Hi all,

I was planning to get a new car (2k5 Sti) and was thinking of putting in a new head unit to replace the stock one. I have 3 questions.

1.) Can you haggle with the dealer to have the radio left off?

2.) I was thinking of getting an Alpine CVA-1004 looking through the websites. Can this unit be installed in an Sti? The layout is different compared to my MY2000RS and was wondering if anybody has tried to install it...

3.) Lastly, are there any other units i can look at? I looked at the Kenwood ones but they seem really expensive. Is it worth buying the kenwood ones?

Tim

Edit-Is it a typo when the Alpine site reports the whole unit as 800 US dollars? I'm thinking its 1,399.

 

Is the radio standard on the 2005 STI? It was an option on the 2004. The car came prewired for radio but didn't actually come w/ one.

 

Yes, according to the subaru website.

Tim

 

2005 comes with a radio (indash 6 disc changer) and speakers.