[RageOfFury]

subbie09 has a Kenwood DNX890HD and he loves it. I have an Alpine INE-S920HD and I love it.

Kenwood, Alpine and Pioneer are all top notch brands. You can't go wrong with those 3.

If you have questions regarding installation, etc subbie09 and I are here to help.

 

[RageOfFury]

Yes you will need a dash kit and the PAC RP4-CH11 interface.

You will need to trim the inside of the dash with a dremel tool. Since this part of the dash isn't visible once the trim piece is back on, then there is no need to worry about how it looks.

I don't have any experience with AppRadio, looks cool, but can't say how functional it is.

 

[RageOfFury]

That's a solid radio!

Well you'll need a trim removal tool to remove the dash trim. You'll need to trim the dash with a dremel tool. You'll need to solder wiring (PAC interface harness with headunit harness). The backup camera require the removal of additional trim panels, etc.

You can check out the various headunit threads around here and see if you want to do this yourself or not.

I upgraded everything, headunit, speakers, amp, camera. Took me several weekends to get it all together.

 

[RageOfFury]

UPDATE:

After some deliberation, I elected to go with the Kenwood Excelon DNX890HD. All set for installation this Saturday (assuming the unit arrives on time). I'm also installing the Kenwood CMOS-310 rear view camera.

I have dug through many installation threads, read through Crutchfield, and determined that I needed the following for my Laredo E:

Metra 40-EU10 Antenna Adapter
Metra 95-6513B Installation Kit
PAC RP4-CH11 Harness

I think that's all I need for a clean install; am I missing anything (besides an amp and new speakers )?

Excellent!:thumbsup:

If you want SiriusXM, you'll need the SXV200 tuner

 

[RageOfFury]

subbie09, does the DNX890 open and close without issue or does it get hung up on the trim?

 

[RageOfFury]

It got hung up on the top opening. So we took it out and dremmeled the bezel by no more than 2mm and now it opens like a glove and with the bezel on you can't even tell it was trimmed.

Hmmm...can you take a pic of that? I'm curious...

 

[RageOfFury]

Cool. Thanks!

 

[RageOfFury]

Kenwood releases new firmware for their headunits pretty regularly.

Kenwood / firmware updater

 

[RageOfFury]

Cool!

 

[RageOfFury]

You know, I'm really hating the in-dash nav on my Alpine INE-S920HD. It's not the headunit's fault though, it's because it's placement is in the dash and I have to take my eyes off the road to look at the screen. So no matter which in-dash GPS headunit I'd use, I'd still have to look down at the screen.:slapfight:

So I stuck my trusty tomtom GPS on the windshield right next to the A pillar.:thumbsup:

 

[RageOfFury]

First picture of install. Playing with the start up screen settings.

Cool!

We want more pics!!