Nissan Elgrand upgrades, generation by generation.

The E51 from 2002 to 2010 and the E52 after it, always Japanese imports, always with a Japanese nav that cannot pick up most Irish FM stations. Both get an Android screen with English menus, Irish radio, DAB and wireless CarPlay, with the rear entertainment screen carried over where the van has one.

Japanese FM runs from 76 to 95 MHz at best, and Irish stations sit between 88 and 108, so an imported Elgrand hears a handful of them at most, and there is no DAB. A band expander is a half measure; the Android screen with a European tuner and DAB is the proper fix, and it brings CarPlay and English menus with it.

It can be. The screen is one job; the Japanese text on the cluster and other menus, and anything else the import needs, is a separate conversion we quote alongside, so you can book one or both in the same visit and collect the van once.

E50 — 1997–2002: Japanese-market radio or Xanavi nav with a TV tuner in a 200 mm wide opening on most cars; Japanese FM band and menus. E51 — 2002–2010: Japanese Xanavi or Clarion nav with Japanese menus in the 200 mm wide opening; some Highway Star cars have a flip-down rear screen fed from it. E52 — 2010 on: Japanese NissanConnect or Clarion nav, 200 mm wide, with Around View Monitor and a rear flip-down screen on higher trims; no CarPlay on most. Not sure? Send the reg on WhatsApp and we tell you the generation and the route.

Car radio: 200 mm wide Android screen on the E50 and E51; a screen made for the E52 with cameras and rear screen kept. Reversing camera: Factory-look camera on the factory screen with guidelines, coded in where the car supports it. CarPlay: Activation or a CarPlay box on the factory screen; a wireless adapter where CarPlay is already fitted. Ambient lighting: Ambient LED strips in the cab doors and dash, colour from your phone. Speakers: Plug-in door speakers and tweeters, factory head unit and amplifier kept, no cutting. Parking sensors: Four sensors in the rear bumper with a buzzer that beeps faster; sound only. Dash cam: Hardwired from the fuse box with parking mode and a low-voltage cut-off, cables hidden. Subwoofer: Under-seat subwoofer with its own amplifier, nothing in the load area. Soundproofing: Cab doors, floor and bulkhead treated; load area on request.

Car radio: two to three hours, usually the same day. Reversing camera: two to three hours. CarPlay: under an hour for activation, two to four hours for a box or a screen. Ambient lighting: two to four hours. Most Elgrand owners wait at the workshop or drop the car in the morning and collect it the same day.

E50: the Japanese-market radio or Xanavi nav with a TV tuner in a 200 mm wide opening on most cars; Japanese FM band and menus stays and we add to it. E51: the Japanese Xanavi or Clarion nav with Japanese menus in the 200 mm wide opening; some Highway Star cars have a flip-down rear screen fed from it stays and we add to it. E52: the Japanese NissanConnect or Clarion nav, 200 mm wide, with Around View Monitor and a rear flip-down screen on higher trims; no CarPlay on most stays and we add to it. Steering-wheel buttons, factory amplifiers and cameras are carried over on every route; the only route that changes what you see is an Android screen, and even then the controls are kept.

Send the reg or the year on WhatsApp or the form below and we confirm the generation, the route, the price and the next free slot. Every job carries a one-year warranty on the work, done at our workshop in Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11, Monday to Saturday.