I am buying a 17 fit lx and I have been searching for any answer if I can swap out the stock lx head unit with a stick ex unit. I haven't found and answer and I was wondering if anyone here would know

 

Sure, just depends how much you're willing to pay. For simplicity, just buy the EX though. You get a lot more than just the head unit.

 

Other than the radio itself, what else would I need?

 

Not having done this myself, but the OEM EX head units are tied to the CANBUS system of the car, which also looks to match the VIN# that the head unit is registered to. This is likely not possible. Besides why put the OEM EX Head in there when you can do a nice aftermarket unit.

 

Darn. Well I appreciate the insight.

 

Aftermaket units don't seem to be able to work with the Fit's rear camera. Its connector fits into the Fit's head unit, if I recall correctly, not into any aftermarket unit. You would need a connector that fits into the aftermarket unit, and diagram showing which wires are which, for the Fit's camera, before you could correctly put the new connector onto the wires from the Fit's camera.

 

Really? Mine does look like a 1990 radio just and I wanted to upgrade to the lx model and I saw some on eBay pretty cheap.



And it is cheaper than buy a new front to insert a doble din radio. I want a camera. It is still weird form the the back of the car since I have drove 20 years big sedans.

 

Well an LX HU in an EX maybe not so much an issue, but an EX HU in an LX highly unlikely. Besides, why put an eX into an LX when there are better aftermarket HUs out there

 

Do the aftermarket support the backup camera or steering wheel controls?

 

General consensus is that :

* The new headunit will be just fine for whatever you do, provided you got $100-$200 worth of harness cables
* You will retain lanewatch, but there is a 2-3 sec lag from switch to it appearing, and the same from it dissapearing
* You will have backup camera, but only the fisheye view. No way to switch to normal or top down.

Although some googling showed me this : BC23 Honda Reverse Camera Adapter
which seems to let you switch the view... no idea where the switch is though