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Just like it says! Inspire me! Looking at changing the radio in the Matrix. Not sure what I want, so I want to see what you guys have.

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I've been thinking about adding some sort of display for a backup camera but the problem is most aftermarket touch screen radios look cheap or out of place. I was thinking about swapping in the factory matrix navigation radio but honestly I wouldn't know where to start. It would be cool though!

Nice Navi system. Apparently (what the salesman told me) they are very rare in our Trixs.

I too was looking at a rear view camera, found a local shop who would install it for $225 Canadian tx in. Basically he would replace the rear view mirror with the camera screen.

This guy installed an OEM 2009+ Matrix navigation system into his wife's 2009 Vibe.

I'd love to have the OEM navigation system, but it sounds like a lot of work .

vibenvy wrote:This guy installed an OEM 2009+ Matrix navigation system into his wife's 2009 Vibe.

I'd love to have the OEM navigation system, but it sounds like a lot of work .

Wow that is way too much work for me lol but I have to admit it was a very clean install.

Nothing fancy:



I actually have a bigger, widescreen Garmin in there now.

The factory navigation system sucks compared to more modern solutions. I had been thinking about replacing the deck+GPS with an integrated double-DIN navigation unit, but the user experience with those is rather awful. Even the best ones have a lag of 30+ seconds between turning the car on and being able to navigate. The way I have mine hooked up, the GPS is ready instantly and the stereo's Bluetooth connects to my phone in about 6-8 seconds.

I really like your set up! What are you using to keep your phone held up?

I've switched to a universal phone mount. The one I'm using is the Kenu Airframe, which is stone cold awesome. Easy quick one-handed mounting and removal of the phone and it holds securely.
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I've attached the Kenu Airframe to the dash by:

1) Installing a Garmin-style sticky back ball mount to the Passenger Air Bag display area:
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2) Cutting off the excess portion of a regular Garmin Nuvi bracket and gluing it to the back of the Kenu with some epoxy:
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For the GPS, all I did was buy a length of thin steel bar from Home Depot, then cut off a section about a foot long. I bent it into shape and used a pair of small bolts on each the top and bottom to affix it to the cubby portion of my stereo's dash mount. The GPS is attached with mounting tape.

Wow thanks for the info!!

Bumping it for anyone else who wants to show me their systems