I have been thinking of doing this for quite some time and since the weather is crap , I have decided to go for it. I took a stock head unit , gutted it and replaced all the inside workings with a new pioneer head unit . So it has the latest in sound and features while retaining the look of a stock unit.

Let me add this , before you go crazy on your stock radio , this is not a project for the average person. This was a HUGE pain in the butt ! Took days and tons of work . I also had a spare unit. I did not do this to the unit that is original to my car.

Extending the wires


In the stock units cage.


More pics and info up later

 

Thats really cool, I'd like to see more. I replaced the after market unit in my Firebird with a stock unit, just because I can't stand the look of the aftermarket units in our cars. Pretty awsome solution here.

 

I purchased a stock UX1 radio on Ebay that had a custom MP3 player outlet built in. Works great. Able to hook up my iphone to it and listen to the digital radio / Pandora etc.. I'm curious to see how this turns out for you.