Charles63

Hi first post. Looking for info regarding stereo swap, would anyone know if I can swap my shaker radio from my 2011 GT with a 2014 GT with a Shaker radio with navigation?

dusman59

There has been a few that has done this with much difficulty. Seach some of the forumns on radio swaps. I'm sure it would be a very involved task.

Charles63

Thanks will try your advise

HypromanGT

Just my opinion, but it doesn't seem worth it to me.

I understand those that are dead set on maintaining the factory look. However, my Shaker 500 started acting very strangely some years back: random "bad disc" errors, randomly cycling through all 6 discs, etc. When it finally gave up the ghost, I ended up with a fairly inexpensive single DIN aftermarket replacement. Coincidentally getting rid of the Shaker also seems to have solved my parasitic power drain (aka: dead battery after a few days of sitting).

Does it look factory? No. Does it sound better than the Shaker? Yeah, I'd say so. I personally regret nothing

Charles63

Thank you for your honest feedback. Sounds like it's not worth the effort. If you don't mind me asking, what unit did you end up installing and does it have navigation?

HypromanGT

You're welcome! I went with the JVC KD-T910BTS. It is a 1 DIN, single CD player with Bluetooth. No navigation, and not fancy by any means. I'm personally not a huge fan of big screens and tech gadgetry in my cars, and for $100 it works for me, but I'm probably in the minority The install kit (so it fits in the dash properly) wasn't exactly the best fit out of the box, but I made it work.

I'm sure there are a fair amount of navigation units that will work. A bunch of years back there was one that I remember being a very popular replacement, but I can't remember the brand or model, sadly. You may get lucky searching around the Appearance sub-forum and/or browsing the Sticky posts. One thing I would recommend is buying the right wiring harness. When I did mine I think the harness cost 30% of the head unit, but getting the right one should ensure that all of the amps turn on/off properly, all the speakers actually get a signal, the delayed accessory feature works, and you don't get jolting speaker pops.

Good luck!