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Old 04-17-2020, 09:11 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by reh8388 View Post
While I appreciate your concern for my wallet the new radio can be purchased for $724 which last I checked is about the same as the Kenwood radio you have mentioned. The Pioneer you showed can be had for less but ultimately both of those radios have to be ordered from outside the US through what I would consider non-standard sources. There are tons of people with great success stories using the Kenwood and the Pioneer you have shown both on this forum and the FJ Cruiser forum (same silly 200mm opening) but I prefer to go with an OEM solution that has been through Toyota's testing standards.
I'm very confused on what 'non-standard sources' has to do at all with fitment and build quality of a unit. Higher quality, more control, and lower price tag are all reasons most people go towards aftermarket units. Just because your local Best Buy doesn't stock it doesn't mean there's a problem with it.

Also, these 'Toyota testing standards' (if they even exist for the audio system) have produced some notoriously crappy systems, over and over. I would actually use that as a reason not to use their stock components.

I feel like you're stuck in the jargon matrix. The words sound good coming out, but really in the end, you aren't saying anything of substance.
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