I am looking to install an android unit in my 02 limited. Curious what options do we have for these cars in terms of size, fitment etc..

Anyone installed a double din android unit recently please share!

If you go to crutchfield.com and input your car it will show you everything that fits in the space. Then you can narrow down your search to what your wanting to see what's available. It will fit most double din radios, but not all.

There are plenty of people here with double-din radios.

Good luck!

Anything measured for a double din slot will fit just fine. However, if you still have the stock radio in there, be ready to do some wiring or at the very least, buy a harness adapter.

My advice on double DIN touch screen units. Touch screen for preset buttons SUCK. Look for one with actual buttons around the screen. Glancing at the screen is a bit distracting. And on my Sony unit, if you hit somewhere other than a preset "button" area the screen maximizes the station you are on so the buttons are gone. very frustrating. Oh you will always wish you have a volume knob. I have had it both ways and buttons for volume are stupid.

On that note for all you CAD and 3D printer experts. Please design a new center stack that moves the radio to the top, the vents in the middle, and the HVAC controls to the bottom! I have only seen one attempt at it and it looked terrible.

What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Double DIN Input Sought

Both links are posts from my stereo. Love my Carjoying unit. Still have to trim the surround a bit, but it fit without much of a problem.

Uhm, I would love to see this conversion! I hate having my GPS directions that low!

I'm going to directly go against what @Coward said. I have a double din pioneer avh 4100 and it is amazing. I don't need to worry about fumbling with buttons or knobs because it come with a handy remote that operates whatever I need it to operate. Don't get hung up on small details when selecting a head unit. The cheap ones are crap and the more expensive ones are amazing.

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Ummm u have my attention .... So how do u get google maps on the unit and is it tough to do

It is literally the easiest thing to do. When purchasing your android auto compatible head unit make sure you have the "interface" adaptor..... I literally used a cor I bought off amazon that is USB and HDMI to one port so I can have the option to hook up HDMI compatible devices to my head unit. Then you download android auto on your phone, plug your phone into it, and voila. there is an on screen little button on the upper right hand of the screen that you can press, say navigate to or call/text whoever and it will happen. Complete hands free and I have had zero issues with anything on it.

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Are you asking about an Android head unit or a unit that uses Android Auto. They are two very different units.

Android Auto's come a long way but it won't completely mirror your phone unless you already have, or want, root. An Android head unit will act just like a phone. You can DL all the apps you want and it operates separately from your phone.

As far as buttons go, I prefer to have a manual volume knob. They are going the way of the dodo though. It won't be long before all double dins are touch only.

I'm running Android Auto on the Pioneer AVH-4200NEX and it's awesome. The voice controls are great:
e.g.
"Ok google, navigate home" (my home and work addresses are presaved in Google maps)
"Ok google, search for chick-fil-a"
"Ok google, text Monica 'I'm going to be late I'm working on my car'"
"Ok google, translate 'The boy eats tomato sauce' to Italian" (no joke, it can do this)

All my Spotify music is available through it (unfortunately, the voice controls don't work for that). I wired up a back up camera too which is nice since I parallel park on the street every night, and the faceplate is removable so I remove it so it's less tempting for thieves. There's an SD card slot too, so once I get a dashcam if I ever need to view the video I can just stick the SD card in the head unit and watch the videos on the 7" screen.

I definitely recommend getting a head unit that tilts (like in the picture infantry503 posted) -- if it doesn't tilt, it will be very hard to see anything on the screen.


There's some guy out there that did this and made a custom fiberglass cover. It looked kinda strange though -- our center stacks are shallow at the top and deeper at the bottom where the stereo goes, so he had to design it so the stereo stuck out farther.

EDIT: found the picture, it's actually looks better than I remember. still way too much work though

I just threw up a little.

That's one I have seen before. Those air vents kill it. The gauges do to (I'm sure they are useful?) That's the idea though.

I guess Its time to go shopping now any brands u stick with

I'm strictly Alpine or Pioneer. I chose the Pioneer this time and got it so the buttons are on the bottom so it didn't take away screen size.