tealex

I agree............A GS is a step above a regular corvette, a ZO 6 is a step above the GS and a ZR 1 is a step above the ZO 6......there is a difference in each one. Don't know why anyone would get upset with someone clearifying which car there talking about.

vettelover69

You mean to tell me that GM makes a vette other than the GS, Z06 and ZR1??

I guess you learn something new every day.

Bluewasp

Would be nice to be able to swap the rear view mirror for one with a LCD screen. Like the one installed in GM trucks and suburbans.

saplumr

I've got backup cameras with sensors on 3 vehicles and to be honest I don't like or use them. I prefer the old safe reliable way...look over the shoulder and actually properly use mirrors .

RoadkingC6

I hear you, but they are good for seeing if a child should be behind you where you have no vision from any of the mirrors, especially in a truck being a little higher.

TOBASCO

I would definitely consider an upgraded head unit and not just the need for a backup cam. When you consider the value of a top end head unit, like the Kenwood DNX series, you will be glad you did.

Dennis at Double D Mods is the best to deal with in both price and service IMHO.

Good Luck!

eboggs_jkvl

I gave up trying to short cut this issue.

My NAV had updating issues. GM wants $200 to update, screw that.

I went to DoubleD, got a double din Pioneer Z140BH, the camera, wiring harness, XM, etc., and did it my self in the garage and now I have:

Steering Wheel control
OnStar functionality
SD
iPad
iPod
iPhone
Blue tooth
Rear Camera
XM
DVD movies
Navigation (Great stuff!)

and I'm sure I'm forgetting some other stuff...

for $1,434.95 to my door.


Don't take shortcuts and still be missing out on the options. GM won't offer them, so just do it!

Elmer


PS.This might work on a GS too!


PPS. An addition perk of the rear camera is the fish-eye type of lens. When parked next to the wall of car (SUV) you can't see crap to back out. The rear camera actually gives you a peripheral view of the oncoming traffic to allow you to back out of your parking space.

j_digi454

SUV's have the same problem. In fact, yesterday after dropping my granddaughter off at school, I started to back up out of the parking spot I was in and a 5 or 6 year old boy was walking behind me pulling his little book bag on wheels oblivious that I was backing up. My proximity sensor went off and a fast look at the NAV screen showed him right behind me and not viewable thru any of my mirrors. That alone makes it worthwhile.

saplumr

I didn't mean there were no safety advantages but drivers tend to pay to much attention to a nav screen while backing and are unaware of there surroundings. It helps and hinders.

mikeCsix

laconiajack just hates GS's. If people quit responding, he'll eventually go away.

The NAV units are dated technology, I'm sure there will be a significant upgrade for the C-7's. Maybe this time around, GM will have figured out that technology like this needs to be easily replaceable because it changes so quickly. We buy cars and keep them for years, people by electronic gadgets and keep them for months. Huge difference. My 3lt came with the nav unit, there was no choice in deleting it, otherwise I would have. At 1500 to replace it with upgraded equipment is a bit much when I would rather spend the money on track wheels and R-compound tires. In the meantime, my cell phone works great as a navigator and mp3 player, though the mp3 function works okay in the NAV unit too. Its too bad the shuffle algorithm isn't smart enough to have a different start point each time you turn on the unit.

TOBASCO

I was at the NCM Bash last year and a few of the Corvette Engineers were there discussing the C6 updates. Someone asked (or rather complained) about the cheap GM NAV unit, and the engineer responded that when they were in the development stage of the C6, they put the best (at the time) unit in that they could. The problem was that the specifics of the wiring, placement, etc., that they couldn't improve upon the head unit of the C6, but promised great advances for the C7. Kind of an interesting answer, but I'm sure there was some truth to it because they all agreed that the unit pretty much sucked. So time will tell about the C7 head unit - all signs indicate that it will pretty much knock peoples socks off.

ditto to what eboggs states....

0Double D Mods

Don't count on it.
Its same setup in the C7 from what I can tell that's in the Camaro as well. The Camaro system is having issues and people are not liking the My Link there as well. I just changed out a complete setup in a 2013 Camaro last weekend that had the My Link in it with the Boston package. The customer came to me complaining that his 2013 Cruz sounded 100 times better factory than his 2013 1LE Camaro factory radio did. Not anymore as we replaced the My Link with a Kenwood and changed out the rest of the system as well.

It does look like maybe there is a sub on back wall of the C7

0Double D Mods

Thanks Brad

Jstier

I was very disappointed w the Nav unit in our 12 GS Vert compared to the Nav in the wife's 12 Caddy SRX. The unit in the SRX is very user friendly and the unit in the vette sucks.
Main reason we use Nav is for unexpected traffic accident detours and I like ETA feature for longer trips.
I installed a Kenwood w Garmin GPS unit in our motor coach last summer and Love it. If we were planning on keeping the Vette longer I would upgrade to a Kenwood.

Jeff

rgauchey

I've seen this but haven't talked to anyone that has used it yet.
http://www.coastaletech.com/corvettelockpicks.htm

0Double D Mods

Lockpick as mentoned is not available anymore and was a huge disaster to use. If we sold 10 of them 8 would have problems. Not one we were recommending

MobyDickDog

Hmmmm.

There's a company in Florida that installs a backup camera and they use the factory screen.

Of course, I think it only works on the Grand Sport.

vet55

Got a name, source, by chance? Thx ahead.

Bluewasp

Does anyone offer the following?

1. Use of factory USB and aux inputs
2. Mylink like / app based interface
3. Wifi capable
4. Pandora over wifi without use of a phone. Car has a wifi hot stop or is in range of a hot spot.
5. No cutting install. Plug and play.

Bluewasp

I have a 2013 cruze with the pioneer sound system and the mylink and I really like it. The mylink has a few things I would change but overall the best radio I've had to include aftermarket.

It's sad GM did not change the radio in the c6 to something more up to date.