Apple carplay indash recommendations

[Sammi2good]

Hello i am an owner of a 2013 cmax hybrid sel and I want to upgrade my radio to have apple carplay on the screen. Do you have any recommendations? 

[homestead]

Kits are sold on amazon & ebay.  Some mechanical/technical expertise required.

Good Luck

[takingittothemax]

You'll have to do a Sync 2 to Sync 3 swap. As Homestead mentioned youll have to watch some videos to see how to remove the dash pieces and install the equipment.

[cr08]

As the others have alluded to, the recommended option by most is doing a Sync 3 upgrade. If your C-Max already has the 8" touch screen, it makes such an upgrade super easy. You can look around on the usual sources like Ebay and Amazon and such. Many sell pre-programmed kits with everything you need and it is 99% plug and play and retains all factory features. Depending on whether you get factory nav or not (the built in factory nav is NOT required for using CarPlay or AA with their own nav apps like Waze/Google Maps/etc) will affect the price but you can expect numbers around $500-$700 on average. Sync 3 is a lot more stable and performant than Sync 2/MyFord Touch and you get the bonus of CarPlay and Android Auto.

 

If yours has the smaller 4" non-touch unit, it'll be a bit more involved as a different wiring harness and dash components are needed to start. I'm not familiar enough with this particular upgrade path to give you specifics and those selling Sync 3 upgrade kits don't usually offer the extra parts needed to do a 4" to 8" upgrade.