Seriously...a 6.1" screen?

[Lewis&Clark]

if you were going to get an SR5 you could put in a Pioneer z140BH It has a 7 inch screen. You would need to find a bracket that would fit that though and some other accessories that you would need to get. AVIC-Z140BH - <b>NEW!</b> - Flagship In-Dash Navigation AV Receiver with 7" WVGA Touchscreen Display, Built-In Bluetooth®, HD Radio™ Tuner, and Advanced App Mode for iPhone® 4/4S | Pioneer Electronics USA

The list price is $1499, but, i know you could get it cheaper. I have the z130bt, which is last years model. And i paid around $1,000 for mine when list price was $1499. Or you could buy a z130bt for cheaper since we know it will work!

One of the coolest things about this is i have mine "unlocked" so i can change the GPS destination while the car is moving, i can play dvds while moving. Etc.

Here is a pic of mine, i painted the bracket matte black though(following harper7's build threads) The rearview camera still feeds into my rear view mirror, i still need to get together with gamerc to figure that out, but, anyway.

Thanks; this is helpful.

By "bracket" do you mean the actual bracket behind the dash that the HU gets mounted to? Or do you mean the face plate/plastic panel that surrounds the HU on the dash?

I had forgotten the non-nav trims don't have a screen of any kind, or any really obvious place to put one. (Since each control/knob/button is individually set into the face plate/plastic panel). Did you keep the original panel, paint it black, and just carve out a huge space for the screen? Or did you have to find an aftermarket one that was appropriately shapped both for the HU and for the dash?

Either way it looks like a really good job. I'm not sure I prefer the look of all the "empty space" to the sides of the HU where the knobs used to be (no offense--it really does look like an awesome job), but I suppose that can't really be helped if I'm going aftermarket.

 

[4RYota]

7 is way to go

A moot point if you're not going LE though Toy should offer more bells/whistels for those not interested in LE's.

I'm glad I waited for 7 with JBL. 7 seems to be the perfect size and I dont care for all the app stuff. System sounds decent for stock but coming from 2002 & 2005 GMs it's an upgrade.

Good luck.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Thanks; this is helpful.

By "bracket" do you mean the actual bracket behind the dash that the HU gets mounted to? Or do you mean the face plate/plastic panel that surrounds the HU on the dash?

I had forgotten the non-nav trims don't have a screen of any kind, or any really obvious place to put one. (Since each control/knob/button is individually set into the face plate/plastic panel). Did you keep the original panel, paint it black, and just carve out a huge space for the screen? Or did you have to find an aftermarket one that was appropriately shapped both for the HU and for the dash?

Either way it looks like a really good job. I'm not sure I prefer the look of all the "empty space" to the sides of the HU where the knobs used to be (no offense--it really does look like an awesome job), but I suppose that can't really be helped if I'm going aftermarket.

yes, by bracket i mean the plastic piece that the nav attaches too I guess it is really just one piece, and then the whole thing kind of slides into the dash. It's called a "dash kit", i just kept calling it a bracket.

I bought a new dash kit, painted it and then installed my new nav into the dash kit and popped it in. I knew it would fit from talking to other bros on the forum.

I also have a SR5 and was wondering on your install kit is it painted black and if so how do you go about doing that? Thanks Michael

Hey Buddy-

No, the kit comes in a silver color. I sanded it down lots and lots of times with like 600 or 800 grit sandpaper, i then put on like 6 coats of very thin matte black paint. I used the krylon brand. Then i put on several thin coats of clear coat. I forget what it was called, but, it was clear. I dont remember if it was gloss or matte. Harper7 has some write ups about it in his thread. Look his up. The brackets were only like $30 bucks, so i bought 3 of them. I funked up the first two by putting on too much paint and it kept dripping, finally i just did lots of thin coats waiting like 10 minutes between coats.

check out the aftermarket stereo thread.

EDIT: each one of these links below goes to a different post from the same thread. The forum just automatically summarizes the link name to the thread name.

link to my post about sanding/painting my bracket

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/61082-aftermarket-stereo-23.html#post868470


2 types of dash kits with examples and pics. notice how the bracket is shaped and how much room is around the nav and how much extra space is to the left and right.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/61082-aftermarket-stereo-21.html#post835726


my parts i used

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/61082-aftermarket-stereo-21.html#post835726

Any more questions, let us know, good luck bro.

Matt