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looking for a local supplier of head units and car stereos for toyotas

Postby boods1234 » February 7th, 2018, 12:18 pm

to replace car stereo in foreign used vehicle (double din)

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Re: looking for a local supplier of head units and car stereos for toyotas

Postby skylinechild » February 7th, 2018, 3:26 pm

boods1234 wrote:to replace car stereo in foreign used vehicle (double din)


i think that should be done at the discretion of the potential buyer and not as a "complete option" from the vehicle seller

reasons being :-

1. some customers like to features of the factory stereo- not to mention the look

2. some stereos will need a dash kit and additional harnesses to support additional proprietary functions - classic example - T32 Xtrail anyone ??? some of these harnesses WILL be costly - and some buyers will stick wit the OEM stereo to avoid that additional cost.

3. some soo called audio men dont know how to properly use a dash harness cable - they will just butcher off the OEM vehicle harness connector - when the owner decides to put in a decent enough deck - the harness already butchered and will take some time to sort out.

4 . FINALLY - in true trini fashion- your "supplier" will look to source the CHEAPEST OF THE CHEAP deck and sell it at the maximum price he can get for it.

no consideration to the vehicle purchaser who may not want a specific brand / make / model of deck- or who will want to expand later on.

save yourself the headache....do it as a per customer basis - ASK your customer what he / she wants and work from there.

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Re: looking for a local supplier of head units and car stereos for toyotas

Postby boods1234 » February 7th, 2018, 4:17 pm

skylinechild wrote:
boods1234 wrote:to replace car stereo in foreign used vehicle (double din)


i think that should be done at the discretion of the potential buyer and not as a "complete option" from the vehicle seller

reasons being :-

1. some customers like to features of the factory stereo- not to mention the look

2. some stereos will need a dash kit and additional harnesses to support additional proprietary functions - classic example - T32 Xtrail anyone ??? some of these harnesses WILL be costly - and some buyers will stick wit the OEM stereo to avoid that additional cost.

3. some soo called audio men dont know how to properly use a dash harness cable - they will just butcher off the OEM vehicle harness connector - when the owner decides to put in a decent enough deck - the harness already butchered and will take some time to sort out.

4 . FINALLY - in true trini fashion- your "supplier" will look to source the CHEAPEST OF THE CHEAP deck and sell it at the maximum price he can get for it.

no consideration to the vehicle purchaser who may not want a specific brand / make / model of deck- or who will want to expand later on.

save yourself the headache....do it as a per customer basis - ASK your customer what he / she wants and work from there.
firstly thanks so much for the insight you provided there i really appreciate it.

I actually purchased a foreign used vehicle for my personal use and was told that in order for the radio and well to be rid of the japanese I would need to change both head unit and stereo.

So thats why i was looking for the above mentioned.

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Re: looking for a local supplier of head units and car stereos for toyotas

Postby hustla_ambition101 » February 7th, 2018, 4:41 pm

What vehicle? There are many retailers on the forum selling double dins.....and some of them have dash kits if needed

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Re: looking for a local supplier of head units and car stereos for toyotas

Postby mitch1980 » February 7th, 2018, 6:52 pm

hustla_ambition101 wrote:What vehicle? There are many retailers on the forum selling double dins.....and some of them have dash kits if needed


Safe and Sound marabella does the installtion of the decks for Toyota Trinidad.

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Re: looking for a local supplier of head units and car stereos for toyotas

Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » February 7th, 2018, 7:02 pm

install a Pioneer AppRadio 4



Works beautifully with Waze to get navigation and traffic updates in Trinidad & Tobago

You can get a dash kit on Amazon for your specific vehicle.

I have an AppRadio installed in my RORO Toyota minivan

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Re: looking for a local supplier of head units and car stereos for toyotas

Postby skylinechild » February 7th, 2018, 11:43 pm

boods1234 wrote:
skylinechild wrote:
boods1234 wrote:to replace car stereo in foreign used vehicle (double din)


i think that should be done at the discretion of the potential buyer and not as a "complete option" from the vehicle seller

reasons being :-

1. some customers like to features of the factory stereo- not to mention the look

2. some stereos will need a dash kit and additional harnesses to support additional proprietary functions - classic example - T32 Xtrail anyone ??? some of these harnesses WILL be costly - and some buyers will stick wit the OEM stereo to avoid that additional cost.

3. some soo called audio men dont know how to properly use a dash harness cable - they will just butcher off the OEM vehicle harness connector - when the owner decides to put in a decent enough deck - the harness already butchered and will take some time to sort out.

4 . FINALLY - in true trini fashion- your "supplier" will look to source the CHEAPEST OF THE CHEAP deck and sell it at the maximum price he can get for it.

no consideration to the vehicle purchaser who may not want a specific brand / make / model of deck- or who will want to expand later on.

save yourself the headache....do it as a per customer basis - ASK your customer what he / she wants and work from there.
firstly thanks so much for the insight you provided there i really appreciate it.

I actually purchased a foreign used vehicle for my personal use and was told that in order for the radio and well to be rid of the japanese I would need to change both head unit and stereo.

So thats why i was looking for the above mentioned.



oar... my apologies igot the impression u were a f used ealer looking to replace decks in bulk..

if its for your personal car tons of powersellers here on tuner that can link you with what u need.
dash kit stereo and harness...

you just need to know what brand deck u want...and model and features
As duane said.. pioneer app radio 4 is a good choice.

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