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Head Unit upgrade Advice

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Topher_Taco, Jun 21, 2019.

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  1. Mar 13, 2020 at 3:27 PM
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    kdok105

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    A pillar mount/charger, ARB leafs, Bilstein Baja/Sulastic shocks, Kenwood head unit, dashcam, Buick horn
    Did you have any issues fitting this unit into your dash? I just installed this one, and for some reason I don't have enough space to put the black trim plate into the faceplate. I picked up the Scosche kit for the install.
     
    kdok105, Mar 13, 2020
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  2. Mar 13, 2020 at 5:48 PM
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    stickyTaco

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    It's real tight. Like wires have to be perfect for it to fit tight. I had to pull it out because I forgot to attach the parking brake sensor wire and gave up on getting it back in all the way. Maybe a spring project....
     
    stickyTaco, Mar 13, 2020
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  3. Mar 14, 2020 at 5:09 PM
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    Just recently did front component speakers and rear speakers with new head unit. Go with crutchfield they have excellent advice for what you are trying to accomplish. All the harnesses and speakers mounts Are obtainable thru them also. I was a lil overwhelmed with the harness at first because of extra wires and no hookup noted. Call to tech support and they walked me thru the process seamlessly. Also had to call back for help with component speaker and cross over needing to splice wires for it to work correctly. Again spot on advice and just great service. System sounds much better now no amp added at this time
     
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  4. Mar 22, 2020 at 8:23 AM
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    Shortened flowmaster exhaust with a turn down pipe, under cowl intake, throttle body spacer, train horn, underhood led lights, hood struts, dual 27f yellow tops. Led ditch lights, led front roof light bar, led fogs and headlights, behind grill mounted piaa dual color driving lights. Aux fuse and relay panel. Pro comp skid plate, bilstein 5100 leveling shocks on a 2in. lift, b110 rear 5100, add a leaf, front superbumps, light racing jounce rear bumpstops, sway bar relocation, brake line bracket extension, driveline carrier bearing drop, front diff drop, on board air compressor, 10 gal pump driven fresh water tank, cb radio, pioneer 4200 hu, infinity reference component front and component rear speakers powered by rockford fosgate 4 channel, jl audio 10TW3-D4 sub powered by kx800.1 amplifier. Big three upgrade, capacitor. Full cab sound deadening and thermal insulation. Led interior including added footwell, courtesy, cupholder, center console, and glovebox lighting, rock lights, bed lights, ring gear armor, under bed ammo can storage, pistol safe, body armor sliders, roof rack, hilift, 285/70 17 nitto rodge grapplers on american racing teflon atx, tailgate strut, and tailgate lock, retrofit projector headlights(home built), rgb halos inside turbine shrouds, black out surround, black chrome reflector and shroud, white halo outside shroud, white led drl, rgb behind grill on rf control. Mods followed from a TW thread: Anytime fogs Anytime rear view camera Anytime 400w inverter Alternating blinker/running lights 110v center console outlet ABS kill switch Engine kill switch (magnetic) 12volt bed socket Rear diff breather relocation Led bed lights Cargo net anchors Grid it center console top Grid it sun visor Locking center console Instrument cluster led swap Map lights on with dome Cigarette lighter add (shifter position) Dtrl kill switch Hilux lighted 4wd selector switch. Vios hvac knobs Hood scoop led bar
    I too revamped the whole system. No jbl to begin with but went with pioneer hu, infinity components in all four doors, 10 in pancake sub behind the back seat, rf 4 ch amp and monoblock amp for sub. I ran all new wiring for everything and just left the factory wiring alone but disconnected. I used the axcess adapter for steering wheel controls and installed parking brake bypass. Pretty straight forward install but time consuming. I tapped into the wiring for camera at the plug near the dash fuse panel and now the image comes up on both the hu and rear view. Found a thread on here that explains how to do it, super easy and no problems thus far. I even added a set of hertz tweeters in the a pillars that I am running off the crossovers in doors for the components. After all of that, still the most amazing sound diffrence was from sound deadening. Lid, doors, back wall, and floor made the biggest diffrence, imo. All the advice given by other members is solid but suprised sound deadener wasn't mentioned. Just remember, the cheapest materials dont gaurantee the cheapest install. Decide how far you want to go, research the products you are considering, and plan the install beforehand. Otherwise you will be kicking yourself when you tear out stuff you already installed because you changed your mind or wern't satisfied with the results. The audio/visual section of tw is full of good intel.
     
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  5. Mar 22, 2020 at 8:37 AM
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    What's you use for the parking brake bypass?
     
    stickyTaco, Mar 22, 2020
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  6. Mar 22, 2020 at 3:54 PM
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    SamuelJ

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    I got it from fleabay. About the size of a quarter with, if I remember correctly, three wires. One purple goes to the brake wire coming out of hu. One green goes to keyed 12+ and one black/-. Wasn't too much either, about 20 bucks.
     
    SamuelJ, Mar 22, 2020
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  7. Mar 22, 2020 at 3:58 PM
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    Shortened flowmaster exhaust with a turn down pipe, under cowl intake, throttle body spacer, train horn, underhood led lights, hood struts, dual 27f yellow tops. Led ditch lights, led front roof light bar, led fogs and headlights, behind grill mounted piaa dual color driving lights. Aux fuse and relay panel. Pro comp skid plate, bilstein 5100 leveling shocks on a 2in. lift, b110 rear 5100, add a leaf, front superbumps, light racing jounce rear bumpstops, sway bar relocation, brake line bracket extension, driveline carrier bearing drop, front diff drop, on board air compressor, 10 gal pump driven fresh water tank, cb radio, pioneer 4200 hu, infinity reference component front and component rear speakers powered by rockford fosgate 4 channel, jl audio 10TW3-D4 sub powered by kx800.1 amplifier. Big three upgrade, capacitor. Full cab sound deadening and thermal insulation. Led interior including added footwell, courtesy, cupholder, center console, and glovebox lighting, rock lights, bed lights, ring gear armor, under bed ammo can storage, pistol safe, body armor sliders, roof rack, hilift, 285/70 17 nitto rodge grapplers on american racing teflon atx, tailgate strut, and tailgate lock, retrofit projector headlights(home built), rgb halos inside turbine shrouds, black out surround, black chrome reflector and shroud, white halo outside shroud, white led drl, rgb behind grill on rf control. Mods followed from a TW thread: Anytime fogs Anytime rear view camera Anytime 400w inverter Alternating blinker/running lights 110v center console outlet ABS kill switch Engine kill switch (magnetic) 12volt bed socket Rear diff breather relocation Led bed lights Cargo net anchors Grid it center console top Grid it sun visor Locking center console Instrument cluster led swap Map lights on with dome Cigarette lighter add (shifter position) Dtrl kill switch Hilux lighted 4wd selector switch. Vios hvac knobs Hood scoop led bar
    Search pioneer brake bypass. They range in price from 8 up to 30 dollars. I went with a seller who had high ratings. Its worth the few bucks more to not have to pull it back out and screw with it later.
     
    SamuelJ, Mar 22, 2020
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