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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 08:46 PM
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Which deck to match my interior lights

in a Firebird? The green lit Kenwood is getting old. I am looking for something that will complement the red/orange dash lights in my bird. Ideas?
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 09:16 PM
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I have the Panasonic Ghost face (not 3d matrix) and you can select through about 6 different colors....I have mine on red and it looks great with the dash. I am going to have to get a pic of all of them on. I will be back!!!!

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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 09:27 PM
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 09:30 PM
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 12:39 AM
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Car: 1992 Pontiac GTA
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I'm partial to the Alpine CDA-7894, however it's no longer made. I used to have some pictures of it lit at night on my HD , but I can't find them. Button color can be either green or amber.

I would take some pictures of my own 7894 in my GTA, but I uninstalled it the other weekend. (I'm adding an amp.)

Other choices that would look excellent in a Firebird would be Clarion's higher priced decks like the DXZ735MP or DXZ835XP. Both are last year's models, but are still available. Both have lots of color change options for the display.
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 08:48 AM
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That's a killer looking deck! Where can I find one-besides Ebay?
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 09:08 AM
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Originally posted by Widowmaker
That's a killer looking deck! Where can I find one-besides Ebay?
Crutchfield maybe??? Check out hookedontronics.com Excellent seller and will beat almost everyone's price.

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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 01:47 PM
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I have the Clarion DXZ535. Lots of colors check it out
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 08:20 PM
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Alpine 7894

http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...89_19_full.jpg


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I mean mines a camaro and i dont really care cause the deck is so good
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 09:20 PM
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i havent seen many red/orange lighted decks but my kenwood (last yrs) and the new kenwood (usually not on lower end models) changes colors..... theres so many different shades and colors to pick from its nuts(screen colors). And my buttons go eather green or red.
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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I have a Kenwood KDC-MP8017 hu, I believe it's a 2001/2002 model though. The buttons are either lit green or red. I love the way in looks in the Bird - and suits me fine, but to find this deck would be hard.
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 11:45 PM
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Originally posted by *F-BodyFanatic*
I have a Kenwood KDC-MP8017 hu, I believe it's a 2001/2002 model though. The buttons are either lit green or red. I love the way in looks in the Bird - and suits me fine, but to find this deck would be hard.
all the new models have those featues too witch is cool for him if hes trying to find one like yours.
I got the catologe here and dont see the deck you have F-BodyFanatic maybe you got the 2001 or the 2003 model?? Does your display change color too??


Widowmaker- if looking for kenwood decks look for the features called "Variable Color Display" and "Selectable key illumination (green/red)"
Im looking at the kenwood catologe and thats there name for what me and F-BodyFanatic are talking about. If it matteres i got the KDC-MPV619 from 2002.
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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 09:38 PM
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the kenwood mpv 622 or somethin like that can switch all different colors.. red, green, blue, orange, white, light blue.. and it can also scroll them colors. it's a kick *** cd player.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 07:39 PM
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mine glows orange and its an older kenwood tho model
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 07:40 PM
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ill get a better one later tonight, with the flash off
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 07:54 PM
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Alpine, baby.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 08:08 PM
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Originally posted by fbody dude
Alpine, baby.
that the deck I have in my picyures earlier. matches perfect
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 08:35 PM
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Sorry, I was just looking at pictures and not reading.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 09:42 PM
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Originally posted by jcurrieirocz
all the new models have those featues too witch is cool for him if hes trying to find one like yours.
I got the catologe here and dont see the deck you have F-BodyFanatic maybe you got the 2001 or the 2003 model?? Does your display change color too??


All my nite pix suck
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 11:14 PM
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Car: 89 formula 350
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I have the alpine 7894 in my formula the only reason I picked that one was of all the features and you can change the color from green to orange to match the dash lights I happen to have one for sale but it's not complete. needs a faceplate. the faceplate costs about 130.00 from alpine and I would like to have 100.00 for the radio itself. so you would have a little over 230.00 in everything. but it's the perfect radio for the pontiacs with the orange dash. and it's a mp3 player , high power with built in high and low pass crossover and sub woofer control.it was around 450.00 new.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 10:54 AM
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i had a kenwood excelron 817 that u can change ur lights from green to red.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 04:56 PM
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You can change the interior lighting to any color you wish too. All you need is a can of flourescent spray paint.

if there isn't already a tech article, I will write one. I always wanted to change my lighting to blue or green.
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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 08:52 PM
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