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http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/179761-heated-steering/ I saw that ORION1123 posted that he swapped his LT steering wheel (with radio controls) to the LTZ with heat, and with the new clock spring it worked no issue. This really isn't good for us because we know that adding the heated steering wheel NOTHING worked, as in all the wiring is different. So if his was a direct swap then maybe the steering wheel without the heat will also have wiring problems... Maybe I worry too much

Yeah the more I think about it, the more I think I should just get the leather wheel without the heat. Avoid the cost of the clockspring, and fingers crossed it just works because I have IO6. If not all else fails I will do what was mentioned above where I just put the WT guts in the new wheel and I at least have a steering wheel that doesn't look like it was made by fisher price... Yeah I will be interested what you come up with on the cluster. That would be sweet depending on the work/cost involved. Keep us in the loop with what you find out. No I did not have XM in my truck. My IO4 was simply having bluetooth connection, I had a factory backup camera etc. I don't have carplay, but I think thats just a different BCM programming maybe... looks like the MVI guys do offer that. AS for the antenna, I had to hook into the factory antenna on the top of the truck for my IO6 for navigation purposes. MVI just included a splitter which I used behind the main display. Does yours not have an antenna at all? So IO5 has the "onstar" navigation with is fairly pointless in my opinion, if you go to IO6 it requires no onstar and is totally free. It works with no subscriptions to anything, and actually its a pretty nice navigation as compared to some of the others I have messed with in the past. Let me know if you have any other questions. Would anyone happen to know the GM part number for the leather steering wheel WITHOUT the heat? (I basically want the 23278626, but without heat...)

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Thanks for the clarification on the clockspring. Yeah I am not sure what I want to do, if I should go with the heated wheel and swap the spring, or just add the steering wheel controls... I am just gunshy to buy components and then they may or may not work... As of right now the only thing that seems to work for sure is buying the leather wheel and moving all the WT components over to it, benefit... a leather steering wheel. Other option is to buy the leather wheel and possibly the steering wheel controls works because I have IO6, but we are not 100% sure. Or to buy the wheel with heat and clockspring and possibly that might work too since I have IO6... Again not sure I am enough of a risk taker to try either of the latter. As for the IO5/IO6 upgrade, I upgraded from IO4 to IO6 and purchased my kit through http://gm-navigation.com/ It was super easy to install, and cost ~ $1400 to go to IO6. Everything is plug and play and I can't say how happy I am with it. Everything works perfectly! Here are some pics: (hope this works) I too would be interested in upgrading my dash display to the colored one like you suggested, but also haven't seen much info/success on that change either. Josh

SierraGuy, where did you hear or read this? I have upgraded my WT to IO6, and have been following this thread, but haven't pulled the trigger on buying a wheel and clockspring because nobody has gotten it to work 100% yet... Any info is appreciated. Thanks! Josh

Kyle, Did you do this to a "work truck"? I have a 2015 blackout edition work truck which I would like to do this upgrade to. However I can't seem to find an actual answer if you have to reprogram your computer to allow the radio buttons to work. Any info is appreciated. Did you have any other info on the actual swap process? I have found nothing online for a 2014+ truck... Thanks! Josh