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Looks great! How much did this cost? Thanks
I'm tech savvy but didn't have the time to learn all the details regarding what parts I needed, where to find them, and how to configure them, so decided I'd go with a kit, and looked at infotainment and 4D Tech, got sticker shock and put off doing the upgrade. Their price for my selected options is $2,300.

Some time later browsing this site and seeing this thread I decided to send a PM to HextallS550
and his quote for the same kit options was $970 lower, which triggered the "Too Good to be True" alert in me, but after a reading a few good reviews I decided to place the order.

In addition to the MAJOR price advantage, the Hextall550 kit uses a genuine Ford GPS antenna, and although I don't know what the after-sales support is like with the other suppliers, I doubt its as good as what I experienced.
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Thanks @1004ron

One thing I’d like to mention, as I’ve received quite a few PMs about problems with other company’s kits, is that we do NOT sell APIMs older than 2018 and I NEVER install hacked software from the Internet.

When you purchase from me what you will receive is an APIM that’s been flashed in the same manner as the cars are flashed in Flat Rock.

Just this week I’ve seen 3 2019 owners that were sent 2016 or 2017 APIMs with the repartition hack. These cars are NOT meant to run older APIMs with 3.2+ software.

If a DIY customer wishes to install this software that’s fine. But as a trusted vendor I will NOT sell you guys any of that garbage.

I don’t give a f@*k what internet experts or “performance engineers” say. There’s one way to do this right and that’s the way I do it for my customers.
 
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As I've been saying for a couple years, no one, and I mean no one, can @HextallS550 for this upgrade. I have documented here many times what great service he's given me; and others have experienced the same.

For the life of me, I truly cannot comprehend why anyone would go with someone else for this.
 

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When I got the new system up and running I thought to myself, the audio sounds better, but knowing that I'm still using the old Audio Control Module I told myself that I'm imagining it.

Then a few days later my wife commented that the audio quality is a whole lot better, so that leads me to ask here if and how that's possible.
 
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When I got the new system up and running I thought to myself, the audio sounds better, but knowing that I'm still using the old Audio Control Module I told myself that I'm imagining it.

Then a few days later my wife commented that the audio quality is a whole lot better, so that leads me to ask here if and how that's possible.
My configuration data.
 

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Is it normal that I'm able to turn on my stereo (by pressing the power button on the stereo) even with the car turned off and I don't have the key on me? Or does this indicate a problem in the way I installed it?
 

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Is it normal that I'm able to turn on my stereo (by pressing the power button on the stereo) even with the car turned off and I don't have the key on me? Or does this indicate a problem in the way I installed it?
Normal.
 

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Well, I reached out to Sam @ hellhorse yesterday and showed him pictures, and he said he will send me out an APIM and screen to swap over. I work for FedEx, and was able to verify in our systems the same day we spoke it was dropped at fedex. We will see, but no complaints on that service.
damn I bought the same upgrade from hellhorse and now I'm scared that the same thing might happen to me.
 

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damn I bought the same upgrade from hellhorse and now I'm scared that the same thing might happen to me.
I mean, when i spoke to them on the phone Sam was super apologetic and overnited me a new APIM and screen. All is well. Screen is installed programmed and looks great.
 
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I mean, when i spoke to them on the phone Sam was super apologetic and overnited me a new APIM and screen. All is well. Screen is installed programmed and looks great.
But what did they actually sell you?
 

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You know i dont know what was sold, but to stand behind and the same day a complaint is made you overnite a new unit. Is ok by me. Now it has 0 issues and everythings works correctly.
 

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Sorry not sure how to search the 142 pages of this thread. I have a 2016 GT Premium with Sync 3 / Navigation / HD Radio. Do I need to purchase any hardware to get Android Auto / Apple CarPlay?

I found this Ford media release which says a software update brings AA / ACP to 2016MY cars. I tried to update SYNC 3 myself but keep getting the message "This software update may only be applied to vehicles not equipped with navigation." I'm not sure why my Ford account downloads the non-navigation update to USB - maybe I need to delete some of the several files included (SyncMyRide folder has 7 files)? WiFi updates don't work of course...

https://media.ford.com/content/ford...tware-update-apple-android-2016-vehicles.html
 
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Sorry not sure how to search the 142 pages of this thread. I have a 2016 GT Premium with Sync 3 / Navigation / HD Radio. Do I need to purchase any hardware to get Android Auto / Apple CarPlay?

I found this Ford media release which says a software update brings AA / ACP to 2016MY cars. I tried to update SYNC 3 myself but keep getting the message "This software update may only be applied to vehicles not equipped with navigation." I'm not sure why my Ford account downloads the non-navigation update to USB - maybe I need to delete some of the several files included (SyncMyRide folder has 7 files)? WiFi updates don't work of course...

https://media.ford.com/content/ford...tware-update-apple-android-2016-vehicles.html
You need the later media hub mentioned in the first post. No “programming” is needed.
 

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Ok I did some more research and trying with Forscan. I cleared now U0238, B10B5 and B10B6 but I have still the two solar sensor error.
Can anybody help me with these?

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