Scott McGillivray

OK, cool. Thanks for the info. How big is the external amp and where does it go? Does it just get crammed back behind the nav unit or is there another place for it somewhere? I'm fine with doing the work, and can track down the Sirius cable. I found a guy on eBay who can program these units if you give him the necessary info, so that should save me from either buying the equipment myself or buying a lot of beer for the local guy...although I don't really mind the latter. I know I'll have a little harder time tracking down the silver-colored Lincoln version of the Nav to make it look like it belongs in the dash, but I'm OK with that. Aside from the Sirius cable, it sounds like an easy deal to do at home. So now I have to start looking for the nav unit. I'll post my results here once I get it.

Hi all, Just to push this back up to the top and throw in a bit of a curve, I figured I'd check in here. I just bought an '08 MKX with the Nav/Sync unit, but really would like to upgrade it to the 09/10 model instead. I spent a lot of time test driving new ones before getting a great deal on a used one, and got spoiled by the Sony nav unit. So, like the original poster asked: what's really involved in a swap? Is the harness the same, and is there anything else I need to get to make this work? I know there's some programming involved to get it to cooperate with the car, but is that all? I'll do it if there's not a lot of additional parts (amps, new harness, etc) and as long as all of the functionality is still there. If somebody has done this and figured out how it works, please let me know. If you would rather PM me, that's cool. I'm not going to hold anybody accountable here, just want to get a good understanding of what's involved so I can decide whether it's worth the money and work. If it's an easy swap with maybe a day of work to get it going, that's totally worth it to me. I might even wire up the backup camera while I'm at it. Thanks, Scott