What did you replace factory radio with?

[vkh]

I have the base model retrosound. I love it, perfect for my needs. Now all it has is aux and am/fm. I just use an aux cable and play music on my phone and it sounds good to me. The port is on the back of the radio but you can mount a port anywhere you like. Although with modern phones shedding their aux ports you may want Bluetooth to future proof yourself if you use a phone for music.

https://www.retromanufacturing.com/...ies-trucks-laguna-radio-1?variant=34820027854

 

[vkh]

That said I'm not an audio guy so I'm not the most informed on this kind of stuff.

 

[Crispy]

I switched to a Kenwood with USB, Aux in and bluetooth. 88-91 Have a different dash opening so no cutting was required, just a dash kit, harness, and new radio.

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[CSFJ]

Mine is going to get the factory radio that came out of the '87 I parted out.

 

[74 Shortbed]

I switched to a Kenwood with USB, Aux in and bluetooth. 88-91 Have a different dash opening so no cutting was required, just a dash kit, harness, and new radio.

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I like your setup, what dash kit did you use??, the ones I see all make the unit stick way out, looks ugly IMO...

 

[Crispy]

I like your setup, what dash kit did you use??, the ones I see all make the unit stick way out, looks ugly IMO...

Thanks. I dont like the way those protruding kits look either. I used American International GMK432. Got in on ebay for like $9.00
The AI kit comes with the extensions for shallow mounting depth, but I didnt need it thankfully.

 

[74 Shortbed]

Thanks. I dont like the way those protruding kits look either. I used American International GMK432. Got in on ebay for like $9.00
The AI kit comes with the extensions for shallow mounting depth, but I didnt need it thankfully.

Thanks man, I was thinking Retro for the factory look but this looks just as good as factory, and I can have more choices on a radio..

 

[Crispy]

Thanks man, I was thinking Retro for the factory look but this looks just as good as factory, and I can have more choices on a radio..

I originally wanted go OEM and my Burb came with the premium radio RPO UX1. Similar to the one below, but not shiny. I looked into retro and another company which I forgot and I want to say they only offered until 1987.

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So I was gonna buy that radio, mod it to have aux in, maybe add a signal processor and have a sweet sounding but stock looking system. I saw how rare and expensive those radios can be and chuckled while I spent a fraction on new tech. When I saw the gaping hole I was a little worried but then realized no one had cut the dash. Thats when I found out that in 1989 they switched to din mounting. Your results may vary but my only gripe about the AI kit was that it caused my dash bezel to longer mount flush to dash itself around the radio.

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[74 Shortbed]

Yeah, this is the one I was thinking of getting but I didn't care for the price either for what you're getting, lol.. BTW, I just ordered one of them kits..

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[Crispy]

Or the color! I knew I was going with white LEDs in the cluster and wanted a radio that I could change the colors on.

Post up pics when you do the install, let me know how yours sits behind the bezel. I'm curious to know if its normal or if maybe the kit I got was a little off.

 

[74 Shortbed]

Sure will, haven't decided on a radio yet though, but I just looked yours up and I kinda like it so I may just get that one...

 

[Crispy]

Sure will, haven't decided on a radio yet though, but I just looked yours up and I kinda like it so I may just get that one...

Its simple and its cheap since it doesnt have a CD player. I havent used CD since the early 2000s.

 

[74 Shortbed]

Its simple and its cheap since it doesnt have a CD player. I havent used CD since the early 2000s.

I hear ya, I don't need a CD either I transferred all my **** unto USB drives and **** canned all the CD's, lol..

 

[74 Shortbed]

Its simple and its cheap since it doesnt have a CD player. I havent used CD since the early 2000s.

Ordered it last night from Crutchfield $119 shipped, and it comes with an installation kit(which I won't be using) and harness free, also ordered the AI kit off E-Gay, should have them next week sometime..

 

[Honky Kong jr]

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