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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 08:54 AM
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I have a 89 vette with the bose system, car only has 21,000 miles on it, but the radio sounds sick. My question is, how much work is involed in replacing the system with a non bose radio? Thanks for any help you may have.
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 09:06 AM
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Post this in the audio section for a much better response, or just wait a while and the mods will move it for you.
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 09:45 PM
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I replaced mine with an Alpine CD/MP3 player. 9843 I think the model is. It was only around $189.00 installed. Much better than the Bose.
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Replaced the Bose in my '87 with a Kenwood CD and 4 new speakers all installed for just over $200. If you use the car alot (mines a daily driver)it's worth the upgrade.
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 04:54 AM
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My Bose system only plays the door speakers and no CDs at all. I plan to upgrade in the near future. It's a beautiful car and needs beautiful sound to match.

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ps.........this IS the audio section!!! Don't understand the comment made by Midnight 85...
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Originally Posted by wilsonbh
ps.........this IS the audio section!!! Don't understand
the comment made by Midnight 85...
New to the interweb?
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by roanoke2
I have a 89 vette with the bose system, car only has 21,000 miles on it, but the radio sounds sick. My question is, how much work is involed in replacing the system with a non bose radio? Thanks for any help you may have.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=941281
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Billy Stargazer
I replaced mine with an Alpine CD/MP3 player. 9843 I think the model is. It was only around $189.00 installed. Much better than the Bose.
Which store?

David
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