I like the dd, but im biased towards oem stuff. I really want the oem headunit, i love the location and it looks great in the car. I had a dd in my last car and it was great and all but i prefered the oem module, the only setback on the oem unit had a tiny screen. On the g35 its a pretty good size screen so im pretty happy with it. Now my only issue is getting it wired

 

LOL

That's a huge problem.

The other problems are the expensive updates, no traffic routing, no voice input of destinations, no touchscreen...

But it's in a great location.

Document the install so that others man learn from it.
Pics, obscenities, impressions, time... so others have a quantifiable view of what the install will entail.

 

will do, i ordered a harness today. so hopefully it will be in next week.

 

Just an update i wont get the harness till next week but everything plugged in fine as far as the a/c controls and audio so far, those all work fine just waiting for the harness.

 

subscribed for this. GL

 

What was the price of the harness?

 

I noticed that it ranged from 150-350 I paid 170 shipped

 

In for this

 

So i got my harness yesterday and every plug is there except one. i was hoping you guys can tell me what it is? On the back of the navigation the very top female plug its grey and has 5 or 6 wires going into it? it looks like an external input maybe? i was wondering if the stock harness has a plug going into it or maybe its something else?

 

PS. im taking pictures of everything.

 

The grey one is the power supply for up and down, I think it also does dash lights.

Sorry, biggest size I can upload on here. PM me your email and I can send you the AV manual for the nav.

EDIT: Nevermind, it looks like it is only for up an down, but does have a link (Red/White wire) to the Nav Control Unit (it's call a "Limit SW"). I should also note I am pulling this out of my 2006 manual, not a 2005.

 

Now is that plug a part of your harness? for some reason my harness doesnt have that plug? Unless it is a separate harness that makes sense why i dont have it.

 

subscribed and good luck with the install

 

Yes it was part of my harness. Again, remember I have an 06 so it could diff on yours. Does the unit go up and down right now? If yes, then you have a diff setup then I do.

Post some pics so I can confirm the plugs you are looking at, try to capture plug details so I can see pin layout and wire colors.

 

Was the harness as huge as the one from the picture I sent, or just a short one for between the nav control unit (dvd drive) and the display?