Hi,
I upgraded my stereo head unit. I had a 130RES with the Alpine Premium Sound. Two weeks ago I installed a Pioneer AVH-4200nex.
I also used the iDatalink Maestro to keep Uconnect and wheel button control functionality. If you are going to install a 2 DIN radio, and you go offroad like I do, you will want to remove the rear dashboard bracket, it's fastened by two 7mm screws. Get a decent hacksaw, and a vice. hacksaw the bottom of the bracket by cutting at the lower corners. Next bend the upper left and right fingers on the bracket 5degrees. The top of the fingers will be at the same level as the center where the dashboard is fastened. You do NOT want the fingers to be any higher than the middle. Fasten the rear bracket back on the dash.
There are many out there that are just removing the bracket. The end result of not resuing the bracket is you won't be able to fasten top dash panel the with the top 7mm screw, also when hitting the moderate trails your head unit just might break the Metra mount kit. I wish there was a better mount kit than Metra but it appears all of them are made with ABS plastic. I did not want the head unit to be bouncing around while I was on the trails so my head unit is cradled in tightly with the rear mount braket. As you can see from the picture I got used to using the Voice Media Commands. I no longer use it. I have a 128GB SDCARD in there now since Pioneer has a mp3 playback processing that's really great. 24bit DAC, It also plays lossless FLAC files! You can adjust HPF crossover for the front and rear speakers, LPF crossover for the subwoofer. I'm pretty happy with the sound. Android Auto.. not so much. Google nutered the technology.
Here's what my install looks like:
I upgraded my stereo head unit. I had a 130RES with the Alpine Premium Sound. Two weeks ago I installed a Pioneer AVH-4200nex.
I also used the iDatalink Maestro to keep Uconnect and wheel button control functionality. If you are going to install a 2 DIN radio, and you go offroad like I do, you will want to remove the rear dashboard bracket, it's fastened by two 7mm screws. Get a decent hacksaw, and a vice. hacksaw the bottom of the bracket by cutting at the lower corners. Next bend the upper left and right fingers on the bracket 5degrees. The top of the fingers will be at the same level as the center where the dashboard is fastened. You do NOT want the fingers to be any higher than the middle. Fasten the rear bracket back on the dash.
There are many out there that are just removing the bracket. The end result of not resuing the bracket is you won't be able to fasten top dash panel the with the top 7mm screw, also when hitting the moderate trails your head unit just might break the Metra mount kit. I wish there was a better mount kit than Metra but it appears all of them are made with ABS plastic. I did not want the head unit to be bouncing around while I was on the trails so my head unit is cradled in tightly with the rear mount braket. As you can see from the picture I got used to using the Voice Media Commands. I no longer use it. I have a 128GB SDCARD in there now since Pioneer has a mp3 playback processing that's really great. 24bit DAC, It also plays lossless FLAC files! You can adjust HPF crossover for the front and rear speakers, LPF crossover for the subwoofer. I'm pretty happy with the sound. Android Auto.. not so much. Google nutered the technology.
Here's what my install looks like: