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[joshwyatt]

I bought another whole Omega just for the CID to get it fitted to my 03 Elite...to me it makes a massive difference to the interface and sat nav system.

[TheBoy]

I have beeb offered a colour display out of a 3.2 Elite, what is involved in swapping the display over and is it worth it? I have digital display in my Elite.

With the age of the cars I would question whether a second hand colour display is worth it these days. By the time it is depared (your seller's responsibility to do this and retain right to return it if it is not in safe mode) and then repared and fitted you then have to contend with the high chance of pixel failure usually due to dried out joints on pcbs. I have 2 CIDs which I have had to interchange over the years whilst one is being repaired. If you do not do many long distance journeys I would think twice as these units are not robust. Must have had 10 installs of which 3 were due to faulty install first time and say 2 re diagnosis.

Very rarely use sat nav on this car now - nice when it is working but a pain if you get a wrong 'un.

Repair costs range from £80. Guy who does mine is having second thoughts I think as 2 have been returned faulty by me under warranty - he does loads.I have 2 working ones now but would nor dare part with one!!

Due to what I do, I've seen a fair few faulty CIDs, but won't have necessarily said 'unreliable' TBH...