The kenwood really is the best unit available for the price right now

I lookin to get Bigaudio to do my install shortly, maybe we could convince him to come down this way if he's gonna do two installs?...............

id do another pioneer in my cars. :p

I am down :tup:

Also I still like alpine even though there gps is not top notch like kenwoods but I still like both brands.

well matt, could you pm me how much you charge for installation? my budget isnt that big since i'm still a student.

watever stereo you get, make sure you get one with remote control so that you can get a module to hook up to the steering controls AND also get a rear view camera installed at the same time. :)

while doing the rear view camera, install the rear fog lamp too.

Sure sorry just saw your post PM SENT.

How much better is the Kenwood compared to the stock 2010 Nav?

IMO a lot, not limited to what you can do and the nav is made by garmin so it is very easy and clean to use.

Just a word of advice. The 6140 only has two sets of preouts. So if you want to run a sub with your system, you will have to give up your rear speakers. At least that is what my installer told me. I am going to be selling my 6140 pretty soon and upgrading to the 7140 because I can't get used to not having rear speakers.

Garmin nav is not the best IMO, I really like the Alpine based system Honda sells. It has the best UI for the countdown to a turn. I have used TomTOm, Garmin, and Magellan as well.

I have rear-speakers with my 5140 and a sub but I think the front and rear are on one channel. I can't fade to the rear speakers, just the sub. I also have a 5 channel sub.

Yes you would use a Y splitter and you can run a 4 channel amp that way OR you can run your really small rear speakers directly off the head unit while letting the amp power the fronts. But as many people know my opinion on rear speakers I would rather not have them.

I meant 5 channel amp but I think you got that...what's your reasoning behind not having rear speakers?

I had my 6140 setup with front, rears and sub. But I couldn't filter the signals effectively and it results with a less than optimal sound. It always sounded muddy. Either I could hear words coming out of my sub or I had too much bass going to my front/rear speakers. So I unhooked the rears and now I have a cleaner sound...but I miss the rear fill.