An older dashboard in a Faro car doesn't mean living without navigation and calls done properly. The JustCars workshop in Loulé — about twenty minutes up the road — retrofits Apple CarPlay and Android Auto three honest ways: a new head unit, an interface hidden behind the factory screen, or a wireless adapter, with steering-wheel controls and cameras kept working.
There are three ways to put Apple CarPlay and Android Auto into a car that left the factory without them — and the right one depends on the dashboard, not the catalogue. A new head unit replaces the screen entirely, the cleanest route for older interiors. An interface module hides behind the factory screen and leaves the original look untouched. A wireless adapter cuts the cable on a car that already has wired CarPlay.
Which route fits your car is a model-and-year question, and it's answered the same day: send both on WhatsApp and you get the honest option — and its price — before you drive anywhere. The number comes after the model and year, not before, and not vaguely.
“Half my CarPlay jobs start with someone convinced their dashboard is too old for this. It almost never is — there's a clean route into nearly every car; the trick is choosing it by the car, not by what's on the shelf.”
The screen replaced entirely — the cleanest route for older dashboards, sized to your dash.
CarPlay and Android Auto on the original screen — the factory look untouched.
Cuts the cable on cars that already have wired CarPlay.
Final scope and price are confirmed at inspection — these are honest public anchors, not teaser rates.
The fear with any retrofit is a dashboard that looks interfered with. Our standard is factory look: trim comes off without broken clips, wiring is loomed and hidden, and the finished installation reads as if the car was built that way. Dashboards come apart in this workshop every week for interior work — the retrofit rides on that same experience.
Function survives too: steering-wheel controls keep working, factory cameras and parking sensors stay on the screen, and the sound is set up properly before handover instead of being left on defaults.
The installation happens at the JustCars workshop in Loulé — about twenty minutes from Faro, a straightforward run up the road. Most installations fit within a day; the timing for your specific car is confirmed together with the route, once we have the model and year — not promised blind.
For airport-run cars, hire fleets and daily A22 commuters that can't disappear for long, that matters: drop the car in the morning, collect it in the afternoon with navigation and calls working the way the phone intended. Collection from Faro is arranged on request, as with all Faro work.
The JustCars workshop in Loulé, about twenty minutes up the road: a new head unit, an interface behind the factory screen or a wireless adapter — chosen for your dashboard, not for a warehouse shelf.
Most installations fit within a day. Send the model and year on WhatsApp and we name the route and the timing before your visit — no guessing at the counter.
No. Trim comes off without broken clips, wiring is loomed and hidden, and the finished installation reads factory. Dashboards come apart in our hands every week for interior work.
Car + what you need on WhatsApp — real options with real numbers.
