I currently have a 05 tl without the navigation and I am regreting not having it. Does anyone know if the acura navigation can be installed to the cars without it?

 

yes, I also checked on it. It's real mission to convert it over unless you have the money and decide to let the Acura Dealership do it. It's maybe over $2k. You can also buy parts on ebay and then try to do it. The biggest problem for me doing it is rewiring everthing that goes to the DVD player in the Trunk. You have to take everything out!!!!! I prefer wasting the money on some A-spec Chrome rims and later think about doing it. eventaully i do it.

 

But the dealerships are able to do this?

 

You could search this and come up with 20 threads, but others said that dealers don't want to do this. It would cost a hell of a lot more that $2,000, since the parts from Acura alone is $2,500 I think..............then you get rapped on the install. If you could find a dealer to do it expect the cost to be more than $3,500. Could have saved money just getting the option when you purchased the vehicle!

 

Put a carputer in

 

Trade it in for a Nav model and save yourself mountains of time and hassles.

 

yeah but don't waste your money on it. You can be more creative.

 

Yet another person who didn't take the time to think about this decision when buying the car.

 

I think its worth it if you get the parts/labor for a good deal. I came in at around $2000 for both. Others have spent more. I didn't think I would want/need it. Well, I was wrong.

 

have you considered portable Navis - Magellan, Garmin, TomTom, etc.?

 

For the amount of money it would cost you to convert to nav, you should just pay a custom install/fab shop to install an aftermarket touch screen and a carputer. You will have much more extensive multimedia, DVD, and GPS capabilities.