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Finally decided I definitely want this; just ordered parts for arrival Friday, so likely will have it done by next week. Quoted price was $525 for system, $65 for betalink, $300 for new remote (including programming), total at $890+tax. Labor quoted at $160/hr, 3 hours so $480 for labor. Not cheap and I really wanted to do it myself or use an indy, but I really don't want me or my indy to F this up, so hopefully the labor is well spent.

EDIT:
After a couple days, finally got this installed on the 23rd. All is working well; there were some hiccups for the install due to new procedure for the dealer. I'm glad I didn't decide to undertake this myself because I think I would have F'd this up royally. Got a nice BMW CCA discount too—membership basically paid for itself over many times already.