Replacing your Cars Factory Radio

Thinking about replacing your old car stereo, or upgrading the unimpressive factory car radio in your new car? Replacing the genuine car stereo set up in your car is straightforward, and when done properly it will operate and fit in seamlessly.  

Generally when talking about replacing your car stereo system, there are two common sizes used:

The smaller and more well recognised car stereo system is known as a ‘Single Din’ car radio, they are usually easily replaced in older vehicles as factory and aftermarket options share the ‘Single Din’ size and are easily interchangeable as the basic functions require little vehicle interfacing. Whereas the larger size, known as a ‘Double Din’ head unit, typically with features like a touch screen, GPS navigation, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and many more, requires vehicle interfacing and a fascia for installation as more often than not, factory car radio units vary in size and features to the ‘Double Din’ aftermarket options.

What is a fascia? A fascia is simply a new dash panel that replaces the old factory dash panel, eliminating any size difference from the factory radio to the aftermarket car stereo system. Below is the before and after shot of a 2015 Suzuki S-Cross factory car radio being replaced by way of a fascia with a ‘Double Din’ Kenwood DNX4150DAB GPS navigation system, including vehicle interfacing so that factory features such as the steering wheel controls and the reversing camera for instance, are retained with the new aftermarket car stereo system. 

As you can see the transformation from the factory car radio to the ‘Double Din’ Kenwood DNX4150DAB GPS navigation system is rather seamless, if you want more information on upgrading your car stereo please contact one of our team on 1300 533 922, or you can check out our range of GPS navigation, head units, or car stereos today! After years of experience we only stock the aftermarket head unit brands we trust: Kenwood, JVC, Sony, Clarion, Nakamichi and Mongoose, providing a mobile professional car stereo installation Sydney wide, get in touch for your car stereo needs today!

Written by Mark Tourni