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Originally Posted by xdavidx
Stock radio is not great, but changing it out is quirky and has issues. They don't make any units that truly fit properly for the US market, so you either have to get one that has that aftermarket looking adapter around it or order one from asia/australian that really wasn't supposed to work with out cars. As one person stated, you need to get a wiring harness from an australian company that never responds and even then it has issues. Also, the bluetooth microphone won't work anymore no matter what you change it to and all the aftermarket ones result in fuzzy phone calls. That's not even getting into the speaker/amp issues as they have a very particular setup with speaker sizes that are impossible to get and non standard ohm ratings. Everytime anyone does anything with the stereo it somehow turns into a 14 page thread of issues.
I'm sure there will be someone out there who is going to respond to this saying their aftermarket swap was super easy and great if it was, but I've seen enough go awry that I wouldn't opt for anything but factory plug n play.
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Guess I'm that guy lol. I had a headunit, amp, sub, and backup camera added with no issues. I've swapped headunits in every car I had and it’s never made the car worse compared to the stock stereo. CarPlay and Android Auto are enough for me to go with an aftermarket stereo.
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Originally Posted by Mr.ac
Mostly because they are new to cars and don't know any better.
Take a trip to your local car audio shop and ask. They can help you price out great head unit with all the bells and whistles you can ask for.
And still cheaper than anything oem and with room to upgrade.
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That makes sense. Some people probably just want the plug in play upgrade, but for a few more dollars they can get wayyy more functionality. That’s why I was confused.
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Originally Posted by soundman98
everyone wants to only change the radio, but keep the entire rest of the system as it came. me? i gutted everything.
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Same. I don’t think the stock unit looks better than the aftermarket one, so I got rid of mine as soon as I could.