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<blockquote data-quote="Mooncatt" data-source="post: 8673763" data-attributes="member: 676968"><p>From the "with enough money, anything is possible" files, I found you'll need this $350 harness adaptor to maintain factory amp communication. Yikes!</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.installer.com/item/display_item.php?it=ctsmc013-2" target="_blank">https://www.installer.com/item/display_item.php?it=ctsmc013-2</a></p><p></p><p>For that price, I'd just rewire the entire system and bypass the factory amps. Aftermarket radios are plenty loud without an amp for most people (with subs being the exception, it does need to be powered).</p><p></p><p>You can find what you want in pretty much any name brand head unit. I'm partial to Pioneer and JVC for sound quality, but I prefer Pioneer's user interface a bit better. Take a look at www.Crutchfeild.com and enter your vehicle info. They will show you radio options that will fit (with the correct mounting kit) and you can narrow down by feature set. It's hard to say which specific one to buy because a lot will be based on personal tastes. I wouldn't worry much about sound quality vs "toys" as you put it. Unless you're looking to go with a competition level sound quality system, any of the big name brand units will sound great when properly tuned. </p><p></p><p>As for the sub amp question, I wouldn't try upgrading it. Premium sound systems are designed to work as an all in one unit. Even if you could swap the amp, you'd have to figure out the sub's power and impedance specs to match an amp properly to it. I doubt it's rated to handle much power, so would be easy to overdrive it with conventional aftermarket sub amps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mooncatt, post: 8673763, member: 676968"] From the "with enough money, anything is possible" files, I found you'll need this $350 harness adaptor to maintain factory amp communication. Yikes! [URL="https://www.installer.com/item/display_item.php?it=ctsmc013-2"]https://www.installer.com/item/display_item.php?it=ctsmc013-2[/URL] For that price, I'd just rewire the entire system and bypass the factory amps. Aftermarket radios are plenty loud without an amp for most people (with subs being the exception, it does need to be powered). You can find what you want in pretty much any name brand head unit. I'm partial to Pioneer and JVC for sound quality, but I prefer Pioneer's user interface a bit better. Take a look at www.Crutchfeild.com and enter your vehicle info. They will show you radio options that will fit (with the correct mounting kit) and you can narrow down by feature set. It's hard to say which specific one to buy because a lot will be based on personal tastes. I wouldn't worry much about sound quality vs "toys" as you put it. Unless you're looking to go with a competition level sound quality system, any of the big name brand units will sound great when properly tuned. As for the sub amp question, I wouldn't try upgrading it. Premium sound systems are designed to work as an all in one unit. Even if you could swap the amp, you'd have to figure out the sub's power and impedance specs to match an amp properly to it. I doubt it's rated to handle much power, so would be easy to overdrive it with conventional aftermarket sub amps. [/QUOTE]
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