Thinking of buying WH CRD, what to look for???

[Bear TJ]

Originally Posted by Cherokee30D

Hi Bear TJ, I have only just purchased a WH Grand CRD and asked similar questions to yours.
Have a look at the thread I started entitled 'Friendly Advice'

Cheers, Craig

Thanks. I had a look through your thread, lots of the info I was after.
Congrats, sounds like you've got yourself a nice toy!

[pmac]

Put 33's on it and a lift. A WH with front and rear lockers (QDII) standard will go further than a Patrol with standard diffs. And I had a GU 4.2 Patrol with 35's and a 4" lift so I'm not talking out my arse (not now anyway).

My previous WJ went further than the Patrol except for getting caught up on the diffs in ruts due to smaller tyres.

[Bear TJ]

What have people done with replacement head units? Is there an aftermarket unit available with off road nav, iPod input, reverse camera input etc?

[SF778]

I have a Clarion unit with a reversing camera attached . No GPS though. Sounds good and works well with original Jeep speakers.





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[fester]

Originally Posted by Bear TJ

What have people done with replacement head units? Is there an aftermarket unit available with off road nav, iPod input, reverse camera input etc?

The WH is double DIN isn't it?? There are a ton of double DIN headunits out there these days and pretty much all the stereo brands will have ipod and reverse camera support. None will have off road mapping and the ones with on road mapping are serious dollars. Alternatively there are heaps of double DIN chinese units and more specifically there are heaps of replica WH units that will have ipod, camera and on road mapping. Most of them run off Windows CE so can be unlocked to run something like OziExplorer. Might be able to run something like Hema as well if Hema have a Windows CE based product.

The other thing that was interesting me for the WJ is that the Chinese are also getting into double DIN headunits that run on an Android operating system so are pretty much like having a smartphone or tablet in your car with an almost unlimited access to apps. This appealed to me cause they come with street mapping like the Windows units do but you can add the Hema app cheap and then buy the Hema maps for about $140. This is far cheaper than buying say the Hema Navigator which if I recall is over $600 alone. Mud Maps also do offroad mapping apps for the Ipad and are in development of their Android app. You can buy these Android headunits from China for aobut $400 and I reckon these are the way of the future for car entertainment. You can have web brousing, world wide Fm radio access etc etc. You might even be able to get the Torque Pro app on them soon too. At this stage I don't think you can as there is one unit on the market that has an abbreviated version so I presume for the moment it is not accessible generally. The only reason I am not going for one now is you have to cut up the WG to get a double DIN in and I don't like the pop up screen ones.

If you want the WH replica ones do a Grand Cherokee search on Ebay then categorise it down to the stereo categories.

[Bear TJ]

I was hoping something there was something around like this:
http://www.polarisgps.com.au/polarisnextgeneration.html
which was a direct fit and plug in...
They are dear but not bad value compared to buying a good nav unit which has a reverse camera input plus buying an aftermarket stereo with ipad input.

[JamesLaugesen]

Originally Posted by Bear TJ

Do they all have Quadra-Drive II?

I'm pretty-sure QDII was standard on all CRDs.

Although it was standard on all Limiteds until 2009 (then optional), so it may have become optional on all CRDs since 2009 too.