar, g sensor and continuos video driving or while parked. Voice command for pics or video is great for this camera and the system rear camera fits the rear window with automatic sunshade.
Very happy with this.