Technically, the RNS 510 has to be factory installed because of the wiring harness's GPS antenna.
But the real answer is you can easily retrofit it. You just have to add the GPS antenna. This is actually quite easy. The grille in the center of the dashboard comes off. Just tape it in the air vent area and the wire goes straight down to the back of the RNS 510. The rest of the plugs are plug-play since you have the premium8. For the searchers and lurkers, if you had the premium7 you have to add an antenna adapter and might need to change the aux-in pins. You do need to use Ross tech VCDS to tell the car's computer that the navigation is installed and to disable the existing compass module so that the car doesn't see 2 compasses.
The wagon has a different dashboard but you can really stick the antenna anywhere which can see the sky. There have been plenty of retrofits into the mk5 style dashboard but I haven't seen a retrofit into the mk6 style dashboard.
Feel free to check out the forum sponsor MFD3.com for the parts. Right now the market price for the stock premium 8 radio is about $400 so that will also help offset the price. And if you document the installation with step by step pictures it will also qualify for an entry into the writeup contest sponsored by Kermatdi.com. If you win the prize is a $50 certificate. Just throwing out some ideas
, hope this helps!
But the real answer is you can easily retrofit it. You just have to add the GPS antenna. This is actually quite easy. The grille in the center of the dashboard comes off. Just tape it in the air vent area and the wire goes straight down to the back of the RNS 510. The rest of the plugs are plug-play since you have the premium8. For the searchers and lurkers, if you had the premium7 you have to add an antenna adapter and might need to change the aux-in pins. You do need to use Ross tech VCDS to tell the car's computer that the navigation is installed and to disable the existing compass module so that the car doesn't see 2 compasses.
The wagon has a different dashboard but you can really stick the antenna anywhere which can see the sky. There have been plenty of retrofits into the mk5 style dashboard but I haven't seen a retrofit into the mk6 style dashboard.
Feel free to check out the forum sponsor MFD3.com for the parts. Right now the market price for the stock premium 8 radio is about $400 so that will also help offset the price. And if you document the installation with step by step pictures it will also qualify for an entry into the writeup contest sponsored by Kermatdi.com. If you win the prize is a $50 certificate. Just throwing out some ideas
, hope this helps!
