Thread: Retrofitting the DIC into another car. Edumacate me alittle please!!!

so lemme get this straight, u want to take a 04+ DIC and put it into ur TA? hm...could work I guess if u rigged it all up right. if u dont have the newer monsoon radio, it probably wont display time ( since I got my aftermarket HU, no time will display. guessing it runs off the factory radio ) I cannot comment on the 3-button but my 5-button defently displays temperature and compass. other buttons include, tire inflation monitoring system, oil life, boost level, miles ( and 2 trips ), compass calibration, battery voltage, trans temp, current MPG, Avg MPG, temp. compass...maybe alil something else but thats basically it. sorry only diagram I have is uninstall/reinstall 04+ dash try some junk yard for the DIC and maybe some of the wiring, sensors, compass ( in the dash right against the windshield. the yards around me will cut u loose and dig thru the cars

Haha...you got it straight. Im not 100% sure what all the display will show. The guy that I got the unit off of said it was one without the tire sensors. 04-06 didnt or something like that. Either way...

I got my parts from Ed Morad. Saw his name mentioned on here a couple places. I called and they sent me the 5-button display from an 04, the temp sensor, compass module, and all of the connectors with wire from the same car for a really reasonable price. I should have everything on Tuesday, and will start testing things out.

Ive gone over the wiring diagrams. I have Alldata so I pulled everything I need off of there.

After looking at them, it appears as though the temp/compass should work fine without anything other than the modules. It should also display when the rear defogger is on since it hooks into the compass module. The unit then uses the Class 2 data signal from the PCM for the trip functions. Then it uses outputs from the BCM for things like door ajar and what not. The BCM feeds into the same Class 2 data wire that the PCM uses. SO....what this means is the unit itself has a logic circuit to take the info and decode it. Which means it should be smart enough to work independant of the BCM.

Will it work with my 02 LS1 PCM's data wire..?? I dont know. But I plan to find out!! haha. Im not sure why it would need the radio to display the date/time...unless the radio splices into the data wire somewhere...which I dont understand why it would.

If it goes good, and I get the display to show me something...and if I get it to read from my PCM, I might go a step further and wire in a BCM. Either from a 02 f-body, or from the Grand Prix. It just takes a series of inputs and turns them into data output. So it can be wired and set up to work in another car.

Basically, I like trying to make weird things like this work. Not too many people have tried it or made it work. And if you saw my car, you'd realize that making parts work in cars that they arent supposed to work in is something I enjoy haha. Gives me something to goof around with here in the apartment, since I cant do much mechanical work here. I can work on the overhead console and display in the living room...I didnt tell my finacee that yet. We'll see how that goes.

Ill let ya know.