Fitting another Nissan navigation in a 370z?

brancky3

I was curious if it was possible to fit a navigation unit from another Nissan model into the 370z? It looks like the main plug is the same, but there are two of them? I truly hate the look of most aftermarket units so I'm hoping this has a chance of working

Here is the unit I am wondering about 2013 Sentra navigation

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brancky3

After looking at the wiring diagrams the only difference is that the navigation unit has extra pins - one for ground, two for can-h and can-l, and one for speed sensor. I can add a pin for ground, but what would happen without the can wires? I'm fairly certain the speed wire wouldn't be necessary.

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Fountainhead

Please don't take this the wrong way, you may be the first but a few people have tried fitting 370Z Navi into Non Navi cars, and they have all given up. I'd advise against it unless you can get a refund on the radio if it doesn't work out. I would go Aftermarket instead. *If your car doesn't have Nissan Navi already.

brancky3

Base model here. I would never try to fit the factory 370z navigation for obvious reasons with it being a completely different unit. The rest of the Nissan line up uses a double din unit so it SEEMS like it would be easier; however, I'm not sure what nightmare might lie ahead

In the VW world where I come from basically all units are plug and play save for adding a GPS antenna. I'm hoping that the difference in the CAN wiring is something simple like for communication with the Sirius tuner assuming it's not built in.

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bigaudiofanat

OP please search next time this has been asked countless times. It is not easy and not worth the hassle of all the parts needed.

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brancky3

Maybe I'm searching for the wrong thing, I found zero threads about this - all I've found were questions about the 370z navigation retrofit which would cost $4-6k lol.

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Jayhovah

AKAIK you are heading into uncharted territory trying to use a unit from a different model... Seems like you could be on to something. That being said, aftermarket NAV is really good and easily installed but hey - if its what you want I say give it a go and let us know how it works out!

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bigaudiofanat

Here are a few

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Regardless whether it is a nissan nav or another models nav if it's the stock models they are not worth the work or effort to get to work.

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DeEePiDDy

BigAudio.. That's not the question the OP is asking.
He's asking if it's possible to take a Double Din Nav head unit from a DIFFERENT Nissan say.. a Sentra... And install it in the double din slot of a base 370z.

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kenchan

by that time aftermarket will be nicer. i dont get the op not liking aftermarket nav. there are some real nice ones out there (if searched. )
if one was to put an aftermarket nav in the top cubby area then that's another story. i agree that factory looks better in that situation.

DeEePiDDy

I agree. However that wasn't the exact question. My daily driver is a 13 Juke Nismo with Nav and I do wonder if I could take the head unit out of my Juke and put it in my Z without any real issue...


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bigaudiofanat

He could still bump one of those threads as it's on the general topic and along the same lines as the others.

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brancky3

We just bought a 2014.5 Juke Nismo with the updated Nissan Connect unit, it's awesome. I know that one won't fit, but after test driving a 2014 Juke with the older unit (I assume same as yours) it made me think it should fit pretty easily. Please test for the sake of the community

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brancky3

I know aftermarket units have much better features but I can't stand having to use the touchscreen to change functions (ie hitting menu to get home, then pressing nav, radio, etc. I want hard buttons like oem units have)

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Fountainhead

Hey Branky3,
The big diff between VW and the Nissan is the VW all use Euro type Industry standard plugs, one for Spkrs, and One for everything else, in a big black connector. I'm not sure what the pin out is and what connector is used on that Sentra Navi unit. I've looked at a lot of VW and they all take the same basic connector for spkr/power, but I'm not sure about the Nissan variants. Might want to look into the Metra/Scosche type adapters for Nissan 370Z and see what the pinout is on those and get the same info for the Scosche/Metra on the Sentra. That's the first thing that comes to mind.