[Craig57]

Looking to eliminate the tape deck on my 89 and go for a GPS unit in its place. Any suggestions?

[DAVES89]

What I did was gut the cassette deck and installed the GPS on the deck. I drilled a hole in the cassette deck face to run the lead thru the cassette deck and out the back of the dash to my power bar.
It worked well, until I had a different cassette deck rebuilt. I then mounted the Garmin GPS on the Instrument Cluster's trim panel on the ignition side.
I never thought anyone would be interested in doing this so I threw the gutted deck away.
You seem like you are willing to try things Craig, maybe you can get more of a factory look by designing something differently.
Another reason why I went away from the GPS in the cassette area is that you are looking down at it from an angle and the display isn't as clear from that angle. It is also harder to program from that angle. [The '90/91 Reattas have a better place for this upgrade. I believe Dave Pannel did that].
I like having it mounted on the dash much better, not so much asthetics, but practicality. Keep in mind I am NOT using a Reatta steering wheel, but a Chev. Lumina wheel in one and a van conversion wheel in the other. It is very easy to read my display as these steering wheel spokes are in a different position then the Reatta spokes.

[D-a-n-i-e-l]

How much are you willing to spend?

[Craig57]

Whatever it takes to do it right, within reason. What do you have in mind?

[DAVES89]

There are some pretty cool stereo units at places like Best Buy that are like tv screens. They have all the latest musical upgrades as well as GPS. Cost $700.00 and up. I looked hard at them, but passed. I thought it would be an excellant "look" for the '88/89 Reatta.

[Craig57]

In a perfect world I'd like to be able to kill 2 birds with one stone. A gps that has a cd/dvd and or Ipod connection.

[Craig57]

After some research it looks like some gps units come with a built in mp3 player. Also it seems like some also have a fm transmitter to play the music thru the existing car stereo. Am I on the right track here? Thanks!

[D-a-n-i-e-l]

I would go with Kenwood. They have a screen that would work great, always have high quality sound, and very intergrateable. This is the best option I have came up with, and I will be using it after my RX7 is finished.

here is a link

Kenwood - CarPortal?

[handmedownreatta]

i love it...

[Craig57]

I think the Kenwood may be overkill for what I'm trying to do. Is anyone here using a GPS with mp3? Thanks!