i'm thinking of upgrading the head unit on my car. i got a quote of $2000 for the pioneer avic-d1.



just wondering if any canadian's have done something similar and how and where did u get the dd kit? the j's garage contact seems really expensive at around 400-500 bucks u.s. is this the only channel we really have? i haven't contacted him personally so i don't even know if he will ship it to canada. i hate how complicated today's cars are.

my contact for the pioneer is mariano vivacqua at autotronics in mississauga. never used this guy before. if anyone has some other contacts for the toronto area please let me know. thanks in advance for any help.

-regards.

 

I went to the car show last month, it was custom car show at International Airport. There was a section for Concepts on Wheels, full of audio section and I was pretty amazed that I recieved a lot of information. Every company product have their own representive (represent thier products). I visit the Kenwood section and you would not believe how Kenwood's products are much more advance than any other products. I recieved a lot of information from Kenwood's representive and in the future i will buy only Kenwood products.

Giddy, you can check the site http://www.conceptsonwheels.com and it is located in Markham. The price maybe good or not, but you best do the negoitate with the manager or the owner.

G'Luck

 

thanks for the info. i just emailed them. i also asked them about the dd conversion kit available from nissan japan. i'll post their comments on here when they reply back. hopefully they'll have some good news. thanks again for the contact.

 

I think your best bet is to look around in the Audio forums and maybe Classifieds too. Most DD kits go for about $300US. not much you can do about duty + taxes. try to get them to ship via FedEx, they seem more reasonable than UPS. or take a chance with USPS, they are less likely to kill you with customs fees.

 

thought i would just give an update. i'm still looking into this project... but the costs now seem to just be going up and up. here is the latest from yosi at j's garage:

__________________________________________________ _____________
Thank you for asking. Yes, we deal in the Nissan (Infiniti) parts. The price
is,
68260-7W000 (Double Dash Aluminum) :59.39USD
27500-AC500 (AC Controller) : 286.00USD.
Shipping cost : 39.00USD
5% commission : 19.21USD
Total : 403.60USD
Because we have attached the picture, we hope that it is your help. As for
the delivery time, it is around 3 weeks. Thank you.

If we can do anything for you or you have any questions, please don't
hesitate to let us know.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely yours,
J's Garage Export
Yo****aka Ikeda yosi@j-garage.com
__________________________________________________ _____________
as u can see with the exchange rate... i'm looking at around 500$ cdn for the kit. i find that rather expensive considering the damn hu is gonna cost me around 2300$. then i still need new speakers and other gizmos.

 

I bought a DD kit from Yoshi about 2 weeks ago, It arrived to Calgary in about 4 days and cost about $500 CAD. Now I am not sure If I am going to use it, I can't decide what HU to put in the car, Kenwood, Eclipse, Pioneer????.
Any suggestions?

 

Hey guys....
Any further developments?
Did you install yet?

I just got a quote from J's for an '04 ($US)
Controller 220.50
Trim 56.90 +5% comm +shipping $40 ?duty

Grubbs is $200 + $64 ++

I found an audio guy in Newmarket that quoted $1,8xx. for the AVIC-D1.
He said he could do better for cash or debit card.
I think he might also cut a deal for multiple units.

 

Why don't you go to http://grandtuner.com/ which will be held on July 8,9, 10. You will get a lot of info because there will be a lot of vendors coming to that show and you prolly get a better deal at the show.

 

Who is goin to grand tuner?

WE should all meet up again !!!!

 

sounds interesting... i might go the sunday

 

I'll only go if you cut up my credit cards first

 

i installed mine about a year ago. purchased my JDM DD at Grubbs. I think Riverside Infiniti has it also for about the same price

 

Post from the dead!!!!

 

indeed

i never did get that dd put in.... but those pioneers really do look fantastic in the car's interiors. kudos to anyone that had it installed.

 

oppss! sorry my bad. didn't realize it was a long time ago. i was reading the recent post about double din's and followed the link someone replyed with.