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Originally posted by 1WhiteOSV@Apr 7 2004, 10:10 PM
haha...I work at Best Buy too...and own an Alero and YES you DO need to re-locate it to the trunk (or wherever u want). You also must get a wire harness for the RDS systems like you/we have on the Alero...i think its bout $75 for you as a customer from Best Buy. That's the poopty thing bout RDS.
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No, you don't need to relocate it. Can't trust a Best Buy installer as far as I can throw one, and I haven't been working out... Their computer (along with an installer) absolutely insisted that the wrong harness was the right one when I knew better and couldn't he couldn't tell me which wires did what in the harness in question. Granted, not all installers are created equal...I'm not saying that you don't know what you're doing, but when Best Buy's (and other places as well) computer has the wrong harness listed...that's the start of a big headache.
The stock headunit does NOT have to be relocated in 2001+ Aleros. I did a lot of research on this before my own install and got a lot of info from this forum and GAGT.com as well as other places on the net. I trust the countless people that have successfully done it themselves before I trust someone working at a store.
Before someone replies saying that I'm wrong, please take the time to read my info sheet on GM's Class II interface (Alero-specific). A lot of questions will be answered there:
http://invision.aleromod.com/index.php?showtopic=2028
In regards to the car losing any serious functionality, like ABS or air bags or whatever because it's integrated through the radio...it's a myth. Think of this. Someone decides to steal your stock headunit. You mean to tell me that if I then drive home (sans radio) and hit something, my air bags won't deploy? Not a chance. The lawsuits would be unbelievable. No car manufacturer would take that chance. They KNOW people replace headunits. They KNOW people steal radios.