What head units/radio are you running in your truck?

Bonecollector

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What head unit/radio are you running in your truck? Pictures and what you like/dislike about them, difficulty of install, were modifications required etc.

Figure we should have a thread about this, kind of a what fits what hits

All input and info welcome!


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I have a kenwood ddx372 bt kicker 1000.5 amp for the 2 kicker 10's behind the seats.Rockford fosgate 5 1/4 in the doors with the factory tweeters and infinity 4x6 plates in the back panels.For the install of the deck I had to get the radio bracket from an 05 silverado to put in place of the 02 bracket cant fit double din in the older brackets.I'll get some pics up later on
 

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I install for a living. That being said I have seen lot's of great radios and lot's of bad. I personally am running an Alpine INE-S920HD at the current time. It's been a great unit for the several years I've had it now. I like pretty much every thing about it, though the hands free BT mic could use improving. the sound processing features are outstanding and the time correction and other setting really help many of the acoustic problems in a RC pickup. In these trucks with some radios you need to trim the plastic at the bottom/back edge of the sub-dash this is easily done and the sub dash is even easily removable if your so inclined. For your install I would recommend using nothing besides the PAC Audio RP5-GM11 wiring harness. It will retain your door chimes, provide ACC output, is compatible with both Bose and Standard Audio, gives you all the necessary outputs for nav units (park brake, VSS, reverse, etc) and will retain SWC if you have them. I used a PAC Audio TR-7 to bypass the park brake and foot brake that my particular unit requires. We are in the middle seeing some brand new units hitting the streets so until I get to play with them I cant make any recommendation on the new stuff, but in my experience you cant go wrong with the current INE-W960 or INE-W967HD I would also suggest the Pioneer AVIC -8200NEX, 7200NEX or 6200NEX, though the current Pioneers do have some fit issues with some dash kits, due to the redesigned face they should fit any GMT-800 fine.

So here is mine.
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I install for a living. That being said I have seen lot's of great radios and lot's of bad. I personally am running an Alpine INE-S920HD at the current time. It's been a great unit for the several years I've had it now. I like pretty much every thing about it, though the hands free BT mic could use improving. the sound processing features are outstanding and the time correction and other setting really help many of the acoustic problems in a RC pickup. In these trucks with some radios you need to trim the plastic at the bottom/back edge of the sub-dash this is easily done and the sub dash is even easily removable if your so inclined. For your install I would recommend using nothing besides the PAC Audio RP5-GM11 wiring harness. It will retain your door chimes, provide ACC output, is compatible with both Bose and Standard Audio, gives you all the necessary outputs for nav units (park brake, VSS, reverse, etc) and will retain SWC if you have them. I used a PAC Audio TR-7 to bypass the park brake and foot brake that my particular unit requires. We are in the middle seeing some brand new units hitting the streets so until I get to play with them I cant make any recommendation on the new stuff, but in my experience you cant go wrong with the current INE-W960 or INE-W967HD I would also suggest the Pioneer AVIC -8200NEX, 7200NEX or 6200NEX, though the current Pioneers do have some fit issues with some dash kits, due to the redesigned face they should fit any GMT-800 fine.



So here is mine.

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Did you have to trim or cut to get that unit in there?


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Did you have to trim or cut to get that unit in there?


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Like I said before some radio will drop right in and some you will have to do minor trimming. My old Kenwood fit with no trimming, however this particular Alpine unit required a little trimming. In the below image the areas high lighted in the green squares are the areas that needed trimming. the two rounded corners were made square and the center section was cut back to flush with the vertical piece. I have never seen a radio that required any more trimming than this. This picture is not my dash cavity but it's same in all of them.

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I have a pioneer double din touch screen I'm skeptical to install, it's been sitting on my dresser for about 2 years, showing what you trimmed there makes me feel less afraid to do it haha


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old kenwood ddx6019. Looking to upgrade to pioneer 4100nex

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Like I said before some radio will drop right in and some you will have to do minor trimming. My old Kenwood fit with no trimming, however this particular Alpine unit required a little trimming. In the below image the areas high lighted in the green squares are the areas that needed trimming. the two rounded corners were made square and the center section was cut back to flush with the vertical piece. I have never seen a radio that required any more trimming than this. This picture is not my dash cavity but it's same in all of them.

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This makes me want to double din my 2000
I have a pioneer double din touch screen I'm skeptical to install, it's been sitting on my dresser for about 2 years, showing what you trimmed there makes me feel less afraid to do it haha


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Seeing this makes it less intimidating as well

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