Are there any head units that match the red interior lighting?
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05-11-2003, 05:45 PM
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When it comes to the headunit - Shoot for quality over looks........................
Because no one wants to look at a crappy sounding sound system!!!!
05-11-2003, 05:47 PM
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Kenwood Excelon X569 red buttons and red text on black background
the buttons are user selectable as red or green.
TO make the text red, you can swap the two white 3mm LEDs that light up the face plate. with two 5mm red ones I did mine today and the unit looks fantastic.
If you arent into doing soldering or taking apart a face plate just ask me, I can do it for you. Only takes 30 mins to swap the LEDs. Its like swapping the ones in phone handsets. Well kinda, these arent Surface mount LEDs, they are normal ones that radio shack sells for a buck fifty each.
Tomorrow I'll have a pic of mine, it looks the ****.
The head unit can be purchased on ebay for $220 or from crutchfield.com for $300. Really an excellent unit. It plays MP3 cds, can handle a 10cd mp3 changer, or a phat box, or a satellite radio tuner and either the phat box and a cd changer mp3 or just normal cd changer. Kenwood also gives a 2 year warranty and the face plate can be coded so that if somebody breaks into the car the head unit is useless without the code for the unit. Also the faceplate is removeable.
For what this unit costs and delivers, its probably the best looking/sounding one you can get.
TO make the text red, you can swap the two white 3mm LEDs that light up the face plate. with two 5mm red ones I did mine today and the unit looks fantastic.
If you arent into doing soldering or taking apart a face plate just ask me, I can do it for you. Only takes 30 mins to swap the LEDs. Its like swapping the ones in phone handsets. Well kinda, these arent Surface mount LEDs, they are normal ones that radio shack sells for a buck fifty each.
Tomorrow I'll have a pic of mine, it looks the ****.
The head unit can be purchased on ebay for $220 or from crutchfield.com for $300. Really an excellent unit. It plays MP3 cds, can handle a 10cd mp3 changer, or a phat box, or a satellite radio tuner and either the phat box and a cd changer mp3 or just normal cd changer. Kenwood also gives a 2 year warranty and the face plate can be coded so that if somebody breaks into the car the head unit is useless without the code for the unit. Also the faceplate is removeable.
For what this unit costs and delivers, its probably the best looking/sounding one you can get.
