New head unit pics
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New head unit pics
i got my new head unit, its a Kenwood excelon x859. it has a begillion different things you can do with it, i love it, ten times better than my alpine so far. heres the pics:
when igniton turns off, it flips around
when igniton turns off, it flips around
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From what I've heard.... Theives generally know that people do not remove the face from HU's and if someone does, they often leave it someplace in the car. How often do you carry your HU face with you when you go someplace? Still, I'd say its all your personal preference of what you believe will work best. From the pic, it does seem like the HU is still there. Oh, and Alpine has several HU's that do the flip trick too - except Alpine calls it their Phantom Faceplate. My only concern would be that all the flipping action relys on motors, which could easily be flipping many times a day. Odds are, you won't have problems, but motors are just another thing that can break and ruin your previously wonderful HU. Ever wonder why Alpine's 2003 models did away with much of the tilting features???? Say the tilting 2002 CDA-7894 and now the 2003 non-tilting CDA-9813. Something to consider.
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Originally posted by Josher
From what I've heard.... Theives generally know that people do not remove the face from HU's and if someone does, they often leave it someplace in the car. How often do you carry your HU face with you when you go someplace? Still, I'd say its all your personal preference of what you believe will work best. From the pic, it does seem like the HU is still there. Oh, and Alpine has several HU's that do the flip trick too - except Alpine calls it their Phantom Faceplate. My only concern would be that all the flipping action relys on motors, which could easily be flipping many times a day. Odds are, you won't have problems, but motors are just another thing that can break and ruin your previously wonderful HU. Ever wonder why Alpine's 2003 models did away with much of the tilting features???? Say the tilting 2002 CDA-7894 and now the 2003 non-tilting CDA-9813. Something to consider.
From what I've heard.... Theives generally know that people do not remove the face from HU's and if someone does, they often leave it someplace in the car. How often do you carry your HU face with you when you go someplace? Still, I'd say its all your personal preference of what you believe will work best. From the pic, it does seem like the HU is still there. Oh, and Alpine has several HU's that do the flip trick too - except Alpine calls it their Phantom Faceplate. My only concern would be that all the flipping action relys on motors, which could easily be flipping many times a day. Odds are, you won't have problems, but motors are just another thing that can break and ruin your previously wonderful HU. Ever wonder why Alpine's 2003 models did away with much of the tilting features???? Say the tilting 2002 CDA-7894 and now the 2003 non-tilting CDA-9813. Something to consider.
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i realize that thieves will know, thats not really the reason i bought it, there isnt to many thefts around were i live anyway. i just thought it was pretty spiffy, and i liked everything else to. also got a good price. the main reason i got it is to get rid of my alpine, it sicked horribly.
