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yeah see I found several videos / kits online but nothing that said it would work on my year etc... that's kinda what I was hoping to fine..Originally Posted by Erni
AHH yes... I might be able to work that out... thank you!
If I was gonna keep thrade truck for a while I'd look into an antenna fm transmitter. You pull the radio and add it between the radio and antenna. They were popular a few years back. Might be harder to find now. I use a Griffen itrip fm adapter for my ipod and it has no static.
The biggest issue that plagues the aftermarket aux in adapters is that the radio will sometimes "forget" that the adapter is out there. Forcing you to disassemble the dash, unplug the adapter, then plug it back in.
Sometimes the sound is inferior or much quieter than even a factory cd changer is, and many people don't realize that many times they will loose their factory outboard cd player as well.
That said, these guys built a quality product when I was installing.... http://www.pac-audio.com
if I was looking for best sound though, I'd go aftermarket all the way.
well after all this im kinda considering a new deck... anything I should stay away from? I haven't bought a deck since literally highschool lol...
My dim understanding of aftermarket decks for this generation GM trucks is that the factory head unit is somehow involved in driving all the beeps and chimes (seat belt, lights on, etc). When you get an aftermarket deck you lose that stuff. I have a 2005 Silverado and gave up on going aftermarket when I heard this.
I'd love to be told I'm wrong on this though.
My Feedback - https://ar-15.co/threads/34696-The-Norseman
I got a RCA (red/white L & R) adapter for my Integra. I just plugged it into the rear of the head unit & routed the cable underneath the carpet. You could check your stock head unit for the red/white RCA inputs.
For my current car, I got a $36 mp3 and radio only unit and it came with the adapter harness. A few minutes and some butt connectors and I was done. It has an AUX input, a usb unit AND a sd card input. I don't even use the radio feature.
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thats the exact kinda thing I wanted to hear before I jump into the aftermarket world again... little things like that, that car toys wouldnt tell me until i get the upsell to retain all those features lol
quick side story on aftermarket decks.
my first truck was a 72 K20 cheyenne. If youre not familiar, VERY desirable trucks. special the c10 models. (they went through a phase where people were getting astronomical numbers for restored ones).. anyway, the dash was all metal. the stock unit in those days had a small cutout for the radio face, and on either side, a hole for nobs. well, in highschool, i wanted the fancy new sony cd player something something and took a hack saw to my dash to cut out the rectangle.
unbeknownst to me, i HIGHLY devalued my truck doing that. LOL.. I had the original radio and everything.. threw it all away and rolled to highschool bumping techno or something in my new bright green cd player lol.. ugh
With kits and whatnot, there should be no real devalue of the truck. They all pretty much bolt in and out with no cutting of harnesses, antennas, or dash parts.
as The Norsmman stated above, that year truck may or may not have all the door chimes and whatnot go through the radio, the easy tell is to open a door, put Your key in the ignition, and listen to where the chime comes from. Under the dash... Simple radio swap. From the drivers speaker... You will need the adapter to retain those.
A radio swap in one of those literally takes 20 minutes. Even with the door chime module.
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