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Old 08-27-15, 05:42 PM
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Default Center dash swap 08 to 09+

Hey CL, just joined the club 2 days ago got a 08 mercury silver. loving the car so far but I'm curious if the gray center panel in the 08s (piece with all the radio/nav controls) can be swapped to the glossy black ones in 09+ Fs, they look to be the same layout and size. Anybody attempted this or even better found a estimate/price on this swap?

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If you do it, you're gonna have to get a 09+ center vent too as the curve of the 08 is different. Just a heads up...
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ah so it would be a much more complicated swap than just replacing the plastics... didn't notice the vents were different
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Originally Posted by nks979
Hey CL, just joined the club 2 days ago got a 08 mercury silver. loving the car so far but I'm curious if the gray center panel in the 08s (piece with all the radio/nav controls) can be swapped to the glossy black ones in 09+ Fs, they look to be the same layout and size. Anybody attempted this or even better found a estimate/price on this swap?

Thanks in advance guys.
I've wanted to do this too. The grey center panel is awful. Pity this isn't easy.
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I'm in for an answer on this. Was thinking of upgrading it to CF but I like the 09+ layout more
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Originally Posted by Quadrphnia
I've wanted to do this too. The grey center panel is awful. Pity this isn't easy.
the look between the 2 is night and day honestly, but at least they greyish/silver panel is tolerable with a mercury metallic exterior haha - it just looks like a bad attempt to match instead of a cheap cost cutter panel
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Originally Posted by lolfunxion
I'm in for an answer on this. Was thinking of upgrading it to CF but I like the 09+ layout more
guess you could wrap it also, wonder how much it would cost to get an exact match to the CF on the shifter console and doors
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Originally Posted by nks979
guess you could wrap it also, wonder how much it would cost to get an exact match to the CF on the shifter console and doors
There's a vendor that does it here, prices are fairly reasonable if iirc
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Originally Posted by nks979
the look between the 2 is night and day honestly, but at least they greyish/silver panel is tolerable with a mercury metallic exterior haha - it just looks like a bad attempt to match instead of a cheap cost cutter panel
True enough! It's just so damn Camry looking.
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Originally Posted by lolfunxion
There's a vendor that does it here, prices are fairly reasonable if iirc
thats great to hear, you know the name/company they rep by chance?
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