[CFR4RUNNER]

Hey folks-
I have been lurking around a bit and have already gained a lot of valuable insight into this vehicle. I finalized the deal last night on my T4R and want to upgrade my stock radio/CD to the Scion Pioneer. My dealer quoted me $248 for the single disc unit :awais:! Are there better deals out there? Are there other after market radios that would be a significant enhancement over the stock unit? Any input would be appreciated.

Glad to be on board.

[Derek]

The single disc unit should run you no more than $100 if you were to buy it off of ebay or from the scion forums and the 6-disc should cost you no more than $250. The price the dealer quoted you isn't bad for a brand new one I suppose, but I know you could find one much cheaper.

I found one on the scion forums and paid $120 shipped and it was WELL WORTH the money. It sounds much better than stock, it still LOOKS stock, it works with the steering wheel controls, and it plays MP3's, so you really can't go wrong.

[darktiger]

Bought mine off ebay in Dec before everyone started doing this mod for $89. You can look at ebay or scionlife.com

[LBC99]

Buy it now for $109

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=38641

[Bouncnb]

Is there anything that needs to be purchased to install it. Like a harness adapter? Or is it just straight plug and play. Is the backlight color the same as the rest of the instrumentation in the vehicle?

[Derek]

Originally posted by Bouncnb
Is there anything that needs to be purchased to install it. Like a harness adapter? Or is it just straight plug and play. Is the backlight color the same as the rest of the instrumentation in the vehicle?

Everything is plug and play, no need to buy anything, just take your old head unit out, and plug the Scion one right in. The only difference is that you'll see two antenna wires, just plug the one into the Scion HU that fits, and tape the other one off, you don't really need it.

And YES, the backlight on the single-disc is the EXACT same color as the rest of the instrumentation, so it looks just like stock

You really can't go wrong with the single-disc HU. I sold my old stock CD Cassette player on ebay and got $100 so in the end I paid nothing for the upgrade

[LBC99]

Originally posted by Derek
I sold my old stock CD Cassette player on ebay and got $100 so in the end I paid nothing for the upgrade

I love how you can sell your old crap on ebay and make enough money to buy new crap

[Bouncnb]

Originally posted by Derek
Everything is plug and play, no need to buy anything, just take your old head unit out, and plug the Scion one right in. The only difference is that you'll see two antenna wires, just plug the one into the Scion HU that fits, and tape the other one off, you don't really need it.

And YES, the backlight on the single-disc is the EXACT same color as the rest of the instrumentation, so it looks just like stock

You really can't go wrong with the single-disc HU. I sold my old stock CD Cassette player on ebay and got $100 so in the end I paid nothing for the upgrade

It works with the steering wheel controls also?

[ATP4984]

Will it fit in a second gen dash?

[C5Guy]

Does the Scion 2005 work in the 04 4Runner Sport? Below is a quote from the Toyota web site. Are these specs better than the 04 Scion?

2005: All 2005 Scions are equipped with a new 160-watt, six-speaker AM/FM/CD Pioneer sound system that is XM satellite radio ready and features Scion Sound Processing (SSP) with three pre-set equalizer settings and MP3-media compatibility. The Scion Pioneer audio system now comes with a user-customizable welcome screen similar to the feature found on cell phones, and Sound Retouch digital equalization for clearer MP3-CD sound.

[tkr128]

It'll work as long as you have the base 6-speaker system in your 4Runner. If you have the JBL system, it won't work.

I've had my "2005" unit for a few months now and still love it. The two new features are the welcome screen text and srt, everything else is pretty much the same as the 2004 model. The SRT feature really does improve the sound of MP3 files.

[Bouncnb]

with tkr128. I just got my "2005" Scion HU and it is AWSOME. It works great and looks factory. I even stopped by the Toyota dealership down here and they liked it. They were unaware that you could swap the 2 HU's and still have all controls work. (steering wheel) I like the different modes that it has and it sounds great with the stock speakers. I like many others in here, highy recommend this mod/swap.

[darktiger]

Glad you are enjoying it....

[mikes4runner]

Originally posted by Bouncnb
with tkr128. I just got my "2005" Scion HU and it is AWSOME. It works great and looks factory. I even stopped by the Toyota dealership down here and they liked it. They were unaware that you could swap the 2 HU's and still have all controls work. (steering wheel) I like the different modes that it has and it sounds great with the stock speakers. I like many others in here, highy recommend this mod/swap.

I put one in my 01 MR2 Spyder plug and play.

Do you know how to change the greeting? says "scion" when you turn it on for a couple sec.

Changed mine to read 'MR2 Spyder"

let me know?

[tkr128]

Originally posted by mikes4runner
Changed mine to read 'MR2 Spyder"

I changed mine to read "4Runner"!