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i have an 03 civic sedan and am looking to upgrade the stereo, just the headunit for now. any recommendations for less than 150, preferably less than 100? i dont pound my music haha just need somethin nicer than stock

 
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i just went to walmart and bought a dual radio. it cost me 60 and it is pretty nice. i mean i have def had nicer. but i was tired of people stealin my ****.

 
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anything at walmart like jvc or pioneer should do

 
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Alpine FTW

 
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dont ge cheap dual u will have problems with them. first do u own a ipod? if u do u can get the alpine cde-102 i think is the model # its made for ipod or a sony with usb eather on the front or rear of radio u can get one for like the 150 u wanna spend and as far as the radio getting stolen just take the face off and or put metal straps from the radio to metal from the car. if u have any questions hit me up.

 
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lol i actually just bought the cheap *** thing because it had a usb port and aux port and i wanted to play my ipod. and on top of that i was going to just go get a new one and give that one to my brother when he got his car. but right now i just am looking to get rims and **** like that.lol im also gettin ready to paint up my car. but another way to stop people from stealing your radio. and i liked this idea just didnt do it. put razor blades on your radio like off the sides a little bit. let them bitches ****** it in the dark then.lol

 
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sony explode is cheap and actually sounds good.

 
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^^ i agree and sometimes walmart has a sale with the speakers player and aux cable for 90

 
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okay thanks guys thats helpful. i dont kno a whole lot bout stereos and stuff so would i need to buy any cables or anything to get a new HU to work? i was shopping online at best buy and they have this thing to see if it fits your car, and none of them did haha so i dont kno what to think of that. and no, i dont have an ipod, like the only one who doesnt lol

 
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I heard its not that great. Is that only when you get to the higher end models?

 
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i found a Sony Xplod model cdx-gt24w for like 80 bucks brand new, has awesome reviews. any thoughts?

 
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You don't have to buy a wiring harness but it is a good idea. The harness allows you to connect the wires from the head unit to the car by duplicating the plug on the back of the Honda radio. All connections should be soldered so it is much easier to this with the harness ouside of the car than cut the wires to the radio and solder them in the dash.
I would recommend you check out Crutchfield's website. They are not the cheapest but service is excellent. The also include a wiring harness and the dash mounting kit at no charge. The wiring harness and dash kit will cost you between $40 and $50 elsewhere so you should factor that into the descision.

 
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^^ if you buy a radio from crutchfield and its at or over like 200? they will give you a dash kit and wiring kit with the radio no extra cost.

 
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i bought the cheapest sony they had i think 90 dollars and it was worth the money. for a walmart special it sounded good also get a metra dash kit they are the cheapest http://www.metraonline.com/

 
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get something like this:

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_1302200...B.html?tp=5684

only $110 and comes with free shipping, and the installation bracket and harness are included, along with instructions. there's cheaper ones too, but that has an included iPod connector and a USB and AUX port as well.

 
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if you want to get a really well rounded system you can start off with an inexpensive alpine deck, they will improve your stock speakers fairly nicely...then from there you can look at upgrading your speakers, for me I just recently picked up four 6 1/2 MB Quart speakers which the music quality is absolutly awesome, but its quite pricey, i've got a V12 125w rms x 4 for the speakers and V12 1000w rms running my Xtype Alpine 12

 
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I'm running an Alpine cda-105 and plug and play ktp-445 amp to power my stock speakers (which are quite good btw) and I have a bazooka bta8100fhc 8 inch sub which adds enough umph for me. The only thing I don't like about the cda-105 is that the display is unreadable in bright sunlight but at night it's sweet.

Crutchfield is highly recommended.