Dash Swap

[SadisticMystic]

Looking to swap out the interior in my 97 Cobra from the factory Saddle to either black or dark charcoal. I figured since I'll have to swap the entire dash anyways would it be possible to just swap in an '01 up dash to take advantage of the double din? I know it will fit but just curious to know what type of wiring mess I'll be getting into.

 

[Tabres]

Kind of depends on the head-unit you want to use. I know quite a few years ago there was a how-to floating around somewhere on here that made use of the stock 01/03/04 radio but it seems to be lost to the sands of time now. I haven't been able to locate it anyway.

My suggestion would be to get a nice aftermarket unit. There are plug and play harnesses available at very reasonable costs that take all of the guess work out of the installation. The aftermarket head-units also provide a lot more features these days than you'll get with a factory radio.

 

[SadisticMystic]

Kind of depends on the head-unit you want to use. I know quite a few years ago there was a how-to floating around somewhere on here that made use of the stock 01/03/04 radio but it seems to be lost to the sands of time now. I haven't been able to locate it anyway.

My suggestion would be to get a nice aftermarket unit. There are plug and play harnesses available at very reasonable costs that take all of the guess work out of the installation. The aftermarket head-units also provide a lot more features these days than you'll get with a factory radio.

Thanks for the info. I would most likely go with an aftermarket double din. I guess my real question though is will a complete 01 dash + dash harness swap into my 97 without splicing harnesses?

 

[Deceptive]

The harness will need to be swapped from your caroling with the instrument cluster. I am doing a complete 01+ Dark Charcoal swap in my 96. A slight modification will need to be done to the frame as the two have different fuse compartments. Not bad though.


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[SadisticMystic]

The harness will need to be swapped from your caroling with the instrument cluster. I am doing a complete 01+ Dark Charcoal swap in my 96. A slight modification will need to be done to the frame as the two have different fuse compartments. Not bad though.


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Thanks Deceptive. Looked through your build thread and I'll mostly likely be doing the full dark charcoal swap as well. Have you come up with a solution yet for rewiring the rear defrost button to the new location?

 

[Deceptive]

Yes, I will provide a link for you a little later. But there is a great write up on that.


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[SadisticMystic]

Yes, I will provide a link for you a little later. But there is a great write up on that.


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Sounds good! Appreciate the help.

 

[Deceptive]

http://www.sn95source.com/topic/5287-diy-converting-94-00-style-defrosterfog-switches-to-01-style/


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[oooooh snap]

a dash swap will test your patience for sure. get a few friends to help you.

you'll have to swap the harness from your dash over to the new one. also beware - dark charcoal and black are two totally different colors.

 

[SpittingCobra]

I might need some of your saddle colored pieces

 

[SadisticMystic]

I might need some of your saddle colored pieces

Messaged you.

 

[tannerlef]

Thanks Deceptive. Looked through your build thread and I'll mostly likely be doing the full dark charcoal swap as well. Have you come up with a solution yet for rewiring the rear defrost button to the new location?

Where is this build thread? Looking to swap my dash on a 98 to a 01 dash


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[NVRL8TE]

Saddle is SO underrated.