Can I suggest a sticky?? Simple pic of your aftermarket headunit

[BrewCity11]

I know there are many in the same boat, where we care more about the aesthetics of the dash, than the brand or actual specs on the unit.

A simple HVAC area pic will do, more would be a nice, and please include any specifics that would help people making a choice, i.e. mounting pros/cons, "flushness", button colors, general rating.

Thanks people!
-Turk

Models Covered:
E30 Radio Delete Post #32

Alpine CDA-9856 Post #17
Alpine CDA-9885 Post #2,7
Apine IDA-X001 Post #15

Blaupunkt Brisbane SD48 Post #14
Blaupunkt Tokyo Post #30
Blaupunkt Bahamas Mp46 Post #45

BMW CD43 Post #40

Clarion DXZ785USB Post #11
Clarion DXZ385USB Post #25

Eclipse CD3200 Post #3
Eclipse CD5444 Post #9
Eclipse CD5030 Post #35

JVC KD PDR 40 Post #29
JVC KD-LX50 Post #33
JVC KD-R800 Post #44
JVC KD-R310 Post #48

Kenwood Excelon KDC-X890 Post #19
Kenwood Excelon KDC-X595 Post #54

Nakamichi CD35z Post #5
Nakamichi CD400 Post #12

Pioneer DEH-4900ib Post #26&28
Pioneer DEH-6300UB Post #43
Pioneer DEH-MVH-8200BT Post 46

Sony CDX-GT420U Post #16

[BeirBrennerE30]

Alpine CDA-9885. Buttons are red at night and blueish-red during the day. Display is oled white. Love the control it gives of my 2 alpine amps and sound quality is good. I have an ipod in and everything is controllable via the HU. also capable of sirius/HD/BT but i dont drive the car enough to warrent a sirius sub. Like the looks and performance but the other e30 is getting a CD43 for the oem goodness.

[bmw325csi]

eclipse cd3200. You can has it all red, amber (perfect) blue. green, or combos of the colors. perfect match.

Cant find pic, hold up

[Schnitzer318is]

eclipse cd3200. You can has it all red, amber (perfect) blue. green, or combos of the colors. perfect match.

Cant find pic, hold up

Installed 5 of those in the last 2 months... 4 came back with motorized face problems. I was going to get that unit too, until all the customers kept coming back :)

Too bad too because the features are awesome at the price point. Hope yours lasts for you. Do post a pic in your car though if you could, I'm still curious what it would look like in an e30.

[MC Hammered]

Nakamichi CD35z is shown in this picture. I'm oldschool and love decks that have a volume knob.

I have a CD45 going into my vert. Since these unit both shared the same wiring connector I was able to swap decks to compare the sound. The audible difference between dual 24 bit DACs and a 1-bit DAC was amazing even with the OEM paper cone speakers.

My only wish is to have the backlighting be the factory amber option instead of green.

[Nicademus]

I wish it didn't say "Can I suggest a sticky" in the title of this thread. How about you start a new one and ask for a sticky on it, or get the name changed.

Good idea by the way.

[daniel]

Alpine CDA-9885. Buttons are red at night and blueish-red during the day. Display is oled white. Love the control it gives of my 2 alpine amps and sound quality is good. I have an ipod in and everything is controllable via the HU. also capable of sirius/HD/BT but i dont drive the car enough to warrent a sirius sub. Like the looks and performance but the other e30 is getting a CD43 for the oem goodness.

i have this deck too. it is almost perfect. my only complaint is it takes a long time to scroll through a 40gb ipod using the knob. if you go really fast it thinks it is slipping, so it doesnt move at all. you have to turn it smoothly to make progress down the list, which takes time. also, some of the buttons can be counter-intuitive depending on the function, but you get used to it.

[daniel]

I wish it didn't say "Can I suggest a sticky" in the title of this thread. How about you start a new one and ask for a sticky on it, or get the name changed.

Good idea by the way.

how bout you post your head unit or GTFO?!?

[dashboardmonkey]

Not in my car yet (no HVAC panel):(

Slot for memory stick

high pass/low pass ect, ect

Eclipse CD 5444

[BrewCity11]

I wish it didn't say "Can I suggest a sticky" in the title of this thread. How about you start a new one and ask for a sticky on it, or get the name changed.

Good idea by the way.

True, but I assumed when/if a mod sticky's it, they'll change the title.

Thanks for the response so far.

[Schnitzer318is]

Here's my contribution. Clarion DXZ785USB. Ugly as hell, but has LOADS of features and great sound clarity. Plus it has customizable colors, not just flat amber... so you can get the BMW amber down exactly.

[cappa240]

Nakamichi CD-400, has amber and green... amber isnt more pale than the OEM lighting, but pretty close.

[E30 Cabrio]

Here's my contribution. Clarion DXZ785USB. Ugly as hell, but has LOADS of features and great sound clarity. Plus it has customizable colors, not just flat amber... so you can get the BMW amber down exactly.

I have the same HU and think it looks better then most HU's out there.

Black with white lettering and Amber Illumination matches the interior pretty nicely.

[twothrees]

Blaupunkt Brisbane SD48




This HU's finish is almost spot on for our dash. There is no CD slot, it will play SD cards, USB thumb drive, MP3 hook up and it can be connected to an external CD player. The screen can be changed to many different colors. Great price. Only downside is that the volume knob lights up blue.

[einstein57]

Apine ida-x001
Dedicated ipod player. Similar to the cda shown above style wise but not nearly as many audio features for tunning sound. The best feature is the direct usb drive. Can scroll through my ipod nearl as fast as the ipod click wheel. Has a lcd screen that displays album art and i can turn off the internal amp.