Replacing the stock cassette/tuner

atrainsgt · Jan 21, 2008

I'm going to replace the stock cassette/tuner with a cd combo and I was wondering if you all had any suggestions? I was looking at this unit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882117216

Where can I buy a tray or something to stick where the old cd player was? I know I can buy the gauge cluster for there but thats kinda worthless to me I would rather just have a tray or keys and junk.

94darkhorse · Jan 21, 2008

Alpine or get outÃ¢â‚¬Â¦ j/k, Pioneer makes some ok stuff but I've never dug it. You won't know if you like it till you get it and experiment w/ other brands.

98_MustangGT · Jan 21, 2008

here is a couple links to the tray. its kinda pricey though.

http://store.cal-mustang.com/showdetl-7-9817-20-0.html

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/iwwida.pvx?;item?item_no=LRS-13594A 1&comp=LRS

atrainsgt · Jan 21, 2008

$40.00! For a piece of PLASTIC! About the cd player, I really don't care what brand it is as long as its under $200.00 feel free to make a suggestion.

98_MustangGT · Jan 21, 2008

atrainsgt said:
$40.00! For a piece of PLASTIC! About the cd player, I really don't care what brand it is as long as its under $200.00 feel free to make a suggestion.

i know! its ridiculous! :nonono:

Matt94GT · Jan 22, 2008

read my sticky in this section of the forums it will talk about cd players a bit in there, might help ya out.

atrainsgt · Jan 22, 2008

I did, What made it a little more difficult for me is I'm using all stock equipment except for the radio itself that I want to replace. I'm not looking for a performance setup. Just something as good as the stock unit is fine with me.

cntchds · Jan 22, 2008

I'm running a Sony X-Plod head unit and I really like it. Sounds a lot better than the old radio that was in the car, (which I assume was better than stock).
Seems like they don't have it anymore, but it was basically like this one.
http://www.xplodsony.com/xplod/headunits/CDX-GT420U but mine also has an iPod Jack that runs to the glove box.

As for the box, I would look around to find someone who owns a wrecking yard. All the OEM parts I get are from a guy who lives near me who just gives me stuff off Mustangs that are being parted out. If there is a Craigslist for your area, I would do a search for "Mustang Parting" and see if there are any hits from MY 94-00, then you can just email them and see if they still have the box. That's how I got mine. 10 bucks.

Good luck!

voidfinger · Jan 24, 2008

hey let me know what your doing with the stock radio for the car

i'm in need of ones that work lol. thanks

Flar · Feb 13, 2008

I picked up a tray from my local audio shop for 15 bucks. Just ask for a tray to fit a single DIN slot, most shops should have one for cheap. Also, you can pick up a wiring harness from walmart for like 7 bucks that will make hooking up your stereo a hell of alot easyer. You can only use the power one but its fairly simple for the speakers, because fords wiring harness is weird so its hard to trace the wires, especially when you have the dual decks. Just plug the power one in and wire it up to the harness that came with your new stereo and then take the speaker wires from your new stereo harness and stick them into the slots of the stock harness for the speakers. I think its top right and mid upper right are one then lower right and mid lower right are another etc... Just switch it around untill the sound is coming out of the right speakers, thats how I did my setup before I switched to an external amp for my door speakers, its pretty simple just takes a little trial and error.

reivaxtorres · Feb 15, 2008

when you buy a the new radio, also pick up Metra radio harness 70-5511. this plugs into your stock harness, and then you just color match the wires from this harness to your new radio and you'll be all set.

voidfinger · Feb 15, 2008

all i know is when i replaced my headunit i put in an alpine head unit and did the plug in wiring thing. I do believe they have problems with the mach 460 b/c it wasn't sending the same power to all the speakers even though it was wired right and balanced.... ? shit i don't know.

atrainsgt · Feb 15, 2008

Thanks X, my radio is going to wait a while though I have allot of things to buy right now and the radio is not needed I just want a new 1

claypike · Feb 16, 2008

just to let you know if you have the mach 460 system your amps for the factory speakers wont power up.
Does anyone know how to get the to work with a aftermarket deck.

I had a Alpine cda-9835 and it was the best deck I ever had

Clay

atrainsgt · Feb 16, 2008

Yup, it has the mach 460

reivaxtorres · Feb 16, 2008

claypike said:
just to let you know if you have the mach 460 system your amps for the factory speakers wont power up.
Does anyone know how to get the to work with a aftermarket deck.

I had a Alpine cda-9835 and it was the best deck I ever had

Clay

im actually looking into the whole amps not working thing for my car right now, trying to install a newer mach460 radio into my current mach460 setup. if you ask me, after looking at the wiring diagrams, the amps draw their power from the battery, headunit. seems to me that the only part they share with the headunit (aside from the audio signal) is the ground.

if anyone else has any info on this, i would appreciate it. as far as i can tell, the amps are getting power in my setup.