Replacement Stereo for J30?

[llewyn]

My stock Bose CD-radio-stereo in my 1995 J30 is dead. Does anyone know of another brand that would fit in this car?

[yodawill2000]

Any double din will work if you get the crutchfield adapter, If not you have to replace all the OEM speakers.OEM speakers are 1 ohm. Single din will work to and you'll have a space for a compartment below the stereo.

[Defiant]

Check the Wal*Mart online site for the $80 VR3 deck that takes SD discs, USB, face AUX socket, and MP3 CDs. Oh yeah, and a remote because having to reach all the way over to the dashboard is just such a burden. You'll also need the Scosche input adapter so the Bose speaker arrangement can deal with a normal stereo's output, and get a harness adapter off eBay so you don't have to botch up the car to wire it up. Half-DIN boxes are available from stereo shops. If anyone tells you a given DIN radio won't fit, say thank you and go deal with someone who has a clue. There's room enough to smuggle ten pounds of coke behind a J30 radio, so fitting any unit you like in there will be no problem. You may have to do some fitting in order to clear the factory woodgrain, as it's very close tolerance. Be careful removing the factory mounting screws, as they've probably welded themselves to the radio. Use care and an ungodly amount amount of torque to bust them loose, and do not strip out the heads or you'll be in the midst of hardware hell. Get an impact driver if you don't have one.There is thread after thread on here with specifics of the job.

[ftl900]

I'm at about the same place with the wife's J30... if you don't have an impact driver, let me know and maybe I can help with it a bit.

I have an air impact at home, and last time I tried getting the screws loose, I didn't use the impact. I didn't get the screws loose, but I didn't strip anything either. I wanted to wait until I confirmed that they weren't something weird like left-hand thread or something.

Time to start shopping for the Scosche input adapter and other parts for it... I'm over the whole Bose thing.

[ftl900]

Well, that didn't take long. Walmart.com has it for $17, and now I recall seeing one at my local Walmart and wondering what it was for.

Time to peruse Crutchfield for more info!!
Modified by ftl900 at 1:19 PM 1/17/2007

[robinson cano fan 22]

Well if you arent looking to go cheap the Alpine IVA-W200 fits great. I just had one put into my 93. http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-e...-W200

[ftl900]

Dang!! Is that designed by NASA???

My wife would be afraid to turn it on!!! She'd never figure out how to work that thing!!

[robinson cano fan 22]

lol, mine turns on when i turn the car on