Attn: Veteran Installers- Help with 2008 Infiniti G35!

[mikey7182 10+ year member]

I'm about to start on a 2008 G35 Sedan install. The customer wants to do a double DIN unit in the dash and a few headrest monitors, etc. Not my usual install, but oh well. I am having a hard time finding a dash kit for the car though. It's got the factory BOSE stereo, which he is leaving in there for now, and has the cd slot down by the A/C controls with the display screen up between the two A/C vents, but it is not Nav. I am curious what options I have. My idea was to either replace the stock screen with a double DIN unit, if a kit is available (don't really want to make one and the car is a lease so I can't use the factory one) or replace the area where the cd slot is with a single DIN dvd player, if I can somehow tap into the stock monitor to use as the display. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Mike

here is a pic of the dash:

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[mdillon 10+ year member]

ask him if he will clean sweep it or 3sixty.somethin

 

[the727kid 10+ year member]

Well I know with the old models you had to order a custom dash piece from Japan.

 

[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

daamn. looks sexy. Keep the stock look.

why not an LOC?

will that work? OR am I too old school?

 

[mikey7182 10+ year member]

The problem is he doesn't want to replace any of the speakers, add an amp/sub, etc. He just wants an in dash that plays movies and possibly does Nav. So I need to find a dash kit for the car, and nobody seems to make one. I've even looked online for Japanese stuff and can't find anything there either. The car is a lease so I can't mod is stock one. I'm just hoping there is a dash kit out there somewhere along with a wire harness that will allow me to interface with the BOSE and whatever other controls run through the stock HU.

 

[budget76 10+ year member]

**** man, I'm not experienced at all with new car installs, but this one looks like it's gonna be a *****//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

Good luck. Interested in what you end up doing

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

He should have gotten the upgraded package with the nav system, then. That version has video inputs in the center console. There is a ton of stuff from the car's electronics integrated into the display in the dash. It incorporates much more than just the display for the radio. It also interfaces with the climate controls, the trip computer, the maintenance log, and just about everything else in the car actually. Replacing that HU is not easy, cheap, or worth it especially in a lease.

 

[mikey7182 10+ year member]

That's kinda what I figured. I don't feel like going through his entire electrical system behind the dash and rerouting pins and wires just so he can have Nav, either. If there is a video input in the dash somewhere (didn't look for one) then hopefully he will be okay with that. He wants headrest monitors as well, so I'll have to see what kind of source I can find for video that will install semi-inconspicuously and will interface with his stock monitor.

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

Tell him your sorry, But he will have to wait for technology to catch up with his car. Or the take it to the factory and have nav added.

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

maybe just get a garmin or something and put it in the glove box and find a way to use the the screen as a monitor do the same with like an external dvd source

 

[mikey7182 10+ year member]

That was my other idea, is to get a single DIN DVD player, but I don't know where I'd put it. Or tap into the stock audio. Kind of a pain in the ***.

 

[budget76 10+ year member]

so what did you end up doing? hacking away, or tell the guy he's screwed?

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

You may want to contact NavTV. We use a lot of their interfaces for Mercedes, Caddy's etc. We recently did an 08 Pathfinder and added Alpine Nav to it for a local dealership. Not sure if the piece is the same for the Infiniti models but its worth a shot.

 

[mikey7182 10+ year member]

Well it turns out that from the factory, they install an A/V-IN in the center console, so I did a half-DIN DVD player mounted under the glovebox and an external TV tuner, then 2 headrest monitors. My only problem now is figuring out which wire to ground from the stock monitor so he can watch it up front while he is driving //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif I've personally always thought this was pretty pointless but whatever. Anyone have any suggestions? I have a guy over on DIYMA that was gonna try and get me the wiring schematic for the car, but we haven't gotten back in touch yet.

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

I hate new cars are making there dashes so difficult....I guess they dont want you to mess with the deck