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Originally Posted by dshepp806
Agreed!
(hehehe)
Best,
Doyle
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Hey Doyle,
Thought you (and some others) might get a kick out of this, taken this afternoon:
Yeah, I have my priorities straight! Took out the 20 yr old Kenwood in-dash (removed the 10 disc changer from the trunk a few weeks ago) and replaced it with a very basic Eclipse unit with single disc in-dash slot and USB port on the front. Luckily, once Carlos made his way thru the wiring rat's nest, the new unit basically plugged right into the rest of the existing system (amp under pass seat, kick-azz speakers all around - even at 20 yrs old they still sound great).
I was so afraid to just leave my car there! Before buying, I went back to the installation area, met the installer, showed him what I had & tried to determine whether he'd be up to the task. I wanted to be sure there would be no drilling into my dash, what would be involved, etc. He was appropriately worshipful of my car
and seemed comfortable with my old-skool set-up. It helped that he was not exactly a "young punk" like the worthless lot I found working in the car audio department (I was at Circuitous City).
I got to feeling OK about the installation guy. So I purchased the unit online on special with free installation, picked it up at the store and had it installed today. I went back there and stayed the whole time. He took a long time getting the wiring straight, and I liked his pride of workmanship in leaving it better than he found it - he did take some extra time to sort out the wiring nightmare, grouping, fastening and tucking everything away very neatly. The plastic face-ring that came with the unit stood a little tall from my dash, and he worked a bit of grinding magic on it so that it fit perfectly. It was too dark to get a photo of the finished job but if anybody gives a $&T% I can take some tomorrow.
What a great feeling to see the guts out, then back together, then to hear it fire up on the first try. Sounds better than ever. Now I can load up a thumb drive with 10 years worth of tunes and be good to go! My local buddies were all, "Hey you can do that in 30 minutes!" But I tell you what, I'm glad I left this one to a pro. I think it might have taken me a month to figure it all out! I learned plenty watching, tho.
