Member Credit: Tavarish
*VERY IMPORTANT** Make sure you have the wiring harness, or else this will be impossible.
Then I test fit it with the stock mounts. Don’t try this. It will NOT fit at all. What I did was take off the stock 5th gen mounts with pliers (they snap right off), and sawed the top one off. (I didn’t use it.)
What I did is i got a spare bezel I had laying around, and put the lower mounting holes on from that. I attached them with JB weld.
Then I mounted it. PERFECT fit. Not 100% OEM, but no one will be able to tell.
Now here comes the fun part: wiring. I made a custom wiring diagram by looking at both FSM’s, and playing connect the dots. It was pretty easy, you just have to double check each wire is the correct one you’re splicing.
It was about 29 wires altogether, I got rid of wires like ABS and Cruise, since I no longer have/need that in my car. I don’t have TCS, so that went as well.
Always test it after the first few wires to see you’re on the right track. I did the power wires then the illumination wires to see if it lit up and turned on.
Then just finish up the wiring, bolt it down, and hopefully everything comes together.
Here’s the finished product:
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