Been saving up for one of those fancy Retrosound radios that is supposed to be just like our factory units but with modern features like bluetooth, ax, USB charging ext.
Well...if it sounds too good to be true...it probably is.
The unit showed up and the very first thing about it I noticed was its made of incredibly flimsy feeling cheap plastic, the buttons are way smaller than on our originals, and the whole setup felt poorly made.
Ive bought 50$ Amazon radios that felt more solid.
The next thing i noticed was the great big made in CHINA logo. "here we go" i thought. at over 300$ i already wasn't thrilled.
Got my old radio pulled and went to install the retrosound one only to find out its not even close to fitting the stock factory hole,
it just flops around in there, and when snugged down the radio sticks out about an inch and a half outside of your dash preventing you from using the factory bezel (which your supposed to be able to do)
So after maxing out the adjustments on it and adding a ton of washers in places they shouldn't have been, i was finally able to get the face of the radio to sit flush with the dash so the bezel could be installed and guess what...the Knobs stick out way too far and there's a huge gap between them and the bezel, with no adjustment left to move them further in, and to add salt to the wound, the hole in the bezel for the radio face plate doesn't even line up, so with the bezel in place like its supposed to be you cant even see the radio screen which also is digital.
for 300+ $ i expected a lot more. My money says no matter what vehicle year make/model you put in on their website they send you the exact same radio that is made to halfass fit anything, but fits nothing correctly.
it sure wasn't a 71 Duster radio.
I unfortunately do not have any pictures of the fiasco as i was too pissed off about it all after saving up all summer to get it and i promptly pulled it all out and stuffed it back in the box.
To their credit, Crutchfield has thus far made the return process easy.
For those wanting their correct factory look, i highly suggest paying someone to modify you original to have the features you want, or simply do what i decided to do and hide a modern radio under the seat or in the glovebox out of sight.
Well...if it sounds too good to be true...it probably is.
The unit showed up and the very first thing about it I noticed was its made of incredibly flimsy feeling cheap plastic, the buttons are way smaller than on our originals, and the whole setup felt poorly made.
Ive bought 50$ Amazon radios that felt more solid.
The next thing i noticed was the great big made in CHINA logo. "here we go" i thought. at over 300$ i already wasn't thrilled.
Got my old radio pulled and went to install the retrosound one only to find out its not even close to fitting the stock factory hole,
it just flops around in there, and when snugged down the radio sticks out about an inch and a half outside of your dash preventing you from using the factory bezel (which your supposed to be able to do)
So after maxing out the adjustments on it and adding a ton of washers in places they shouldn't have been, i was finally able to get the face of the radio to sit flush with the dash so the bezel could be installed and guess what...the Knobs stick out way too far and there's a huge gap between them and the bezel, with no adjustment left to move them further in, and to add salt to the wound, the hole in the bezel for the radio face plate doesn't even line up, so with the bezel in place like its supposed to be you cant even see the radio screen which also is digital.
for 300+ $ i expected a lot more. My money says no matter what vehicle year make/model you put in on their website they send you the exact same radio that is made to halfass fit anything, but fits nothing correctly.
it sure wasn't a 71 Duster radio.
I unfortunately do not have any pictures of the fiasco as i was too pissed off about it all after saving up all summer to get it and i promptly pulled it all out and stuffed it back in the box.
To their credit, Crutchfield has thus far made the return process easy.
For those wanting their correct factory look, i highly suggest paying someone to modify you original to have the features you want, or simply do what i decided to do and hide a modern radio under the seat or in the glovebox out of sight.
