After Market ICE Units

[Pride]

I managed to dig out the magazine review from year 2000 (20 years ago would you believe, unbelievable) and the system is still going strong:



Hope you can read it Wixer and it gives you some sort of idea of what I mean.

[nobby]

Everything in responses so far is 100%

I went the double din route and have a Pioneer unit installed in my car for a number of years now and its been great.

when i bought my car the previous owner(s) had taken the original system out and put a single din in. it was not installed properly and all a bit of a mess so i had to fix it. so i opted on the back of the same reasons as yourself, sat nav, mobile connectivitiy, proper audio (cassettes are dead). Even though i never had the original system in my car I still would have done an update. I use my car and have done plenty of miles and I love my music etc so this was DEFINITELY a change for me

I am hoping to update my headunit at somepoint in the near future and will either go for Alpine of Pioneer.

Keep in mind Kaz's info re the Bose speaker system and how it is powered etc as your head unit will have its own amplification etc.

I removed the Bose system from my car as its old and really the qaulity is nothing compared to newer component systems. I run a Pioneer H/U wuth JL Audio component speakers, subwoofer (6" custom box similar to OEM in passenger footwell) and amplifier. My car retains original interior look and no alterations to door cards etc was made.

Keep a healthy budget in mind when doing this as stated above. You get what you pay for especially in ICE.

Please keep us posted on what you decide. Any other questions fire away!

[Heineken]

Maybe just one small note from a "keep it stock" guy (like me)

The OEM head unit's front is not perfectly square but slightly wider on the top than at the bottom. This was very likely done to give it a nice proportional look as the center console gets narrower further down, too.
When an aftermarket unit (with a perfectly square front) is installed it looks a tad bit off but that's just my 2 cents

[wixer]

Update to my thread, as I've got a bit of time on my hands at the moment !

I decided on the Grom interface option, rather than a replacement head unit, as I only really listen to two radio stations in the UK and listen to music from a USB device, which is what I would listen to on any Euro trip. I also included the Bluetooth interface option as well.

Installation, pretty straight forward, just remove the centre console and associated units, found a place to mount the Grom unit and wire in the phone microphone next to the rear view mirror.

I could've done the whole thing in one day but the Mrs suggested that I might want to drag the job out over a few weeks, as the chances of getting the car back on the road for the beginning of April, was not going happen. So the job was started a month ago and finished this morning.



Mounting the Grom unit.





Routing the wiring for the microphone.





Testing the USB.



USB connector in centre console.

[scottg]

I was considering a Grom for my car there is a vendor on ebay. It looks like you get the unit and the wiring but they do not specify one for an NSX, can I ask where you sourced yours please

Update to my thread, as I've got a bit of time on my hands at the moment !

I decided on the Grom interface option, rather than a replacement head unit, as I only really listen to two radio stations in the UK and listen to music from a USB device, which is what I would listen to on any Euro trip. I also included the Bluetooth interface option as well.

Installation, pretty straight forward, just remove the centre console and associated units, found a place to mount the Grom unit and wire in the phone microphone next to the rear view mirror.

I could've done the whole thing in one day but the Mrs suggested that I might want to drag the job out over a few weeks, as the chances of getting the car back on the road for the beginning of April, was not going happen. So the job was started a month ago and finished this morning.



Mounting the Grom unit.





Routing the wiring for the microphone.





Testing the USB.



USB connector in centre console.

[Kaz-kzukNA1]

Don't know from where wixer got his but other owners went with the official GROM distributor for UK market, the carputer-shop.
They have their own shop website but for GROM, they run https://gromaudio.co.uk/

If you visit the GROM audio official site (gromaudio.com), they are listed as the sole partner for UK market.

I installed the model #USB3 for other owners and as far as I know, all of them bought the product through gromaudio.co.uk
If you scroll up to my old post #2, you can find extra info by visiting the link in there.

There are only 2 models available from GROM for NSX, BT3 (GROM-BT3-MBUS) or USB3 (GROM-USB3-MBUS).
As mentioned in post #2, selection depends on what you are after.
For NSX, please make sure to select HON92 as the adaptor cable.


Kaz

[wixer]

Yes, got mine from where Kaz has said.

[scottg]

Thanks Kaz

Don't know from where wixer got his but other owners went with the official GROM distributor for UK market, the carputer-shop.
They have their own shop website but for GROM, they run https://gromaudio.co.uk/

If you visit the GROM audio official site (gromaudio.com), they are listed as the sole partner for UK market.

I installed the model #USB3 for other owners and as far as I know, all of them bought the product through gromaudio.co.uk
If you scroll up to my old post #2, you can find extra info by visiting the link in there.

There are only 2 models available from GROM for NSX, BT3 (GROM-BT3-MBUS) or USB3 (GROM-USB3-MBUS).
As mentioned in post #2, selection depends on what you are after.
For NSX, please make sure to select HON92 as the adaptor cable.


Kaz