BPL

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Motorized Cluster Lid - 68250-CD070 - $108
Motorized Cluster Lid Amp - 24898-CD010 - $187.60

The amp was in the dealership's parts system as "circuit board" or something generic like that which is what made it hard to find. Pretty pricy though... Fortunately I'm crazy enough (or stupid enough) to give it a try so I'll order one tomorrow.

-Bryan

onii

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is there a guide somewhere for running wires to the mailbox slot behind the seat? im gonna try to get a screen that fits into the 2004...drll a hole behind for wires....and see

andycapp

I have been thinking that might be a good way to go. Even if you can't get a screen that is as large, you may be able to mount it so that it can still be rotated left and right, improving the view slightly for driver or passenger depending on who you are trying to please.

Has anyone gotten their hands on the '04 motorized one to see how a screen will be mounted to it?

gunnerz

leemik,

Have you installed the front lip catch part yet? I went to the dealer and these were the parts that I may need.

1. Lid cluster 68250-CD010 ~ $78
2. Finisher 68410-CD000 ~ $11
3. Mat-Pocket 68263-CD000 ~ $9

Do you know if I will need all these parts?

leemik

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Sorry, I haven't gotten a chance to get down to the dealer to get the "lip" yet.. My car is going through various transfomations (new rims and now an ATI blower) and there are car parts all over my house .. It probably won't be until April when i can make it down there..

That's a great price on #1 and that should be all you really need(that's all I used).. I don't know what the other parts are...

--mike

Dre Dizzle

Now I'm confused, so if you have a 2004 non nav compartment, the only options are the alpine screen and the Sony XVM-H65? Or will those only fit in the 2004 with nav?...I'm tired and thus a little slow.

onii

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after a month of asking aruond...it seems like it's impossible/pain in *** to put a screen in non nav 2004 without cutting.

i think im just gonna say fck it to the compartment and get an eclipse that replaces my stock HU and has the screen. jasdklfjaklserjgklawergjklerajklg

basam350z

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You could always just be the 03 compartment.

leemik

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ahhhhh finally, sorry for the huge delay.. I got to the dealer and bought the final part.. So to put the 2003 nav pocket in a 2004, you'll need:

1. Lid cluster 68250-CD010 ~ $78
2. Finisher 68410-CD000 ~ $11

The "front lip catch" officially known as the "finisher", allows you to close the lid..So now I'm a very happy camper!

--mike

Phatmitzu

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Damn! I've already cut thru my 04' pocket...

leemik

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DOH! are you kidding? Got any pics

--mike

Phatmitzu

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I even cut separate the nav door...

http://images.andale.com/f2/111/111/...icture_019.JPG

35oZephyR

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I like how you placed the kenwood in the HU location...that is nice. But did you really have to cut the NAV door to put the Apexi SAFC there?

Please tell me that was just experimental.

Phatmitzu

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Well...it was some what experimental. Half is because I got lazy to trim the exact size CF plate...so I thought what the hell, Ill just cut thu everything and have the plate up against the backing.

leemik

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Well, the good news is that you can clean up your whole "custom mod" by dropping in a new 2003 lid cluster and finisher..

When you remove the box portion of the 2003 lid cluster (no cutting required) you can put anything flat right up against it like your carbon fiber-ed(is that a word?) Apexi SAFC or an lcd screen..

--mike

joe56

Good going Mike!

Do you have any pictures with the lid closed? I'd like to see how much the colors vary. Is there a possibility of using the 04 door or "door skin"?

Thanks.

jreiter

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Good deal. I've already had my huge install done, including cutting out the 2004 nav pocket. However, I'm not happy with the look of the results, so I think I'll go the 2003 conversion route. Thanks for the part numbers! I have an Alpine TME-M760 that we had to disassemble even to fit in the cut-up 04 nav pocket. From what I've seen, I'll be able to put the whole screen (fully assembled) in the 03 compartment. Much cleaner.

leemik

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You want pics? You got it !

Lid closed with no flash.. notice the 2004 dash is a little bit more "round" than the 2003.. This causes a very slight gap on top. The visual texture is the same but the tactile feel is different. The 2004 dash has a slight rubbery feel while the 2003 is smooth plastic. Also this picture is dark but it's a good representation of the color difference.. it's slight..



Lid closed with flash.. The flash makes the color difference more obvious.. but again it's only slightly noticible in a real world condition




...and here's one with the lid open.. the way I keep it 99% of the time:



I thought about switching just the lid portion but decided that I wasn't smart or 133t enough to do it .. besides I wasn't building a show car.. I just wanted it to be neat looking to the untrained eye.. my friends can't tell that anything is not perfect unless I tell them

heck, the radio is a different color from the factory too!

--mike

leemik

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delete ... accidental double post

joe56

Thank you sir! It's actually a pretty close match.