Retrofit Facelift Model (2015+) Head Unit to Pre-Facelift Model (2012 - 2014)

And the saga continues. Returned first unit. Ordered ebay 510057 from Minnesota - the only reasonably priced vendor. Before the shipment arrived, I kept thinking 8 pounds. Why was the other seller's package 10 pounds? It was light - too light when I picked up the carton.

The answer is the unit arrived without brackets, extension box, nor cable.

Thanks for the links vvillovv. This is a simple swap if I can get a complete 100% tested unit. Will post pictures when done.

 

Any time !
I found Art's writeup, mostly Gen 2 head unit diagnosis, a couple weeks ago, to add to another post.
I've only pulled one head unit and I put it right back in, so I'm not at all experienced with switching them around.
I've experience the same ebay ording confusion too.
Anyways. I'm glad the links helped and looking forward to reading a successful swap write up.

 

Unbelievable! Here is a warning for the swap to a 510057 when you buy with this particular eBay seller in Minnesota for under $200 + ~$44 shipping. They say the 510057 refers only to the radio - no extension box, cable harness, or brackets even when pictures show the entire kit. The item description says give us Faceplate ID and then Plug n Play, e.g. simple swap. But it also says Satellite radio ready (requires compatible satellite receiver). In messages to them, he still says bare top unit only.

While they were going to ship me the extension box and harness, the brackets were going to be omitted until I told them they are not the same as the 57011. They are going to ship me the 3 missing items without additional costs or issue a refund. If they are going to do this, why not just send me the entire kit to begin with? In prior messages, another person knew I was taking out a 57011 and putting in a 510057, so getting it incomplete was the last thing on my mind.

 

On ebay it's what you see is what you get

 

If this is your first ebay order mishap, I'm sorry to hear you didn't get what you saw in there ad to begin with.

Decide if you want the vendor to send out the pieces that were missing or take the refund and run.

I've been in your position at ebay several times for a few different kinds of items. Stuff happens and you never know what types of responses some vendors are going to send out. I've even had one threaten a defamation suit once. Another, was a keyboard, I got a spanish keyboard. Those use some different symbols and are not QWERT aligned like English keyboards. It' only took 5 emails and a set of pics, but the vendors support person issued a refund when finally realizing I couldn't really use the keyboard without loading a new local on my computer to match the keyboard layout.
All in all my ebay experiences have been 99% 4 or 5 star exchanges! I would have likes to give the vendor that threatened me a negative 5 and posted as much in my review.