My friend down the road has a few factories sitting around that I pulled out for him in past installs... I'll see if I can grab one from him and play around with it... I also have a pull and pay parts yard close by so I can snag a factory harness as well... The only issue I can think of is the accessory power that I always had to grab from the colum... On some models using the CAN and or Onstar the door chimes would go through the stereo out to the door speakers...
2010 Tahoe Interior Swap into a 2002 Tahoe
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This is what I found out so far on those radios... They get there power from a class 2 serial data wire... Basically these radios are coded to the cars PCM... Just to allow that type of radio to work in another car (even that same year and model) the radio would have to programmed that specific car... If I where to open one of those radios up I could just bypass the class 2 serial data input wire location and solder a wire to the board and the radio should work just like any aftermarket radio... Now finding where that location without a schematic could be difficult but possible by reverse tracing the board... Do you know anyone who needs or wants a factory stereo that can work in any type of car?
It's going to be a busy weekend but here's a little sneak peek of how fast and hard I've been working on this build... Everything from the headliner down to the carpet is getting a makeover... I wonder if anyone has tried to do this 01-06 to a 07-13 swap before and if so how far did they get... It'll be pretty kool to be the first one to accomplish a project like this... I have pics of everything I have done so far this weekend and I know I'll have even more by Sunday...quest51210
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Seen a few of the Nokturnal and High Rollerz guys here in Texas and Cali do these conversions. Maybe @NORCAL SS has some input?
So it has been done... How did they turn out? I haven't been to any shows or events since 2001 when I was living in Delaware and a member of Low Rollers Truck Club... It would have been nice to actually see how another person did the swap... I need to see what truck clubs are around here in Orlando Florida and get back into show scene...
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This is getting really interesting! 
Thumbs up for all the effort so far.
Thumbs up for all the effort so far.
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May not be everyone's cup of tea but they been doing obs that way for years too...the other club is Swift
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Great find and thanks for posting this video... I couldn't find anything when I doing my research on the swap... That's guys truck is super clean... After seeing that video my concerns for my truck went from the dash fitting to now if the door panels will work... From the video it looks like the guy used 2011 doors that matched the front fenders and then clip... I wish I was able to talk with this guy or with anyone who has already completed a swap... well worst case scenario if I can't get the new panels to fit on the old doors I can just swap the rest of the front clip out to match the dash haha...
