Aftermarket radio?
#1
Aftermarket radio?
The previous owner butchered my dash to install an 80's style radio. Does anyone have any recommendations for an aftermarket radio? I see ads for RetroSound and one other (can't remember the name at the moment). Any other products out there worth a look?
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#3
I went to classiccarstereo.com to replace mine, and I must say that I am very satisfied. It went right into the original fittings for my cutlass with no cutting of the dash. At first glance, it even looks like an old stereo.
#5
I have an "80s style radio" that I installed back in the 80s and it fit perfectly with no dash hacking. It's a regular old shaft mount radio (the kind that was designed to replace the factory shaft mount radio) so I am guessing someone installed a DIN style radio in your car and cut out the shaft mount hole areas.
If your dash is already hacked, the damage is already done and I would use a radio that fits whatever hole is currently there. I don't know how you would get a shaft mount radio to fit if the dash has been cut out and the mounting hole areas are gone.
If your dash is already hacked, the damage is already done and I would use a radio that fits whatever hole is currently there. I don't know how you would get a shaft mount radio to fit if the dash has been cut out and the mounting hole areas are gone.
Last edited by Fun71; April 22nd, 2014 at 08:01 AM.
#6
I have an "80s style radio" that I installed back in the 80s and it fit perfectly with no dash hacking. It's a regular old shaft mount radio (the kind that was designed to replace the factory shaft mount radio) so I am guessing someone installed a DIN style radio in your car and cut out the shaft mount hole areas.
If your dash is already hacked, the damage is already done and I would use a radio that fits whatever hole is currently there. I don't know how you would get a shaft mount radio to fit if the dash has been cut out and the mounting hole areas are gone.
If your dash is already hacked, the damage is already done and I would use a radio that fits whatever hole is currently there. I don't know how you would get a shaft mount radio to fit if the dash has been cut out and the mounting hole areas are gone.
#8
Sounds like it was a shaft mount one with a different spacing between the shafts and either they didn't know about adjusting the spacing as oldcutlass mentioned or it was a cheaper non-adjustable radio.
So if it's just that there are slot cuts, you might be able to work with that. Pictures would tell.
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#10
Well that's not as bad as I imagined it was - trust me, I have seen a lot worse.
So is there something wrong with that radio? Your first post asked for recommendations for an aftermarket radio, which that is, so I'm wondering what you're looking for?
Do you want something with a cassette player (don't laugh - think of the folks with 8 track players), CD, USB, iPod, etc? Lots of choices depending upon what your goals are.
For my car, I have a radio very similar to the one in your picture because I have a convertible so I got a radio that no one would want rip my dash up to steal. I use a cassette adapter to play MP3s from a phone/ipod, it has separate bass/treble instead of tone control, fader control, and 4 channel RCA outputs for the amp under the seat. It's everything I need in a radio and nothing anyone would want to steal.
So is there something wrong with that radio? Your first post asked for recommendations for an aftermarket radio, which that is, so I'm wondering what you're looking for?
Do you want something with a cassette player (don't laugh - think of the folks with 8 track players), CD, USB, iPod, etc? Lots of choices depending upon what your goals are.
For my car, I have a radio very similar to the one in your picture because I have a convertible so I got a radio that no one would want rip my dash up to steal. I use a cassette adapter to play MP3s from a phone/ipod, it has separate bass/treble instead of tone control, fader control, and 4 channel RCA outputs for the amp under the seat. It's everything I need in a radio and nothing anyone would want to steal.
#12
Well that's not as bad as I imagined it was - trust me, I have seen a lot worse.
So is there something wrong with that radio? Your first post asked for recommendations for an aftermarket radio, which that is, so I'm wondering what you're looking for?
Do you want something with a cassette player (don't laugh - think of the folks with 8 track players), CD, USB, iPod, etc? Lots of choices depending upon what your goals are.
For my car, I have a radio very similar to the one in your picture because I have a convertible so I got a radio that no one would want rip my dash up to steal. I use a cassette adapter to play MP3s from a phone/ipod, it has separate bass/treble instead of tone control, fader control, and 4 channel RCA outputs for the amp under the seat. It's everything I need in a radio and nothing anyone would want to steal.
So is there something wrong with that radio? Your first post asked for recommendations for an aftermarket radio, which that is, so I'm wondering what you're looking for?
Do you want something with a cassette player (don't laugh - think of the folks with 8 track players), CD, USB, iPod, etc? Lots of choices depending upon what your goals are.
For my car, I have a radio very similar to the one in your picture because I have a convertible so I got a radio that no one would want rip my dash up to steal. I use a cassette adapter to play MP3s from a phone/ipod, it has separate bass/treble instead of tone control, fader control, and 4 channel RCA outputs for the amp under the seat. It's everything I need in a radio and nothing anyone would want to steal.
Last edited by defiant1; April 23rd, 2014 at 03:51 PM. Reason: clarification, punctuation
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