09 Radio fit in an 06?
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09 Radio fit in an 06?
My CD player finally crapped itself, and i got a buddy who just took his out for Nav unit. His is an 2009 and mine is a 2006. They look exactly the same size, but with different plugs in the back. Will this radio work with my 2006? And does dodge sell the pre built harnesses or anything for it? Thanks guy, any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.
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Is the radio the touchscreen (mygig) radio, or just a regular cd radio? I have a 08 mygig radio in my truck, and I know they make adapters for the mygig radios to make them work in 06-09 vehicles, and certain 05 that have the newer canbus system. But I haven’t seen any for the regular radios, but I would assume they do.
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With plugs being different in the rear, you already know the answer. Now if he is willing to cut his harness off and give it to you then you might be able to make it work. But there is not going to be an after market connector to fit the back of the 09 HU and interface with your 06 wiring.
However, I do believe it can be done although I think after market would be cheaper.
Look here at this link and choose your 09 DR. In the drop sown afterwards you can choose the section for "Antenna" or "radio" and find the needed connectors. However these will have to be spliced into your existing wiring. So with that i see two potential issues. One is the cost for these harnesses and two would be you would need to go over your trucks radio schematics and make sure everything would match up
You didnt say your buddy was pulling out the GPS antenna but rather just the HU. So that is something else you will have to buy. So again, you can lok at the link below but after market sounds cheaper to me. I can find Kenwood and Alpine DD HU right now for 250-400
http://dto.vftis.com/mopar/disclaimer.asp
However, I do believe it can be done although I think after market would be cheaper.
Look here at this link and choose your 09 DR. In the drop sown afterwards you can choose the section for "Antenna" or "radio" and find the needed connectors. However these will have to be spliced into your existing wiring. So with that i see two potential issues. One is the cost for these harnesses and two would be you would need to go over your trucks radio schematics and make sure everything would match up
You didnt say your buddy was pulling out the GPS antenna but rather just the HU. So that is something else you will have to buy. So again, you can lok at the link below but after market sounds cheaper to me. I can find Kenwood and Alpine DD HU right now for 250-400
http://dto.vftis.com/mopar/disclaimer.asp