Swapping 4th Gen to 5th Gen nav units
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benbuilt4u, my hats off to you for pulling this off. I must admit, I am quite savvy when it comes to this sort of stuff but in this case, the cost to benefit just does not make sense for me. Lots of work for not lots of improvement but of course that is my opinion. It almost makes more sense to sell the 06 and buy an 07 or 08 but of course not may be less reasonable too
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idk.....from reading over Ben's post about his swap, doesnt seem like all that much work. Get the 5th generation nav, pretty which is much plug n play. Buying the wiring harness is the biggest pain. I believe this would be fairly easily job for someone who knows what they are doing...am I wrong?
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Ben, once I have the new navigation unit I know it will fit in the same spot with no modification. Can you link me to somewhere that show what I connection I have to do?
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benbuilt4u, my hats off to you for pulling this off. I must admit, I am quite savvy when it comes to this sort of stuff but in this case, the cost to benefit just does not make sense for me. Lots of work for not lots of improvement but of course that is my opinion. It almost makes more sense to sell the 06 and buy an 07 or 08 but of course not may be less reasonable too
idk.....from reading over Ben's post about his swap, doesnt seem like all that much work. Get the 5th generation nav, pretty which is much plug n play. Buying the wiring harness is the biggest pain. I believe this would be fairly easily job for someone who knows what they are doing...am I wrong?
there is no link i used alldata wiring diagrams my extensive knowledge of electrical systems and patience and it works flawless day in and day out. for the 07 though it will be pretty much plug and play so no real wiring involved
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gotcha! Well I am def not in the 2 percent. However im curious if I have all the parts and supplied them to a shop that specializes in audio that they would be able to pull off this feat!
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It's not hard per se, just a lot of annoying time consuming work.... ripping basically whole interior out, etc..
Now, wonder if it's possible to retrofit ML to a Non-ML car. Not that I am doing it as I am going to sell my car but I wonder how big a swap that would be?
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LOL It was easier than getting an S54 to work in an E30
It's not hard per se, just a lot of annoying time consuming work.... ripping basically whole interior out, etc..
Now, wonder if it's possible to retrofit ML to a Non-ML car. Not that I am doing it as I am going to sell my car but I wonder how big a swap that would be?
It's not hard per se, just a lot of annoying time consuming work.... ripping basically whole interior out, etc..
Now, wonder if it's possible to retrofit ML to a Non-ML car. Not that I am doing it as I am going to sell my car but I wonder how big a swap that would be?
yes there are some talented installers out there. hopefully there your freind because i wouldnt want the bill after he spends 20 hours doing the first one. after that though he should be able to do them in 5 hours
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How would this be possible in 06 GS 430,playing music from phone via tape deck converter ....also the real reason I want is for the Vaistech Android integration
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i was seriously contemplating doing this conversion but i think i'm going to just replace the HU with an ipod mini and then relocate the HU to the center console so i can still have HVAC controls.
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