Yeah I'm not following this at all, but I am interested so lets keep this post going. What's the best way to set stuff up !?

The best way is to have a single woofer in the door like there is factory and a new tweeter were that is suppose to be in the factory location. Not settle for small 1/4 tweeters built into the woofer. Also this will give you better imaging.

hey JoeD- i donno, my pioneer looks factory finish. :p

bigaudiofanat: any suggestions for replacement head unit. No GPS or DVD, just replacement for basehead unit. BTW found the Alpine SPX-17REF for 179 shipped.

Are you still looking for a double din unit or a single din? The reason I ask is because 99% of double dins at least have a dvd player built in.

Single.

Well I think you will absolutely love this head unit. It has probably everything you could want in a unit and than some. I have personally had one and they are by far just great.

CDA-9886 - Alpine CD receiver with MP3/WMA/AAC playback

the alpine is great.

another single din choice is the JVC Arsenal with HD radio. i run that on my dd (FitSport) and it's great...very nice EQ and processors to get a nice tight sound just running the front speakers. if i was to do a single din on the Z i'd get that since the base only has front speakers.

Great, Thanks.

How in the world can the driver not be angled directly at the driver? Isn't that like a single object occupying 2 different places in the time/space continuum? :rofl2: I know what you meant though but the first time I read it I found it entertaining. I've gotten quite a few kicks lately reading through threads that both you and Big have posted in - never a dull moment with you 2 around.

All kidding aside, it bothers me that they claim the base system has 4 speakers. I mean come on, when have components actually counted individually? A tweeter and a midrange working together is one speaker. If we count components, then my HT isn't a 7.1 its more like a 28.4.

Still, some good info in this thread - I'm leaning toward upgrading the headunit first - then coming back in with a nice amp and component speaker upgrade followed by a subwoofer.

Which Pioneer unit do you have?

i have the 3100. check my albums page, lots of pictures in there. :)