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Old 06-01-10, 08:30 PM
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why wouldn't you just run and aftermarket navi ??? a little sanding and bondo and paint and you make the car kits look stock..
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U don't even need no bondo or sanding fab work.
Old 06-01-10, 09:37 PM
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ok so your stock navi worked and your alpine worked?
which played the music?
Old 06-01-10, 09:47 PM
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wow... less front vents, for some movies... I don't know about all that.
Old 06-01-10, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by AsGs300
ok so your stock navi worked and your alpine worked?
which played the music?
The OP explains it on the post that he mostly used it for movies. The thing is, the screen being that high up there, cops would surely spot it better.
Old 06-02-10, 07:21 PM
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got that part, but.... ahh nevermind!
just something i wouldnt have done!
Old 06-02-10, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by TopRamen
wow... less front vents, for some movies... I don't know about all that.
Back when I had the GS, I drove to LA from the BayArea a few times a month. Helped me on long rides.
Old 06-02-10, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by tom steele
why wouldn't you just run and aftermarket navi ??? a little sanding and bondo and paint and you make the car kits look stock..

Needed to keep the stock navi screen since the climate controls are on there.

Integrating the climate control from a stock non-navi system into mine is something I haven't seen anyone do or knew anything about. This to me was the easiest alternative making it easier to make it back to stock without much trouble.
Old 06-02-10, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by rgarjr
The OP explains it on the post that he mostly used it for movies. The thing is, the screen being that high up there, cops would surely spot it better.
Used it on long car drives for movies, but mostly used it for music around the town. The sound from the stock CD changer to this unit was night and day.
Old 06-03-10, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by maximussp
Needed to keep the stock navi screen since the climate controls are on there.

Integrating the climate control from a stock non-navi system into mine is something I haven't seen anyone do or knew anything about. This to me was the easiest alternative making it easier to make it back to stock without much trouble.
nah, u didnt...pete cksixspeed actually did this. i didnt know till i was halfway through my own build that you CAN on the 2001+ units just replace the climate control assy to a non nav one and pull the whole nav unit. i woulda done this ALONG time ago when my nav ecu fried had i known
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Originally Posted by sakataj
nah, u didnt...pete cksixspeed actually did this. i didnt know till i was halfway through my own build that you CAN on the 2001+ units just replace the climate control assy to a non nav one and pull the whole nav unit. i woulda done this ALONG time ago when my nav ecu fried had i known
NICE We'll I had a 98' so prolly wouldn't have worked huh. Always wanted to grab a 01'. Your stock navi screen was way nicer then mine. Another reason why I was dying to find something else to look at.
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Originally Posted by maximussp
NICE We'll I had a 98' so prolly wouldn't have worked huh. Always wanted to grab a 01'. Your stock navi screen was way nicer then mine. Another reason why I was dying to find something else to look at.
Well, the only think I know for sure is the 01+ can be swapped plug and play because my friend did it and I did it. However, I still don't quite understand why the 98-00 can't be done as well because the non navi climate controls are all the same 98-05. The non navi climate control I used was bought off ebay and was from an earlier year I believe.
Old 06-04-10, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by maximussp
NICE We'll I had a 98' so prolly wouldn't have worked huh. Always wanted to grab a 01'. Your stock navi screen was way nicer then mine. Another reason why I was dying to find something else to look at.
yeah u coulda done the same thing too.

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Well, the only think I know for sure is the 01+ can be swapped plug and play because my friend did it and I did it. However, I still don't quite understand why the 98-00 can't be done as well because the non navi climate controls are all the same 98-05. The non navi climate control I used was bought off ebay and was from an earlier year I believe.
the 1998-2000 can also be done the same way.

hahaha just notice i called you pete in that post above chris, sorry. my bad
Old 06-04-10, 11:31 PM
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Wait, so the stock 01+ Nav/HU can be swapped with a non Nav HU? I don't care about the navigation, just want the touch screen.
Old 06-07-10, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Caoboy
Wait, so the stock 01+ Nav/HU can be swapped with a non Nav HU? I don't care about the navigation, just want the touch screen.
yes but ALOT of time/$ and when i was talking bout that i meant we could go from nav TO non nav to simplify aftermarket add ons


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