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Old May 18, 2014 | 10:13 PM
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I'm thinking about replacing the stock radio / CD player with a Pioneer DEH X 7500HD. Has anyone out there replaced their radio? Pro or cons with doing so?
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Just installed the Pioneer AVH-X8500 BHS on my son's '02Z last week.




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That turned out really nice. Did you have any issues installing it? Such as modifying dash to get it to fit?
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That turned out really nice. Did you have any issues installing it? Such as modifying dash to get it to fit?
We had the bezel modified by Dennis at DD mods, the issue we had was the opening for the Pioneer AVH-X8500 BHS was a little to small so that the DVD screen would not tilt open. Had to file the opening larger and touch up the filed surfaces, other than that son`s happy with it.

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It looks like it turned out awesome. Thank you for sharing
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Originally Posted by tak06
We had the bezel modified by Dennis at DD mods, the issue we had was the opening for the Pioneer AVH-X8500 BHS was a little to small so that the DVD screen would not tilt open. Had to file the opening larger and touch up the filed surfaces, other than that son`s happy with it.

thats because of the removable screen on that radio moves around when opening and not attached like all the other screens so its tight. That along with hydro can be an issue. FYI we had many many issues with the screen and these radios.

Looks great on the install
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