switch bose cd for bose nav?

[tabney0315]

I have been think about what i want to do with my radio situation, after reading all morning on aftermarket upgrades and how difficult its going to be, i think it not a good idea at te monent.

Then i came across the pic on the left

i want that hu in place of the head unit on the right.

if any body has ideas or comments, it would be greatly appreciated.

[CadillacSTS2003]

thus far i am the only one to do a successful conversion of that HU into any non equipped car especially the Eldo
for some reason the nav radio will not work on most Eldos idk why but it worked on my 97 before i bought my 03 STS and installed it into that
that said again search as its not a plug and play upgrade and even if you had a dev or 98+sev which the radio was made to work on it also requires extensive rewiring in order to make it function

[tabney0315]

how much did that conversion cost, and how for the nav hu

[tabney0315]

also do u know were to buy one of these, or have any serial number/ item/ part number i can work wiht

[Warmarshall2nd]

I have a GPS unit mounted in the glove compartment door. Works great.... Still working on the looks...

[CadillacSTS2003]

ebay has the unit
i can fab you up the harness
conversion all depends on prices of parts
the unit new from GM is 3-4k

[tabney0315]

sts2003 i have read that u are realiable and can make the harness. so ur say that u have put that nav HU in a eldo. i understand that it will be difficult.
also would ut be better to install a aftermarket dvd nav, or that oem nav?

[Warmarshall2nd]

If you mean install it as the HU, go with OEM. But if you're just looking to install a stand-alone DVD/NAV elsewhere in the car, I'd go with that. The trick is making it look good. I posted a picture of what I did with a Garmin GPS unit in my car. I'm about to post what I did this morning. Here's the link...

http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...ng-look-4.html (Updating the 'Look')

CadillacSTS2003 knows his stuff, as far as I'm concerned. If you've got the money, skills and compatible system, I'd go with the HU NAV, definitely.

[CadillacSTS2003]

i offer no guarantees it will work in the Eldo
it worked fine in mine but on another Eldo it wouldnt work and on N*s STS (same as eldo) he upgraded to the bose system (took him a lot of time and effort) and hes having problems installing the unit

i do guarantee the harness to be 100% fine and there are many people who have upgraded to the units with my help and love them

[chazglenn3]

One of Jason's happy harness owners here!

[carguyshu]

if you want one of those nav units I have an extra one in mint condition with the GPS Navigation Disc for $400, which is way cheaper than you could get one on ebay. I have pics of it hooked up and working that I can send you if you are interested.