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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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Hey guys!

I would like to know if I can Install a radio from 1984-1989 corvette to a 1990 corvette?
And if there are any other alternatives for speakers and radio besides bose for the original bose am/fm cassette radio
Thank You in advance!!!
-Joey
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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Hey guys!

I would like to know if I can Install a radio from 1984-1989 corvette to a 1990 corvette?
And if there are any other alternatives for speakers and radio besides bose for the original bose am/fm cassette radio
Thank You in advance!!!
-Joey
You can install whatever you like if you rip out all of the old Bose hardware, meaning control head ("radio" in the dash), amp, and all speakers.
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by kareesh90
Hey guys!

I would like to know if I can Install a radio from 1984-1989 corvette to a 1990 corvette?
And if there are any other alternatives for speakers and radio besides bose for the original bose am/fm cassette radio
Thank You in advance!!!
-Joey
If you are talking about just swapping the head units, the answer is no. If you go to the Audio section and read the C4 sticky at the top of the section, you will see that the '90 to '96 cars w/Bose have a CDM that controls the HU in the dash.

Randy
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It won't fit. 84-89 are 1.5 DIN and 90-96 are double DIN. I'm pretty sure the 1.5 DIN units are physically a bit wider so won't fit in the 2 DIN opening. Of course you could customize anything to work, but it would entail a ton of work.
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 05:40 PM
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why bother and they are worse!
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