2008 radio upgrade help

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Metro12

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Just bought a used 2008 that was too good of a deal to pass up. I want to upgrade my REF radio to an OEM navigation unit. No steering wheel controls, unit supposedly has sirrius. I owned an 07 Charger back 10 years ago, and between trying to recall that and reading post here, I'm seeing some items about fast/slow canbus, etc. Hoping for some help on what I need to buy to have an OEM nav work.


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xtremewlr

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It would probably be easier to get an aftermarket head unit with nav. There are plenty of kits that will allow you to retro-fit a double din head unit into the dash. It would certainly work better than the OEM unit did as well.
 

justin13703

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Much better choice to just go with an aftermarket unit. My truck came with the factory touch screen navigation unit and I can tell you that it is a steaming pile of garbage and it won't be anywhere near a direct swap to install it anyway.
 
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