Thread: interior issues

Headliner can be fixed at most trim shops for $50-$75. As for radio buttons, you'll probably have to replace the whole thing to fix that...

If you're going to do radio buttons, just go aftermarket. Stock radios eventually chip/flake and skip. Not to mention your options become limited. Pontiac buttons in cars are notorious for peeling off early, especially newer ones.

Originally Posted by mainecrab

Any advice on a nice aftermarker unit?

I'm using an Alpine CD-9884. It's an amazing unit with almost no flaw. Unless you're a picky b**ch about it changing colors or some such bull, it's capable for pretty much all radio features, and works with steering wheel-button control modules.

There are a few others by Alpine that are very similar to this unit, I can't recommend them as I don't know them too well, but other than the name and a the texturing to the buttons on the radio, I couldn't find really any differences.

Basically, it's clear as crystal (although this will also rely on your speakers), it has numerous useful functions, it's iPod ready, Bluetooth ready, HD Radio Ready, Satellite Radio Ready, and Steering Wheel Control module ready.

I personally bought the cord for iPod adaptability, and it works great. You can control the iPod from the radio interface, searching through your music by various different sorting functions, and if you have a module for the steering wheel, you can control it (as limited as your wheel is) from there too.

You'll pay roughly around $200 for this or a similar unit, not including any extra features, but I think it is very worth it.