Hey guys, long time since I've posted but I've been lurking for a while. I've got a 2018 ES hatch and a couple months ago I managed to crack the screen on the base radio.

I've done some digging and replacing the base radio is expensive. New is about $1500 and used is about $500.. for that much I could redo the entire system, but I'm trying to be cheap. I just mainly miss my backup camera.

I see that the upgrades android auto version is significantly cheaper used (about $125). I scanned on here and found some info but not quite enough.

Does anyone know what is needed to convert the 18 base radio to the carplay version? Is it plug and play or are the connections for the camera, etc different? Mounting the same?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!!!