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If you take your time and do the trimming properly, the Metra kit is just fine. If you have the extra money burning a hole in your pocket, the OBS interiors kit is the way to go. I MIGHT do one myself.... But a single DIN with Bluetooth is all I really need. That being said, we have a double DIN with nav in our 96 Explorer, and in our 2005 Focus, and I love them both.
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I've seen both kits in person and haven't been impressed with either - My advice would be to buy a magnet mount for your phone and put it on the right side of the dash bezel, then get a regular single DIN head unit with bluetooth. Your phone can serve as your media center/GPS, and it will always have updated GPS maps, audio programs, etc.
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If you take your time and do the trimming properly, the Metra kit is just fine. If you have the extra money burning a hole in your pocket, the OBS interiors kit is the way to go. I MIGHT do one myself.... But a single DIN with Bluetooth is all I really need. That being said, we have a double DIN with nav in our 96 Explorer, and in our 2005 Focus, and I love them both.
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Yeah, but it won't work as a backup camera. Only double-DIN can do that (effectively). And the larger screen makes nav & audio control MUCH easier, without requiring you to carry a giant phone around. I've been happy with my KDC-X997/8s up to now, but I really want the larger screen in the truck I'm building (or NOT building at the moment). Now that radios are linking more-thoroughly to BT phones (i.e., AndroidAuto, CarPlay, etc.), you don't have to keep the phone visible on the dash - it can simply be thrown onto a charging pad, out of the way.
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Yeah, but it won't work as a backup camera. Only double-DIN can do that (effectively). And the larger screen makes nav & audio control MUCH easier, without requiring you to carry a giant phone around. I've been happy with my KDC-X997/8s up to now, but I really want the larger screen in the truck I'm building (or NOT building at the moment). Now that radios are linking more-thoroughly to BT phones (i.e., AndroidAuto, CarPlay, etc.), you don't have to keep the phone visible on the dash - it can simply be thrown onto a charging pad, out of the way.
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I assume you mean "monitor" - not "camera" - in the RV mirror. But I don't think Ford ever offered anything like this:
...because it confuses an already-confusing (for many people) reversed image. And there are some cheaper ones - that's just the first link I grabbed.
...because it confuses an already-confusing (for many people) reversed image. And there are some cheaper ones - that's just the first link I grabbed.
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I assume you mean "monitor" - not "camera" - in the RV mirror. But I don't think Ford ever offered anything like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075CY6CFR
...because it confuses an already-confusing (for many people) reversed image. And there are some cheaper ones - that's just the first link I grabbed.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075CY6CFR
...because it confuses an already-confusing (for many people) reversed image. And there are some cheaper ones - that's just the first link I grabbed.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/FACTORY-OEM...wAAOSwdzVXvdKk
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