Single Din or Double Din Radio
11-02-14, 04:45 PM
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Single Din or Double Din Radio
Just curious if you guys are running single din or double din aftermarket radios. Can you anyone post a pic of your single or double din set up and let me know if you have noticed any advantages or disadvantages of either. I wanted a double din because I thought the single din might look out of place but I have a pretty nice Kenwood with bluetooth and a ton of features just sitting around doing nothing plus double dins seem to cost a bit more. I don't really think there are any real advantages of a double din over a single din except maybe touch screen but I don't really want that. If I go with a single din I want to find an installation kit that with give it a finished look instead of just a head unit with a giant pocket below it. Thanks for any input!
11-07-14, 11:03 PM
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Where did you guys find your information for installing the aftermarket head units. I saw the write up in the DIY section but it was pretty confusing to me and the pics no longer work. Does any company make a jumper harness or do I still have to hard wire it in? Thanks in advance!!
11-08-14, 07:48 PM
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No jumper will work, unless you make your own. Most just hard wire, that's the way mine is. When I first hooked it up I butt-connected all my wires, but I went back through and soldered all my wires and tucked all the extras back out of the way.
11-08-14, 08:32 PM
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So you just ran all new wires from the headunit to the speakers? I want to wire the new head unit using thr existing factory wiring to avoid running new wires all over the car. Is that possibly?
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11-09-14, 02:31 PM
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Not sure. I have seen somewhere at some point someone being able to get the factory wiring to work with the aftermarket stereo. I have two amps so I just ran speaker wire to my 4 channel amp. I did try to hook up my factory speakers to my current head unit and that didn't work so I bought an amp and ran new wire. Running the wires isn't the hard part the hard part is trying to make everything look like a professional did it. I will try to look for that wiring/head unit thread tomorrow when I don't have to work.
