Upgrade from Factory Pioneer Stereo

[09fx4guy]

Hello All,

I have a 2009 FX4 with the Pioneer stereo option from the factory. It has served me very well over the years. The only change I made was upgrading the speakers to Pioneer G series a few years ago and since then I have always been happy with the system. I recently started thinking about upgrading the head unit (because why not add another project to the list).

I would store the factory one away, should I ever want to go back to it, or dare I say, sell the truck. I was looking for a wiring harnesses that would allow me to leave the factory plugs intact and came across the Metra 70-5701 which I thought would fit, but cannot confirm. There seems to be very little info on this system. I do have the shop manual and will take a look at the wiring info for it (when I get time, which is in short supply at the moment).

Does anybody have any experience upgrading from this particular system? Any ideas or observations are welcome.

 

[rubydist]

Does yours have the factory sub? I upgraded my head unit (mine has the factory sub), and I had to buy 3 different Metra parts and re-pin one of them to make it work correctly. I will dig around and see if I can find the part numbers for you.

 

[BiggSherm1988]

I could be mistaken but if you go to a double din you have to permanently modify the plastic piece that holds the radio and all the ac heater controls. So why not just cut the harness and make a good connection, unless you will be installing a single din. It saves some work getting the harness but you cant go back to the stock head unit without seeing the cuts you made to the plastic.

 

[09fx4guy]

rubydist- Yes, mine does have the factory sub in the center console. I would not mind repinning them if I had to. I appreciate you looking for me.

Biggsherm1988- I am going to pull the radio at some point, hopefully this weekend. If I have to cut and trim, I may hold off on the project or look for a single din radio. Or I may even look for a spare Pioneer factory radio.

 

[rubydist]

I can confirm that you have to cut the outside trim to make a double din radio fit. There are plenty of these at the jy, so if you ever want to go back to factory you can just replace that trim piece.

 

[rubydist]

Here are the connector views. C290B is unique to the Pioneer stereo and supplies power, ground, and signal to the sub amp. iirc, that is the one that I had to re-pin to get the wires in the right place.

 

[09fx4guy]

Rubydist- Thank you for looking that up for me. I do recall seeing that (I think) when I was going through my service manual awhile ago.

I think I may hold off on the stereo upgrade for now. If anything, I will pick up a replacement Pioneer stereo if I find one in my travels.

I recently started making a list of the various projects I have to do on all of my vehicles. I know I HAVE to do the core support on the Ranger this year. I may even strip it down partway myself and have a body shop do the actual replacement. With work and everything else, time is just very precious.

 

[rubydist]

I have a perfectly good Pioneer unit that I took out because no bluetooth, etc. You can have it for shipping cost if you want it. PM me address details if you want and I'll figure out the cost.