Quote from: EliteTGP on June 10, 2008, 12:47:51 PM
This is my 1st ever post here in the TGP Forums! I never got an e-mail letting me know if I've been approved as a member (I applied for membership May 28th), but as I'm posting this now, I guess all is good in that regard!

Sorry about that. I must have just hit "approve" instead of "approve and send email notification." ;) Welcome to the board and good luck hunting down a CD player. :icon_cool: I went looking for some factory cd players at some junk yards today, but came up empty handed. The employees at the junkyards get first pick of parts and typically snatch up all the factory cd players to sell for a profit on ebay and other places.

Quote from: pontiac6ksteawd on June 14, 2008, 01:34:19 AM
When I get some time this weekend EliteTGP, I will scour thru ebay, and see if I can find you a CD player that will work in your TGP, with the steering wheel controls. Question thou, do you want the exact radio that will work in your TGP, or just one that works? Also, do you have a 89 or 90, makes a big diference.

Welcome to another out of the US TGP. Welcome indeed.

Thanks, pontiac6ksteawd.

Well, yes my TGP is from the year 1990 like I said, and what I'm looking for is a CD radio that:
- Fits my radio slot perfectly, so that the interior looks like it should.
- Works with my steering wheel controls.
- Has the same look as the rest of the buttons in the car (red lights), so that it doesn't look "out of place".

So in conclusion, I think that I need a "stock" unit (a "Delco" radio?), one that is supposed to be used in a Grand Prix.

And thanx for making me feel welcome here! :-)

Quote from: mfewtrail on June 15, 2008, 11:32:08 PM
Welcome to the board and good luck hunting down a CD player.

Thanx, mfewtrail.

After almost 2 years of searching for what appears to be a fitting unit for my TGP on eBay, AND a seller that is willing to ship internationally (that's been the hardest part so far for some reason, although I haven't had trouble buying all kinds of other things on eBay from the states, like electronics, DVDs, comics, you name it...), I think I did it!

Check these pictures out, I saved them from an auction which a friend of mine just helped me with and won for me, do you guys think this'll do the job (at least the seller said it'd fit Grand Prix models from 1989 to 1993, and that the only thing that might need just a little work is removing the "mounting brackets", which he said is very easy)??

Quote from: EliteTGP on June 16, 2008, 02:07:16 PM

Quote from: mfewtrail on June 15, 2008, 11:32:08 PM
Welcome to the board and good luck hunting down a CD player.

Thanx, mfewtrail.

After almost 2 years of searching for what appears to be a fitting unit for my TGP on eBay, AND a seller that is willing to ship internationally (that's been the hardest part so far for some reason, although I haven't had trouble buying all kinds of other things on eBay from the states, like electronics, DVDs, comics, you name it...), I think I did it!

Check these pictures out, I saved them from an auction which a friend of mine just helped me with and won for me, do you guys think this'll do the job (at least the seller said it'd fit Grand Prix models from 1989 to 1993, and that the only thing that might need just a little work is removing the "mounting brackets", which he said is very easy)??

nice unit man!!! I have no idea what a stock TGP stereo looks like but it looks like what one should be.

That CD player is not what the TGPs came factory with.  That looks to be a 94-96 Grand Prix CD player, but I'm not exactly sure.  Maybe someone will know exactly what it is and chime in. ;)

edit: just saw your label that says "93 Bonneville"

The mounting bracket on the right side will work completely. The bracket on the left side will need to be taken off. One 10 mm bolt, take it off, then take the one from your current radio, and put it on. Done... Or you could drill a hole in the bracket for your mount too. Either way, it will work completely, and flawlessly. Steering wheel radio controls and all.

Just remember, the TGP steering wheel controls will not control the cd player. But it will do the radio.

Quote from: pontiac6ksteawd on June 16, 2008, 11:43:53 PM
The mounting bracket on the right side will work completely. The bracket on the left side will need to be taken off. One 10 mm bolt, take it off, then take the one from your current radio, and put it on. Done... Or you could drill a hole in the bracket for your mount too. Either way, it will work completely, and flawlessly. Steering wheel radio controls and all.

Thanks for all the info and tips, pontiac6ksteawd, this is all so very much appreciated!

Man... I'm just very happy to hear I've *at long last* found what I've been looking for!

You seem to know quite a bit about the different radios that fit a TGP, could you tell all this from just looking at the pictures, did you immediately recognize this particular unit, or did you just determine its compatibility from how the connector sockets on the back view pic look like?

You said the steering wheel controls will work when this particular unit is on radio mode, but not when it's playing CDs, I wonder if at least the steering wheel's volume control works when playing CDs, do you know...?

I'm hoping to receive this in the mail in about 2 weeks, I'll then have it installed and can let people here know how everything turned out.

Quote from: EliteTGP on June 17, 2008, 07:01:15 AM

Quote from: pontiac6ksteawd on June 16, 2008, 11:43:53 PM
The mounting bracket on the right side will work completely. The bracket on the left side will need to be taken off. One 10 mm bolt, take it off, then take the one from your current radio, and put it on. Done... Or you could drill a hole in the bracket for your mount too. Either way, it will work completely, and flawlessly. Steering wheel radio controls and all.

Thanks for all the info and tips, pontiac6ksteawd, this is all so very much appreciated!

Man... I'm just very happy to hear I've *at long last* found what I've been looking for!

You seem to know quite a bit about the different radios that fit a TGP, could you tell all this from just looking at the pictures, did you immediately recognize this particular unit, or did you just determine its compatibility from how the connector sockets on the back view pic look like?

You said the steering wheel controls will work when this particular unit is on radio mode, but not when it's playing CDs, I wonder if at least the steering wheel's volume control works when playing CDs, do you know...?

I'm hoping to receive this in the mail in about 2 weeks, I'll then have it installed and can let people here know how everything turned out.

I don't know what the front looks like on a stock TGP, but know the difference between the 94-2008 Grand Prix's from the back of the unit.

Yes, the steering wheel controls will work with the volume, fade, balance. Just not a direct control of the cd player. You would have to fast foward, track advance, manually, on the radio itself. I have had that radio befor. I was hoping a could easily graft the next gen steering wheel controls into a TGP, but the controller box is diferent, so no go. But thats neither here nor there.

I can tell you that the Fiero guys, the grand national guys, and the bonneville guys are usually drooling over those radios. If it works, and you got it for under 200 bucks, you did well.