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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 07:24 PM
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A picture is worth a thousand words. Or two questions.

But in case you're blind:
1) Fronts are 6 1/2, rears are 4.0, or 5 1/4 (with sometimes necessary spacers).
2) No rca jacks
Ia Performance (among other places I'm sure) sell spacers for the rears.
http://www.iaperformance.com/index.p...th=44_45_54_56


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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 04:45 AM
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yes you can hook up an amp but you have to get a little converter box, it gives you a set of rcas, its a bitch to hook up but it works good... go ask somebody at circuit city about it, tell em you want to run an amp on your stock head unit and you need the little box for it.
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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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If you MUST keep the stock HU, then yes you will have to get the converter box that HKSWRX was talking about. The downside to those are limited tuning, and not-so-great signal quality...
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by DJC
If you MUST keep the stock HU, then yes you will have to get the converter box that HKSWRX was talking about. The downside to those are limited tuning, and not-so-great signal quality...

I agree, JL makes the Clean Sweep. Its a nice piece and alows much better sound quality. Are you running subs as well?
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 01:04 PM
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Just get a new HU... one of those DVD sat-nav jobbies like Dave had. That was pretty pymp.
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by CueAuto
I agree, JL makes the Clean Sweep. Its a nice piece and alows much better sound quality. Are you running subs as well?

i helped a friend install one of these in a car and wow i was amazed ....


there converter box's are not really a pain in the ass you tap into 2 wires then a power i think, its been a while since i have done one these
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 02:15 PM
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I used the Forester DIN pocket in my WRX(you can pick it up from SubieGal(or whoever sells parts on NASIOC)). It is a great piece versus the black plastic thing that barely fits. Here is my thread with *pics* http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=904115

Most would say it looks almost stock. Since i've installed it, I've run all of my wires necessary for amp operation to where you can't even see them.

Let me know if you have any questions.
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