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Hey guys, I have an EF Fairmont, and as you know it came standard with the very attractive tape deck. I've comtemplating getting a CD/MP3 head unit and replaces the tape deck, but I can't stand to see it go, lol. Main reason being that if I bought a CD/MP3 head unit the backlighting won't be the same as the tape deck it replaces or match the rest of the dash. What are my alternatives?
Can I buy a stacker and hook it up somehow to the tape deck (it does have some CD options on it)? Should I seek out a premium sound system? Anymore ideas? O, and if I must hook up a new CD/MP3 head unit, what brand and model would look best, and be best for an EF Fairmont, with the grey interior, not capachino? Thanks guys, signed picky bastard. 
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i think someone told me that you can linke an mp3 cdstacker to the ford head units...
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| Rick_Deckard |
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Well that sounds promising, any more info?
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i'll try hunt down the person that said it to me for ya
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found it...
twas Neo_Nick - i know you can buy a alpine mp3 stacker to hook up to your ford head unit
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{USERNAME} wrote: found it...
twas Neo_Nick - i know you can buy a alpine mp3 stacker to hook up to your ford head unit O really, guess I'll head off to their site then, danke.
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Argh, is it me, or does Alpine.com.au simply not list product prices?
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Another alternative is to mount a 'new' headunit somewhere else - glovebox. But it'd be a messy job, and would not be as functional.
Thinking outside of the box for a moment. You could get a new HU, then change your dash and clock/tripcomp to have the same backlight colour 
But if you can get a suitable stacker, that'd be the 2nd best option, 1st best if you abolsutly must retain the 'stock' look.
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{USERNAME} wrote: Another alternative is to mount a 'new' headunit somewhere else - glovebox. But it'd be a messy job, and would not be as functional.
Thinking outside of the box for a moment. You could get a new HU, then change your dash and clock/tripcomp to have the same backlight colour But if you can get a suitable stacker, that'd be the 2nd best option, 1st best if you abolsutly must retain the 'stock' look. Lol, yep, gotta keep the stock look I think, love that orange backlighting type the Fairmont has. Thanks.
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You could run a stacker or remote wire a faceplate somewhere else, keep the stock headunit it just disable the sound but enable the lights.
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ever thought about getting a stacker that comes with a FM modulator?
they will run thruogh your current head unit on a FM frequency between 87.6-89.9
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