Head unit advice

[Mrdeli]

Hello, I have a 2005 zed

 

I am wanting to upgrade the head unit. Mine is none Bose and I have already upgraded the front speakers to infinity 62.5 kappa components

 

The two units I am looking at are as follows:

 

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/jvc-kw-xr811.html

 

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/alp-cde ... 235bt.html

 

I am wondering whether either of these is likely to bring a good uplift over the standard head unit or do I need to spend more for this to happen.

 

I would also appreciate if someone could recommend the best quality fascia adapter for use with theses (or one for single din if that's a better fit). I would like the car to look as near oem as possible. Last time I changed the stereo on a ford the fascia unit was of really poor quality and a rubbish fit - I'm keen to avoid that on the Z.

 

Thanks all. Mark.

[un1eash]

Both would be an improvement in quality over the stock headunit. I would normally always pick Alpine but that alpine headunit although decent only as a single 2v preout which limits you if you ever wanted to expand your system and add amps for your speakers and a subwoofer.

 

Saying that though you could still run an amp for your fronts and a subwoofer/amp but you wouldnt have full control from the headunit.

[Mrdeli]

I hadn't considered that. Thanks. Ill have a further look and think whether I'd want to maybe upgrade again at a later time. Cheers mark.