40th anniversay Z owners!!!!
 

I though our(40th) Z does not have any option to add navigation, right?:confused:

yet, I saw one that has factory nav with his 40th anniversay... I was like WTF.. :mad:

I actually heard that 40th z does not come with factory navigation at the dealer when I was getting my z(ya all know, doing the paper works).

Is there any way I can get factory nav in my z, after the z is already packed?

And one more question, my z dont have Illuminated Kick Plates when they came out, so im trying to get them :tup: my second question is do they have same wire lines done? I was some sites selling illuminated kick plates and saw the install manuals and saw how to put(hide) wires underneath the carpet mat. :confused:

if anyone know something about this, please do my favor, tell me everything you know about these...

Thanks people :)

You can always get a aftermarket HU with Nav cause the HU isn't that great on all Z's to begin with.

I'm pretty sure all Z's are wired the same on the kick plate. I recommend pulling urs up and checking the DIY forum as some members have done the install.

The dealer will installed the Illuminated Kick Plates pretty cheap especially if is the dealer you bought the car from. Or in the DIY section are instructions.

If you saw the 40th with nav in a pic, it might have been a european edition! It is practically impossible to install a factory nav after the fact...

hmm. the dealer guys actually told me to get aftermarket nav, telling me aftermarket navigations are better than stock one :inoutroflpuke:

I've already went through all the DIY sections before getting z :p
however, i was just wondering if the illuminated plate from the factory has somewhat different wire set up then doing it by myself :) thanks for the info ;)

I might have to check dealer in short period.

If they can do install for me, then I'll go a head and ask for the install(i'm kinda afraid that i might screw up the car in some chance)

Thanks for good information :p

I was wondering if there is a way to get factory nav after the fact... now i see it is impossible... sad. :shakes head: I wonder why japan and europe people got some fancy stuffs while we face limited choices :mad:

The one thread out there the guy got quoted by the dealer at $7,000 to install factory Nav in his 40th.

I bought the Illuminated Kickplates pretty cheap off eBay for my 40th and had the dealer install them for $40. They are a great addition!

I am pretty certain there are no factory 40th's with Nav in the US. My dealership said the nav could be installed later, but added it would be a fortune in labor. I didn't pursue it, so it may not be possible.

The Nissan USA site allows you to choose Nav package as an option on the 40th in the build section. The Canadian 40th editions come with Nav as a standard feature...great if you want that package to begin with. It's too bad your dealer couldn't get that in for you at the time of order.

Yah, the kickplates are easy to install, but if you prefer the dealer doing it, nothing wrong with that.

I'm not much of a Nav user so can't say how good/bad the factory one is, but we all agree that the stereo is pretty bad on our cars so should just upgrade that and while doing so, very easy to get a Nav/DVD headunit installed and rear view camera.

Kenwood is well liked here, although I'm running a Pioneer (just a DVD player with rearview cam) on mine. :p

I checked the official website Nissan, and they did not provided navigationn package for 40th anniversay edition... sad :shakes head:

Some dealerships are willing to do custom work. They offered me an auto version for $42k. Its a 4k premium but I can have a 40th in auto if I choose. About the kick plates, they had em since day one. Its an option though. I'm sure you can get them dealer installed and have them look the way they are OEM .

its good to hear that there are some dealers willing to do the custom work, but i decided to go with aftermarket nav :rolleyes: as soon as i get my illuminated kick plate, Ill go straight toward dealer :happydance:

You can thank NAFTA for that... Including NAV would have pushed the price up and when you add the tariffs and such - well - you get the idea.

I definteily think I'll be picking up some Kickplates to install over the winter while she sleeps

I love the factory nav that came with my 40th, even if I don't use Nav that much, the Z Nav is actually way better than my wife's BMW version and I like the USB interface and car info and stats you can pull from the Nav system

Nav's available for all other colors, so why would the price with tariffs be higher than other colors of Z when compared to the 40th anniv edition back in 2010 when you could still buy one new? It had the same list price for similarly equipped Z's didn't it?

^^^ I agree - I think this was a corporate choice. Y? Your guess is as good as mine...

S'kay now - going aftermarket...

no - it didn't have the same price as similarly equipped Zs in the states.. the sticker on a 40th was 39,995 (that's what my sticker indicated.) A non 40th - TOURING model was up to 4k cheaper, and a base w/ sport pkg was just over 32k. The Nismo was similarly priced to the 40th... and the Roadster was around 41, almost 43 with Nav... Nissan has attempted to keep the Z affordable while improving it across the years - hoping to make it the standard 'everyman' sports car...

What was the sticker price of a 40th with Nav from Canada?

$48999 (or something like that), which was the same price as a similarly equipped touring sport model with nav in any other colour.

Dang -with a price tag like that you Should have gotten NAV.... Thats Vette money here in the states..

All 40ths in Canada come with nav...yup, we get shafted on pricing compared to our US brothers and sisters.

Yup, you do get shafted up there, judging from the prices - but you DO get NAV in return... :D

Apparently Navigation is a 10k up there... that being the only difference. I don't think Nissan ever expected us to be comparing product information.

To the guy who asked if it would be cost effective to bring a 40th down from Canada to get the Nav set up... Well, with this information now available, I leave it to you to answer your own question.

But that's in Canadian Dollars right? I'm not sure what the exchange rate was at the time Nissan set pricing for the 2010 models, but at one point a year or two ago it was around 1.2 Canadian to 1.0 US dollars. Thus, a $40,000 car in U.S. dollars (USD) would equate to a 48,000 CAD (Canadian Dollar) car. Today, it's about 1.05 CAD to 1.00 USD.

Exchange rate was about the same last year.

OK. So in looking up historical exchange rates (Historic Exchange Rates - x-rates), on July 1, 2009 the Canadian Dollar was 1.15096 for every 1 US Dollar. Not saying that's the exact date that Nissan established pricing for 2010 models, but if you take a $40,000 car in the US and multiply by 1.15096, you get a 46,038.40 car in Canada. So, if the 40th Anniversary Z cost 48,999 in Canada, then Nissan were in effect charging 2960.60 Canadian dollars for the NAV system, which was $2572.29 US Dollars.

I know this one for a fact because I almost bought a 40th ann. While they were being built. If you were willing to pay for extra features? They would have done it for extra cost. I inquired about a 40th manumatic and they said they would special order it for an extra fee. So all options were still possible with a markup.

:iagree: I agree the Z navigation and technology is amazing compared to that of other car brands. Its interface is great. I love it and it complements the interior of the Z extremely well. One reason why I didn't get the 40th sitting on the dealer lot.. no navi

Agree - it looks good, I would have opted for it, if it were available *cough, cough*.

But playing with an Alpine INA-W910 at a local BB on the way home, I think I know what I'm upgrading to...