Nate Carlson
Member
Hey all!
I just sorta "accidentally" purchased a 2009 Expedition EL XLT off Copart; I tossed in a bid that I never thought would win.. and, well, it won.
It's a dealer vehicle (runs and drives, clean title, appears to be in pretty good shape), but is a pretty base model - cloth seats, manual AC controls, etc. It theoretically should be showing up on the delivery truck late this week.
I've got a 2017 that my wife drives most of the time; it's an XLT with most features (nav, leather, etc) and really like the interior of it. I'm curious - if I were to find a wrecked 2015-2017 (the facelifted models with the new electronics and 3.5L engine) with the interior intact and no blown airbags, what are the chances that I could swap the interior over? I'm pretty sure the seats would physically fit - and my hope is that I can steal enough parts (wiring harnesses/etc) from the 2017 to make everything "plug and play". Ideally I'd want to swap the gauges, dash, HVAC controls, nav, etc over too - again, with all wiring harnesses.
I've seen posts where people were able to take the dash including harnesses from a slightly newer F150 and update an older one - but I'm just not sure if Ford would've kept interfaces to the engine the same when facelifting the Expedition, or if the dash controls just wouldn't work because of the change in engine and transmission. I'm not finding anything with my searches - but I'm hoping I'm just searching wrong and that this has been done before. Before going forward with this, I'd obviously need to acquire wiring diagrams for both the 2009 and whatever model year I end up looking at for a donor, and study in detail.
If I can't grab the components from a 2015-2017, I'm fairly certain that I could grab the parts from a 2009-2014 Expedition? Same engine, transmission, etc..
Appreciate your thoughts!!
I just sorta "accidentally" purchased a 2009 Expedition EL XLT off Copart; I tossed in a bid that I never thought would win.. and, well, it won.
It's a dealer vehicle (runs and drives, clean title, appears to be in pretty good shape), but is a pretty base model - cloth seats, manual AC controls, etc. It theoretically should be showing up on the delivery truck late this week.I've got a 2017 that my wife drives most of the time; it's an XLT with most features (nav, leather, etc) and really like the interior of it. I'm curious - if I were to find a wrecked 2015-2017 (the facelifted models with the new electronics and 3.5L engine) with the interior intact and no blown airbags, what are the chances that I could swap the interior over? I'm pretty sure the seats would physically fit - and my hope is that I can steal enough parts (wiring harnesses/etc) from the 2017 to make everything "plug and play". Ideally I'd want to swap the gauges, dash, HVAC controls, nav, etc over too - again, with all wiring harnesses.
I've seen posts where people were able to take the dash including harnesses from a slightly newer F150 and update an older one - but I'm just not sure if Ford would've kept interfaces to the engine the same when facelifting the Expedition, or if the dash controls just wouldn't work because of the change in engine and transmission. I'm not finding anything with my searches - but I'm hoping I'm just searching wrong and that this has been done before.
Before going forward with this, I'd obviously need to acquire wiring diagrams for both the 2009 and whatever model year I end up looking at for a donor, and study in detail.If I can't grab the components from a 2015-2017, I'm fairly certain that I could grab the parts from a 2009-2014 Expedition? Same engine, transmission, etc..
Appreciate your thoughts!!
