Guest Anonymous Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 I would like to upgrade my stock cassette deck in the 92 to the earlier style with the radio and such on one side and the graphic/digital equalier on the other... my question is, would it work in my car, especiialy w/ the steering wheel controls? would I need to update/ change any wiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no1kicker Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Yes, it will work. You need the whole dash piece thatholds the radio, dash vents, etc. The 89 radio has the receiver behind the glovebox vs. the 90- right on the back of the radio. You also need the wiring from the receiver to the radio part, and to relocate your radio harness to behind the glovebox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Question: WHY THE FUCK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89GPSE Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Are you crazy :fruity: Why would you do that. these things suck. Suck. Suck!. My EQ is no more, My 6 Speaker sound... No more. All because of this crappy 3 piece stereo design. I will trade you if you are going to do someting dumb like that. But you will have to find a new EQ, mine shit the bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1138 Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 I still have the cassette/EQ radio section if you need it, 89GPSE. I'll send it to you for the price of shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 I also have the pieces from my 88 GP SE. I don't think it was ever offered that way with steering wheel controls though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no1kicker Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 The 89 TGP's had the steering wheel controls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 '89 SE's did too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 Well, I think the double unit looks much nicer than mine... and i've seen pictures of them at night and they look pretty cool. Personally, I'm unimpressed with my stock one-piece tape deck, and I would like something thats a bit better... Â I always thought that these were like a "deluxe" or high end option? but they are POS's??? Â Would they work with the SWRC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 I think the 2 piece, little cube decks look awesome.. If I could get them to pull aftermarket systems alright, Id thiunk of SOME outrageous mod with one.. But Ross, I'll keep my eyes peeled for one of these if you really want me to.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 The 89 SEs with the one-piece radio/cassette may have had the SWRC, but I really doubt that the 1988 3-piece style does, otherwise my car probably would have had them. Personally, I'd rather have steering wheel controls and a one piece unit over a basic steering wheel w/ 3 piece stereo. Â And the sound isn't THAT bad, I think it actually sounded better than the stock deck that was in my '95. But still... aftermarket > stock. If you are going for the looks, then by all means try to install the 3 piece, I think they look friggen cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no1kicker Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 The 2 piece radios definately work with steering wheel controls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 The 2 piece radios definately work with steering wheel controls. Â Good to hear.... thats going to be my summer project along with rust control. I have an old-er post in the for sale/wanted section, I'm looking for all three pieces with the dash bezel and the harnesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no1kicker Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 I have the harness that goes to the radio from the receiver. I also have the receiver itself, but you can use the one from the 92, you'll see what I mean when you take it apart. I also have parts of the EQ part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeZ34 Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 If you are installing the EQ w/ the radio make sure the amplifier (the piece under the dash) came from a radio that had an EQ on it. If you install a Non-EQ amplifier and connect an EQ to it, only 2 of the EQ bands will work (one for Bass and one for Treble). GM made 2 versions of those amplifier boxes.. One was compatible w/ the 5 Band EQ, the others only worked w/ the radio's w/ the Bass & Treble Sliders. Â Just a friendly word of advice, hope I didn't confuse you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 Well the RPE has the 5-band equalizer from the facotory... so that shouldn't be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89GPSE Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 '89 SE's did too. Â Sure Did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegp Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Well, I think the double unit looks much nicer than mine... and i've seen pictures of them at night and they look pretty cool. Personally, I'm unimpressed with my stock one-piece tape deck, and I would like something thats a bit better... Â I always thought that these were like a "deluxe" or high end option? but they are POS's??? This is what you're talking about, right?: Â '89 Grand Prix SE: Â They do look neat, but that's quite a bit of work to do it just for looks. The sound is probably going to be no better than your factory radio. I have the stock system in my '89 GP and have a '99(?) Pontiac EQ radio in my '96 Lumina - the newer one sounds better, but not by much. Â Well the RPE has the 5-band equalizer from the facotory... so that shouldn't be a problem. Â Your radio/EQ/amp is all one unit. What he meant was that you'll need the amp for the component system that has the EQ functions. The amp, radio control, & tape/EQ are all separate pieces in the '88-'89 system. Also, like said, you'll need the whole dash from a '88-'89 car. The dash is needed because the mounting points for the radio control & tape/EQ are part of the dash and are completely different from the '90-'93 1.5 DIN ones. If you're handy enough, you may be able to fabricate something to avoid swapping the entire dash - then you would only need the '88-'89 3-hole radio bezel to finish it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Â 3 piece with SWRC... I'm been prooved wrong! Â Â Yeah I agree it would be a hell of a lot of work for something that wouldn't really be worth it. I'd just stick with what's in there, or if you want something "cooler" get a neat looking aftermarket deck that can play CDs. You can still use the SWRC just get a Pac-X or whatever it's called (I have one and it was easy to install). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 I told you. I've seen it numerous times in the junkyard. Shit, Gearhead43's car has it. Â I still don't know why you want to do this, Ross. It looks like shit and makes the whole interior look so 80's.. ugh. But hey, if it floats your boat.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Well, if its THAT much work maybe its not worth it.... but I really wanted that setup... then I need to brainstorm something else, maybe for that little cubby... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearhead43 Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 I told you. I've seen it numerous times in the junkyard. Shit, Gearhead43's car has it. Â I still don't know why you want to do this, Ross. It looks like shit and makes the whole interior look so 80's.. ugh. But hey, if it floats your boat.. Â Well It didnt have it ti start with ..LOL.. It had the std AM/FM tape... It was converted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Doesn't matter anymore cause Ross= banned4life LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89GP_SE Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 My car .. (89 GPSE) had 3 peice stereo.. SWC's and the 6 band eqaulizer... if you want my 6 band equalizer and radio.. you can have it for the cost of shipping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 get me that cost.. for shits and giggles, I wanna play with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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