Replacement Head unit recommendations?.

[texaxile]

Hi
As title, any suggestions for a double din replacement over the standard which will fit easily (I'll use the standard cage, but don't want to cut the fascia). Budget around £150 - £250. I don't need a Sat Nav included.

Car is an 04 Impreza.

TIA Pete.

[vxr2010]

Hi if you check recent forester sti posts about speaker upgrades and head units then all should be in there , halfords appear to have a good range of double din units , with built in bluetooth which would work well for you

[texaxile]

Hi
Yep I've seen the thread, tbh I wasn't sure if the Impreza and forester fascia & cage are the same dimensions otherwise I'd have asked in there.
Might pop into Halfords tomorrow, see what they've got then price compare it on eBay.

[vxr2010]

they should be the same , i got a decent sony tuner/cd player for 105£ , some times depending on the age of the car you need an adaptor from the subaru loom to the back of the stereo but they are normally about 5£ on ebay and you just plug it in

[texaxile]

Ahhh..yes I wondered if I needed an adaptor, handy to know they're just an ebay click away.. It had never occured to me that the fascia would be the same, at least I know now that if it fits a forester it'll fit an Impreza. Cheers for the heads up!.

[themanwithnoname]

One thing to note, from when I changed the head unit on my FSTI, was that its a very tight 2 din fit, and that it is also slightly inconveniently shallow due to a plastic bar at the back of the dash. If I had resolved to cutting that bar, there would have been no fitment issues, but it is worth noting that I strugged to get a JVC unit into the hole, but Sony and Alpine have been fine.

I am currently using an Alpine CDE-W235BT which is now discontinued and has been supesceded however it is a Parrot enabled thing and has been very good and reliable etc.

[MrKipling43]

I know this is a bit over your budget, but I fitted one of these to my 05 STi, and it's brilliant.

Dead easy to fit - I've never fitted a car stereo and it took me and my brother a couple of hours from start to finish. I ran the hands free mic down the a-pillar seal, over the top of the footwell and in. It has a 'GPS signal booster' for your phone and runs of CarPlay or Mirror Link.

http://www.halfords.com/technology/car-audio/apple...