I know that I need to get the electronics for the truck, but what do you recomend that I use for the electronics? Pleas be specific with everything.
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Hi there.get the axial 2 channel remote and receiver combo 45 $ get the e s c electric speed control $65 and a steering servo 30 $
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I went to dollarhobbiz.com, called them and they told me everything I needed to get and they were cheaper than everyone else too.
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I drive truck, but still use an auto GPS. I was considering upgrading to a truck model before Christmas, but the prices for them wasn't discounted much. I did do a bunch of research, though. From everything I read, it sounds like none of the models are perfect, and some are a waste of money. The one that seems to have the least complaints, and a decent amount of features, was the Garman 465T.
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Absolutely not. Because your truck has a manual heater and a/c control, it doesn't have any of the other components need to make the electronic controller function properly.
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Hey I bought this for my husband chevy truck. It plays through ipod bluetooth and through his phone bluetooth. He loves it. He was also able to put all his music on a thumb drive with videos and hook it through the ubs port connector and plays his music that way as well. Hope this help with your decision on buying this item. The only concern was he need at a connector to back for his back speakers to play. And it did not come with the gps but it ask you if you want to purchase one at the time of buy we did see that till after we purchase it. But it fit perfect with the wires and all. He owns a 2010 Chev Silverado. He likes for price. The original was double that price. :)
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I have been doing a little research and stumbled across this site. http://www.the-portable-gps.com/gps-for-trucking.htmlCopy and paste it. I think I found my answer to what I want for Rv'ing.
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I'm sorry, I cannot say, as I purchased this for a 2011 F-150 (worked well for my truck). I'm not sure if the electronics are the same...sorry, less than helpful.
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The best advice I would offer. would be to take it to Best Buy for installation. They did mine and I bought the radio somewhere else. It works great and the unit is one of the best I have ever had.
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You're welcom.Also, if it helps any. I put the converter on the trailer and wired it there, instead of on the tow vehicle. That way there is no change to the plug on the truck and I didn't have to add any additional connections between truck and trailer.
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That should work fine. If it was me I'd mount the speakers and xm unit to a board or in a box so it stays put in the work truck. Less tangled wires too.
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Get a fake GPS antenna and put it on top of the truck, hide this under it. Someone would only think that the vehicle had sat radio.
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Yes this will make your truck run like a bat outta hell with that setup! The ts chip is one of the best on the 7.3 I have the same setup on my truck and it runs awesome.
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Hello, It depends what you are wanna do and how easy you want it to be - depending ton the new radio or unit wou want to purchase you need an adapter of the radio cable tree to the of your vehiclethen depending of the size of the radio you also need an adapter there - with these 2 items - you should be good to go
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The truck, motor, and speed control. You will need a remote, battery, and servo. I also got the bearing kit for it for about ten dollars, easier to put the bearings in before you build gearbox than doing it later.
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You absolutely do need to supply the electronics for the kit version.If you are not sure what that means, you might want to consider the "RTR" or ready to run version, which includes motor, speed control, steering servo, radio, etc., and will be cheaper in the long run.
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You could use amplified speakers as long as you get the right cord. To work in your truck you are going to need a vehicle antenna. The home antenna that comes with won't work well inside your truck.
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Yes i found the wire that comes with the system just fine. If your setup needs a longer wire, then that may be a reason to invest in a thicker one, otherwise there is too much hype even in AVS forums about the wire.
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A good source of information for you in terms of what you'll need would be Crutchfield. If you go to their site, enter in your vehicle information then shop for this radio, you'll see other items needed to complete your installation. If you want to use your steering wheel controls you'll need some adapters, as well as if you have Onstar and want to continue to use it, since it interfaces with your factory head unit there's an adaptor for that as well. But if you don't plan to use any of the things that I just mentioned then you will just need an install kit for your truck. That usually consists of a mounting box that the Alpine with mount into, then the box simply mounts into the dash the same way your factory unit did. You'll need power and ground, there's a plug you can buy that plugs into your factory harness like the stock head unit would and it has the wires that you'll need to hook the Apline up to. The other alternative is to cut the factory plug or splice into it, much cleaner installation if you just buy the plug plus if you sell the car and keep the factory equipment you can easily reinstall it for the sale. If you're not installing an after market amp you can use the power from the Alpine head unit to power the factory speakers. They make adapter plugs for that as well so that you're not cutting and splicing, again, much more clean and simplistic. You don't have to purchase the plugs and kits from Crutchfield but you can get the info from there then shop Amazon. Sometimes Amazon is cheaper but sometimes Crutchfield is the same price or cheaper, just depends. Also Crutchfield has great tech support and customer service, they'll treat you well. Hope that answers your questions.