'93 LX Single Din Retro Looking Radio - Best Options?

Anyone that knows me around here knows i'm big on period correct. While i'm not wealthy, i'll spend what i have to keep with that theme. It's a no compromise situation that in the end may actually cost less since i don't have to do things over again (and possibly again after that).
My interior consists of a momo wheel similar to an 80's saleen, a half leather shift ball that costed more than i care to disclose and 80's recaro seats with netted headrests that i had refinished.
At that point, $500 for a radio starts to seem fairly priced, lol.

I just can't stand cheap or modern looking stereos in foxes. There is something that just looks so wrong about them.

I find the sound quality good, just keep in mind it's now setup with a 5 channel amp and a small sub in the hatch.
The bluetooth seems to work seamlessly.
It certainly looks the part in the car.
Phone calls are the biggest surprise, it has a wired mic to mount by the visor and nobody knows i'm in a loud car with the window open.
If i want to connect the phone via port for charging you can. But my phone lasts like 2 days on a charge which is probably 47 more hours than a drive the car in a week. Some of the people that I know that are more into car audio says that that inclusion of PEQ is a plus, whatever the hell that means.

I do find it complicated to work and you need to have the book handy. Too many buttons mean more than one thing.
When i turn off the car battery it loses the clock, but keeps the bluetooth (which seems wierd to me). I almost never use the remote, but it does make some adjustment tasks easier since you aren't trying to guess what all the abbreviations on the unit mean.

At some point i'm going to switch the cluster to a dakota digital RTX (the one that looks factory), i have all the supporting parts, but haven't gotten up the will yet to drop $1200. I will, just not there yet. Then i will lose the gauges underneath and put the pocket back in. At that time i'll repaint fill the holes and repaint the blacks around the base.

So is it really worth $500? To me, yes. Functionally? Probably not.
Regardless, i would do it again. But if you don't, i get it.

Bluetooth FM Car Adapter

skian00 said:

I did not need to know about the Dakota - that is way too cool. I am going to strongly resist the urge to get one of those...

As for the radio, I am probably going to keep thinking about it for a month and use an aux cable in the meantime while I consider the different options.

I can't tell you how much I love those recaro netted headrests, I am definitely going to have to include that at some point. My problem with getting recaros is I love all the cool / unique designs they sell, but its difficult (or maybe I am just unaware) to find a matching upholstery to cover the rear bench with. I get that you could remove the rear bench, but that isn't really my goal.

Thanks all for your feedback and suggestions.

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I sent my rears to the same guy that did my front seats.

That blaupunkt looks decent, does it change to green?

This just popped up on my feed:

^^ If that has color adjustable illumination it’ll be a big hit!!

It does change color, and it appears to be $460. Clearly the good retro units don't come cheap.