A different approach to the Lincoln Screen Swap.

I believe this may be my first post where I can offer something rather than take information.

Thanks to the guys who have done this swap before me and a shout-out to Chad Murphy.

I have hated the 10" vertical since I connected my phone and realized what Ford had failed to do. That was about day two of ownership.
When this mod was performed by others it was a must-have for myself.

Chad hooked me up with a non-working screen so I could begin fabrication and await the new working unit from him. The photos are of the non-working.

Once I had it perfected as I wanted it I duplicated the brackets, Countersunk the bottom bolts assembled it and my ST was borrowed by my son until this coming Wed. I'll be able to follow up with final install photos of the back covers then.

I loved the other installs but I wanted that 53-dollar rubber mat to be more useable than what it appeared to be in other installs. I also wanted to simplify this for others to duplicate as well as I didn't want to cut half of my perfectly good $90 trim bezel.

I bought aluminum from Amazon, The pack I bought gave me plenty of material for experimenting. Once finished I realized this can be completed using 1 12 " piece. - $17.00

I purchased all of my OEM parts from Ford OEM Parts Direct. It took them several weeks to fulfill the order. I paid for expedited shipping and shouldn't have but I didn't realize they didn't have everything I wanted in stock. It was still cheaper than my local dealer. $300 with expedited shipping.

All of the hardware was from the Depot. Less than 20 dollars.

I believe the screens vary some with availability so that would be on your own source. If Chad has any I believe he's very fair.

My design is different than the other I've seen. I use all M6-1.0 stainless bolts. This is the same size as the bolts that Ford uses to mount the display. I only went with stainless because of availability. I also use a washer stack as a spacer to raise the screen .600. This allows more room
in the compartment below the display. This measurement also allows the bottom mount connections to be used very easily.

The bottom bracket stack uses 1 nut (non-locking) on each side as a spacer for the attached links. This matches the bottom of the dash mounting points perfectly.
The top attach link goes on top of the dash mounting point while the two lower attach links mount on the bottom of the dash mounting points.

The top attach link is connected to the dash mount using the OEM bolt going from top to bottom, just as it came from the factory.

The two bottom attach links are connected to the dash mount with the OEM bolts inserted from the bottom and traveling through the attach link and into the stock mount.
As an alternative, these same two links could be connected by using a M6-1.0mm x 35 mm bolt from the top so long as you placed a washer and lock nut on the bottom.

A M6 bolt has a .236 diameter. I reamed all of my holes to .246 with a .284 edge distance. Mine fits with a tight tolerance.

You can duplicate this with a 1/4 drill and be successful.

The plastic trim bezel still has to be cut for the insertion of the top attach link and notched on the bottom in two spots for the lower attach links but remains 90% intact.

I can easily use the compartment now.

My final product is installed and it will be several days before I can get more pics. The one photo of the display installed shows the opening. Noting under shows while sitting in the vehicle. The wire was tucked and secured after photo.

I am getting a lower bezel 3D printed and I am covering the opening with pleather this weekend so nothing will be viewable from any position.

Nice write up!


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Wow, very nice write-up indeed. Those are some nice adjustments. I always wondered how 'useful' the cubby under the screen would be. This seems to make a lot of sense for utilizing it.

May I ask for a few more pictures from drivers view..
My wife really has issues with the current screen

Looks great excited to see your final install pics

Nice writeup. Thank you


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I'll get them posted asap. Son drives model 3 and hit me up to take the ST to Helen GA for a couple of days at the last minute. He was taking 3 others so understood the need.

Soon. But i promise you that regardless of the way it's installed she won't be disappointed. I drove with it for a week with only the top mount bolt installed and it was so much better. Everything about it is better.

Thank you for this post! I did the 10.1" back to 8" swap but to go to the 10" horizontal would be awesome!

So you have the new screen in and working ??? I'd love to see a few pics of that .. Great write up bro!!!! I hate my screen! It's a joke Ford did us like that !!!

This is what has been keeping me busy ! I hates the audio as much as the screen! So I went audio 1st. What a project that is if u go the full soup to nuts redo!

I took your products and did something a little different, because I too want to use the little shelf. I used a Lincoln Navigator screen so it was a little different and I hade to do some cutting and shaving of the plastic to make it work. Also, with the Navigator screen, the mounts were different. I made a very solid bracket with the aluminum bar that you used, and had to connect it to the screen in a different way. It turned out VERY strong and mounts to the points like in your post. I need something to close up the back so maybe when you get that piece printed you can share that? The only thing that I am having difficulty with, is the Ford home screen is only showing up about 1/3 of the screen size on startup. And, when it starts up, I get the ST Ford Performance graphic but when it shuts down I get the Ford graphic...weird. I might have to go have it reprogrammed by Ford, since I have tried different settings in FORScan and nothing works. Thanks for your post which became the basis for my build. I also kept the vertical screen AC bezel because it actually fits better than going to the horizontal 8" screen AC bezel. Enjoy the photos.

Just curious why you went with that screen, isn't it also 8" like the OEM Explorer one?

No, it is a 10" screen