These images are of the new car stereo consisting of two single DIN units.  The head unit is a Pioneer DEH P9200R CD Player with all the bells and whistles, and the second unit is a Pioneer CDX-PD6 in-dash 6 disc changer.  I won't go into all of the features here, but if you are interested in these units you should check out their specs here: DEH P9200R and CDX-PD6.  Retail price on these units is $680 & $495 respectively, but I got them both for just under $800 from a site on the web. www.audio-warehouse.com  My reason for purchasing these units was to upgrade the stereo in the car and provide CD changer capability without chewing up some of that scarce storage space.  I looked at some of the first generation MP3 players and concluded that they were overpriced and lacked the features I wanted, so maybe in a couple of years or so, and the new AutoPC wasn't available yet.  I also chose not to go with one of those head units with the flip out screen because of cost and that those screens block controls, etc.  Besides, our SUV is a prime target for that unit! :-)

The installation was done by Oakland Hi-Fi located in Oakland, California for $60 + $6 for the wiring harness.  The install took about 90 minutes, but that was because they had never done a Spyder before.  I brought them pictures from the web to make it easier.  There was only one snag in the install and that was the faceplate piece did not lock in very tightly to the spacer brackets so we used a little hot glue gun glue to keep it from shifting around.  I suspect this could be because of the way these particular single DIN units mounted, so you may or may not have that issue with your own install.  I should also add that I did not change the stock speakers nor add an amp at this time, however, the system sounds much better, so I am not certain that these items will be necessary unless I want to injure my ear drums or disturb my neighbors.  All in all I am very satisfied with it, and will give further details with the pictures below.

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First step is to take off the side rails.  They connect with a screw at the bottom, very easy to remove.  Also pictured here is the Momo shift knob and the Smiley Face key ring.

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Second step is to remove the faceplate behind the heater/AC controls. This is done by taking off the knobs and then taking out a couple of screws and pulling the piece forward.  If you don't remove this piece then the bracket piece around the stereo is likely to break when you take it off because of the long clips on that piece.

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You don't have to take this piece completely off, just far enough out so you can remove the trim ring from around the stereo.

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Here is the factory trim ring and the trim ring that came with the stereo kit side by side.  They are 100% identical and share the same part # 55423-17040.  I should mention that the kit # is Audio Cluster 08695-17040

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Taking out these screws allows you to pull the units out of the rails.

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Here we are the stereo is out and sitting on the passenger seat.  Looks like my car is in reverse too!  You can see the antenna connector and factory wiring connector laying on the carpet.

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Boxes from the two new units to be installed.  We installed the CD head unit above the changer, I thought it looked better that way.

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Do you know what this is? This is a picture of the stock stereo showing that it already is mounted with the exact same mounting brackets that come in the audio adapter kit.  The part numbers on these brackets are: 86211-17050 (Right Bracket) and 86212-17050 (Left Bracket). So if you want to re-use your factory brackets, you don't need those from the kit either.

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Here is the back of the stock factory stereo unit so you can see the connector plug-ins.  Of course any aftermarket stereo you get will not match these so you have to get a wire harness adapter. More on that harness later.

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Here are the two new units with one of the brackets attached.  If you compare to the factory unit there is a bit more stereo "forward" of the front of the bracket.  This was likely the reason that the trim ring did not sit tightly as it wouldn't clip into the spacer pieces, but as you can see we had to mount in these holes.

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Here are the units with both brackets attached.

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As an FYI, here is the factory stereo with the ID sticker on the top. If you look closely you can get the #'s off of it.

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Close up picture of the stereo space with the factory wiring connectors.

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Here's that wiring harness I spoke about earlier.  The harness is made by "Metra" and is their "Metrawire" series model # 70-1761, listed as fitting Toyota 1987-Up.  Their phone number is 800-221-0932 and the package lists how to splice the wires from your stereo into this harness so that it attaches to the factory harness correctly.

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Here is the harness plugged into the back of the unit, everything fit really well and plenty of connections left over for amplifiers and sub woofers should I decide to go that route in the future.

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The stereo comes to life and the technician is working on fitting the spacer brackets to the mounting brackets.  Oddly enough the spacers just "snap" on, no screws.  The part numbers on the spacers are: 86221-52060 and 86221-52050.  Toyota listed these as belonging to a 2000 Celica and you can order just these spacers instead of the entire audio kit.

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Another view of the stereo, this time without the spacers on as we were trying to figure out whether they just snapped on or if we forgot some screws, turns out they just snap on.

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Here are the units in the dash, but not locked down, spacers can be seen in this photo.

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At this point there was a huge commotion and as it turns out the cops pulled over a couple of guys in a DeLorean and had them sprawled out on the ground at gunpoint.  After all, this shop was in Oakland. :-)

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You can see the license plate of the DeLorean in this picture, thought it might be for sale soon at one of the drug dealer car auctions.  Unfortunately, no Back to the Future add-ons.

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Just to depict the magnitude, there were 3 police cars and 1 unmarked car on the scene almost instantly, don't know what the guys were wanted for, but it was obviously serious given that the officers drew their guns immediately!

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Here is a closer view of the stereo mounted with brackets and spacers.  As you can see it protrudes about a 1/2" further out than the factory unit, and thus I believe the reason that the trim ring didn't fit as designed.

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Therefore, a couple of touches of hot glue gun glue and the trim piece mounted without any movement to it.  I figured that if I ever had anyone do something else to the stereo, it would be these guys, and because I purchased the whole audio kit, I have an extra trim piece should this one be broken during a later removal

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And here we are the finished product!  Sweet!  I also shot some videos of the unit, Links to them can be found below.

Videos of the new Stereo