i hear it takes way too much work to change out the h/u with the upgrades from factory.. please tell me if its true or if circuit city is trying to rape me.

if anyone has done this i would love some pionters or diy. thanks so much.

 

its not too bad. ive done it about 20 times or so and i can have the radio out in less than a min

 

realy? they are telling me i need a complete re-wire and need to gut it completely... and start al over. cant i just unplug and replug into new h/u?

 

ya their kinda full of ____, pretty much everyone on this forum has removed a factory hu and put in an aftermarket one and i doubt any of us are "circuit city trained professionals". It takes a bit of work and know how but go to cruchfield.com and you buy a wireing harness and a installation bracket (maybe) and it even comes with instructions on how to take apart your dash and put in your new stereo and they have free comsomer service if you get stuck. check them out, what kind of car do you have anyway

 

i have a tc. they are telling me its because i have the "upgraded" system... it will require a re wire...

 

can u explain "upgraded system?" I had my HU put in at Circuit City this fall. The only thing I had to bring them was a HU mount kit because they dont have one for tC. I sat and watched the guy do work and he swapped out HU's in like 15 min.

They are full of ____ wherever they are telling you this. Get your car and take it somewhere else. You dont want tards working on your car.

 

which circuit city was it, its not hard at all, im going to be upgrading all my audio in the next few months

 

ok. scion gives you an option of upgraded speakers. jbl components, 100 watt amp and 10" sub. all from scion. that is what i got.

 

piece of cake! Get the mounting bracket off of ebay or something and a wire harness! You should be good to go!

 

woah!! tampa. thats rare. but yea.. citrus park.. they told me. hey you got a tc? if so what color? i might have seen you around or vice versa.

 

which wire harness? im not much on audio knowledge..

 

HUH?

The wire harness for the cd player. Go to best buy or circuit city and look for wire harness. Search under "Toyota"

 

this is what you need
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Scion...spagenameZWDVW

 

I'm curious.. how is he going to hookup the sub to a new amp? obviously he's going to have to splice into the connector made for the scion deck and then how would it connect?

 

How much was this "Scion Upgrade"? I have a funny feeling that your dealer burned you because it sounds more like a "dealer-added accessory" then an "upgrade". Some (not all!) dealers are adding their own 'options' (leather seats, stereo upgrades, different alarms, etc.) because they don't make very much $$$ off the tC. Not trying to sound mean, just curious is all.

 

dude all u need is the wire harness and dash kit and u can install just about any HU around. its that simple.

 

yea IDK about the scion system upgrade! I think its a dealer upgrade that they do there! I went to my local delaer to get my free oil change and was looking around in the other tC's and one of them had the eclipse avn! BI*CHes! But they added like 2k on the note for that!

 

The JBL upgrade is only in certain regions.... you can see it on the Scion website if you type in the correct initial zip code that carries that speaker upgrade

 

Oh yea ive been to that circuit city before
its fun to go in there and just listen to some of the stuff they try to pull
these guy on here are correct you just need the harness and the mounting bracket.
actually i have two harness one from my HU with a universal end and one to connect to the car's harness with a universal end and just hook them together. Didn't have to cut or splice a single wire, and yea i have a silver tc with a spoiler and bodykit. i live off Dale Mabry so i probley have seen you around some time or another. Are you going to be doing any big upgrades? if so, pm me

 

thanks 4 the ebay link.. but im confuse on what to do w/ my sub and amp.. is it all wired together with the wireing harness?