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[05h2sut]

I have the Z3 and love it. You have to trim the rear inside of the dash to install it, and you do lose the rear controls. There are also that add-ins to make the steering wheel controls functional, etc. that all add to the expense. Pioneer has a flat $250 repair (exchange) charge, which I think is reasonable for this unit. If you pick up a Z1 or Z2, there are upgraded hard drives available to make it a Z3 for cheap money. My .02

[working Hummer]

Originally Posted by 05h2sut

I have the Z3 and love it. You have to trim the rear inside of the dash to install it, and you do lose the rear controls. There are also that add-ins to make the steering wheel controls functional, etc. that all add to the expense. Pioneer has a flat $250 repair (exchange) charge, which I think is reasonable for this unit. If you pick up a Z1 or Z2, there are upgraded hard drives available to make it a Z3 for cheap money. My .02

Hey what upgrades are there between the z2 and z3 that would make it worth me buying the upgrade disk?

[05h2sut]

Upgraded maps and graphics on the Z3 is part of it, there are several others including DVD bypass, bluetooth fixes, etc. Reading through the AVIC forums will point out a lot of fixes.

You don't have to buy anything to do the upgrade if you have average computer skills, but I would buy a spare drive and perform the upgrade on that.

http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9446

One of the forum members, Garrett, sells ready to go Z3 drives - plug and play for about $125. Watch for the Ebay drives, kind of a crap shoot - biggest issue is non-automotive grade drives that crap out with temp or vibration. I bought a plain drive for about $90 and did it myself because I wanted to keep the music that is on it.

http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16080

Check it out, there are lots of fixes that the Z1 ->Z2 -> Z3 gives.

-Dave