Retrofit Apple CarPlay for 2014 rx450h

[JT1971]

Hi all

I would like to retrofit apple CarPlay to my 2014 rx450h. I have found a place in Nottingham who can but I’m in Essex. Does anybody know if there are options in the south east?

[Wesley2024]

I use a little dongle from amazon in my UX. Works perfectly. Amlexxen £49. 

[Herbie]

Do it yourself, it's easy enough.

I fitted my own Grom Vline 2 unit in my 2018 RX450h and had it done start to finish in under two hours.

I've finally admitted defeat with the Grom though, which is really a shame because it always felt like it was about 95% perfect and just one last little push would make it superb. Sadly, that little push never really came. They fixed one thing but that broke something else, and the unit has never really fulfilled its promised potential.

Within the next week or two I'm going to remove it and replace it with an Lsailt unit that I bought secondhand, the original owner of which said that it's been perfect in every way (he's selling due to changing cars).

This video shows what's involved but honestly, it's well within the scope of a competent DIYer:

 

 

[Herbie]

1 minute ago, Wesley2024 said:

I use a little dongle from Amazon in my UX. Works perfectly. Amlexxen £49. 

Your car has factory-fitted CarPlay and given that price, I reckon it's just a wifi dongle.

Jonathan's 2014 car and my 2018 car don't have CarPlay at all, so we have to buyCarPlay/Android Auto units first before needing wifi. I think the BeatSonic in the video is around £300 and my Grom Vline 2 was about £530.