I had posted this on Radwood and I was surprised at the number of haters that I had installed this. I managed to do it without hatcheting the dash and at least I dont have to hang a bracket on my windshield to hold a smart phone. Non of the controls are blocked. Its not easy to find a unit that fits because of the recess for the radio in the console.
Pfffft... it's your car, modify it how you want! H8trs gonna h8t. Just shake it off.
looks good to me. can you effectively use you phone meaning make and receive calls?
Yes it all works perfectly. In fact this weekend I installed reversing camera, and and JL Audio Sub with new replacement dual cone speakers in dash and rear. The head unit has a great active cross over and the sound is super crisp. The only thing is that when I hit reverse it does not switch screen to rear camera automatically you have to select rear camera option manually, but given all the other things it’s pretty ok .
There is a separate mic which comes with it . Fortunately the previous Apline unit had phone function so a mic was already installed just to the left of the rear view mirror. I just reused that mic. The phone sound comes through the car audio . Also Siri works through the mic
More power to you!
The screen is fine to look at because you can adjust the angle of of view very easy anytime. I have found the touch screen to be ok. Responds well. The sound feeding the sub is raw signal RCA and there is a built in cross over and electronic sub control. I have not found using the Nav not problem.
Absolutely, I was skeptical at first, but this sub makes it through with all the bass
