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Old 07-24-11, 05:33 PM
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Heys guys new member here just got my is about a month ago was wondering if I can fit a 7 inch tv in place of my cd player which is not working anyone know the proper kits or any ideas also have to purchase new tires 215/45/17 was wondering the most quiet and best performing tire for my 300 thanks everybody
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There are multiple units ranging from 300-1500 that fit.

Go to www.crutchfield.com if you need to get a radio. If you can't figure out how/what to buy in your price range, well, that isn't good.

You just plug in the type of car and pick the radio you want. They even send you the dash kit, for free (the metra).

*Have no relation anyway with the site; I've just always ordered from there (3 cars now) and have always had perfect experience
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Yes 7" screens will fit. Where in nc are you?
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yeah you can fit a double din in your car, but you run into so wiring problems in your rear speakers because the run at 2ohms and your deck your planning on gettings power outage is 4 ohms so pretty much you have to buy new rear speakers and run new wiring to bypass the factory amp completely.
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Originally Posted by maxwell328
yeah you can fit a double din in your car, but you run into so wiring problems in your rear speakers because the run at 2ohms and your deck your planning on gettings power outage is 4 ohms so pretty much you have to buy new rear speakers and run new wiring to bypass the factory amp completely.
That is only if you go the amp bypass route. For the same price as rear speakers, and less time consuming, you can get the Metra wiring kit. I got mine and haven't had any of the fading issues. Could I be lucky? Maybe. But, for the price, I'd go that route first as getting to the rear speakers is a time consuming job.
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Yeah the thing that i heard was getting most people was even though you buy the harness it still messes up your speakers, thats why im just take the easy way out and rewire it all and not have to mess with it again
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i have a double din in my car and have absolutely no problems with it. Idk how its wired up because my brothers friend did it for me(he owned a stereo shop for 15+years). All i know is the speakers are bypassed from the stock amp to just the head unit i believe b/c i ran outta money for a 4 channel amp haha. I have no problems at all and had it in my car for over 4 months now. Heres a picture tho
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looks to be a big hole under your unit...seems to be a problem to me
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yeah the part where the traction control was removed to put this in. its on there now.
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Thanks a lot guys gonna check into. It a little more the rear speaker thing sounds like it sucks
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yeah i mean id just go the safe rout and rewire it all so then you never have to worry about it. plus better speaker wiring better sound quality without interference.
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