[Gatorhwk]

My wife prefers cloth over leather so the Sport was the solution. We really like the car, but I'd love to upgrade the head unit to the one in the Sport Touring as well as add a power lift gate. Has anyone successfully attempted either of these? I'll probably add the parking sesnsor kit as well, but Honda already provides a solution that's pretty involved but seemingly worth it.

Thanks in advance!

Chris

 

[TheDarkKnight]

Unlikely you will find anyone (yet) or here on the forum that has attempted what you list given the "new-ness" of the 6G and the likely impact of such changes on warranty too.

Parking sensors though, are par for the course.

 

[Carbuff2]

You approached your purchase in the wrong order, according to our local auto upholstery shop. They say they routinely re-cover cloth seats with leather to upgrade new cars of several makes.

So, anyone who finds this topic by searching should consider the higher-end model, then recovering the seats.

 

[Gatorhwk]

You approached your purchase in the wrong order, according to our local auto upholstery shop. They say they routinely re-cover cloth seats with leather to upgrade new cars of several makes. So, anyone who finds this topic by searching should consider the higher-end model, then recovering the seats.

I think you misunderstood my post. My wife wanted cloth. I have no need to add leather. Why would I pay 6-7k more for the Touring trim and then pay more to replace it with cloth. Once the solutions come available, I can easily upgrade the desired components for less than the difference in price for the Touring.

 

[Carbuff2]

Hi Chris,

I DID misunderstand, sorry.

You might want to reach out to Crutchfield.com. If ANYONE is knows differences in the head units and connections, it would be them.

Be prepared to wait since the model is new....

In the meantime, put feelers out to salvage yards for a secondhand Touring head unit...

Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market

 

[Gatorhwk]

Hi Chris,

I DID misunderstand, sorry.

You might want to reach out to Crutchfield.com. If ANYONE is knows differences in the head units and connections, it would be them.

Be prepared to wait since the model is new....

In the meantime, put feelers out to salvage yards for a secondhand Touring head unit...

Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market

Yep, Crutchfield is an option. Unfortunately, I think they're fine with suggesting to skip upgrading cars with these atypical configurations.

 

[williamsji]

I think you misunderstood my post. My wife wanted cloth. I have no need to add leather. Why would I pay 6-7k more for the Touring trim and then pay more to replace it with cloth. Once the solutions come available, I can easily upgrade the desired components for less than the difference in price for the Touring.

Because you want features in the Touring trim, but not the leather seats.

I believe you are going to get very frustrated over this, because your assumption was you could simply swap out the existing head unit. Think again. Fact is, you could have easily purchased OEM cloth seat covers and likely simply replaced the leather ones much much much easier than thinking you can upgrade the head unit. Though even that might not work well if the cushions under the removable seat covers is different.

Even if you could find the needed information to upgrade the head unit to the Touring version... it is going to cost you thousands of dollars just for the head unit. That is if you can even get one, which I doubt. You also need documentation for all the different head units, and cable connections, something that is behind a paywall and will cost you money simply to access. It is very likely your existing cabling in your CRV is not fully compatible with the head unit from the Touring. Probably some fusing issues as well.

Further, most gen5 owners had difficult or impossible challenges trying to replace their OEM head units, even years after the gen5s entered production. In other words, after gen4 CRVs, head unit replacement is no longer an owner friendly experience. The reason being it's much more than an entertainment box now days, it also is your portal to setting and adjusting all the different features in your CRV.

I'm not sure why your wife insists on cloth seats, but there are a range of owner options to simply cover a leather seat. By the way, they are not leather, they are a synthetic now days. Personally, I put a good quality sheepskin cover on my front seats and call it a day, cloth seats or leather seats. More comfortable for long rides, and cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

 

[Gatorhwk]

I want a couple of features in the Touring, but not 6-7 thousands of dollars worth. I'm not currently or going to get very frustrated over this. It's my wife's car ... she like's cloth. When I drive it, I'd like to have a bigger screen and better sound system, but so be it ... it's my wife's car. There are myriad black boxes on the market for adding to the built-in head unit's entertainment functionality. I can easily add one of those, add an amp and upgrade the speakers and have something much better sounding than the Touring specs. To each their own.

Part of my interest in upgrading is simply wanting to benefit from and give props to others that have similar interests in performing these mods. Oh, regarding the thousands of dollars just for the head unit ... that's not the case. I've found the screen, head unit and tuner all in for around a grand. That doesn't mean they're compatible with the Sport wiring, but at least they're becoming available already.

Asking why my wife insists on cloth seats is like me asking why you insist on sheepskin seat covers ... it's a preference ... nothing wrong with that. Personally, I've never liked sheepskin covers.