Will the radio out of a 2013 RSpec with touch screen work in a 2012 RSpec without a touch screen?

[JacobyDJackson]

Good Evening Folks! Hope all is well!! So...I went junkyarding last weekend; mainly looking for some items for my LT Swapped 88 Buick Regal. Anyways; I stumbled across a rear end totaled 2013 RSpec, had 31000. So I grabbed the headlights, radio and dashboard (mine is cracked from the Florida sun). Anybody know if the radio will work in my
2012...the 2013 has the touchscreen. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[Steve2020]

R-Specs don't have a touchscreen, they have DIS.

 

[Ozy44]

I would just stick with the head unit you have if it's the touch screen Nav system. The R-spec head unit, as stated by Steve2020, is not a touch screen and uses center console mounted control knob. I personally would rather just have the touch screen. I think the DIS unit has a few more features than your touch screen such as maps that can be updated without a trip to the dealer but with smartphone technology, who really uses vehicle Nav systems anymore? To answer your question though, I'm not sure they are interchangeable. I'd be more interested in snagging that 31K 8 speed transmission!

 

[Steve2020]

I would just stick with the head unit you have if it's the touch screen Nav system. The R-spec head unit, as stated by Steve2020, is not a touch screen and uses center console mounted control knob. I personally would rather just have the touch screen. I think the DIS unit has a few more features than your touch screen such as maps that can be updated without a trip to the dealer but with smartphone technology, who really uses vehicle Nav systems anymore? To answer your question though, I'm not sure they are interchangeable. I'd be more interested in snagging that 31K 8 speed transmission!

I tried my navigation once to go to an out of town Sam's Club once. I knew where it was but I was new to the car and wanted to see how accurate it is in case I ever got out somewhere without phone service and needed it. It took me 8 or so miles away to the middle of a residential neighborhood with mazes of streets and I ended up having to use my phone gps to get to an area of the town I recognized, lol.

 

[gebulso]

Good Evening Folks! Hope all is well!! So...I went junkyarding last weekend; mainly looking for some items for my LT Swapped 88 Buick Regal. Anyways; I stumbled across a rear end totaled 2013 RSpec, had 31000. So I grabbed the headlights, radio and dashboard (mine is cracked from the Florida sun). Anybody know if the radio will work in my
2012...the 2013 has the touchscreen. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!!

My 2013 RSpec doesn't have touchscreen.

 

[Shady_panda]

the back of the two model are differnt. I think I did this 2-3 years ago with my 09 and I saw the back is different than 2013 version.

 

[Gunkk]

Good Evening Folks! Hope all is well!! So...I went junkyarding last weekend; mainly looking for some items for my LT Swapped 88 Buick Regal. Anyways; I stumbled across a rear end totaled 2013 RSpec, had 31000. So I grabbed the headlights, radio and dashboard (mine is cracked from the Florida sun). Anybody know if the radio will work in my
2012...the 2013 has the touchscreen. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!!

No, probably not. They're completely different.