What radios interchange with 1986 K-10?

[Canyon Copper]

My orginal radio is on its way out, and I'm wondering what years and vehicle makes are interchangable -- does anyone know?

Thanks!

[MalibuSSwagon]

I think pretty much any shaft style radio should work, are you looking for a factory radio or will any do?

[old Rusty C10]

almost any gm two knob should fit in there.. you could alter the radio face hole a little and throw in a cadillac digital radio from the eighties too

[andrewmp6]

The 80s caprice had the two knobs so did the g body aka monte carlo cutlass regal etc etc.

[thirdstreettito]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1973-...896#vi-content

[Your41Plague12]

I'm running the one thirdstreettito recommended, and I love it. Fit perfectly, and no issues at all.

[Canyon Copper]

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[Your41Plague12]

Originally Posted by Canyon Copper

Looking for a factory radio if I can find one, and don't want to cut anything.

The place that thirdstreettito recommnended doesn't fit an '86 :--(

Yes it will. It fits in any 73-87 GM truck. I have one in my '83, which is identical to your 86 other than the wipers being on the column as well as the high beams.

[Dalaigh]

Yes it does, I have one in my 84, which is identical to your 86
It's a universal fit, mine is actually for a 66 chevelle. heres a pic installed

[Dalaigh]

Originally Posted by Your41Plague12

Yes it will. It fits in any 73-87 GM truck. I have one in my '83, which is identical to your 86 other than the wipers being on the column as well as the high beams.

Damn you, beat me to it lol

[Canyon Copper]

Originally Posted by Your41Plague12

Yes it will. It fits in any 73-87 GM truck. I have one in my '83, which is identical to your 86 other than the wipers being on the column as well as the high beams.

The eBay web page says no it won't, but you tried it and it worked? No cutting, and did you need to do any splicing for the speaker leads?

[Your41Plague12]

It comes with a pigtail and the plug for the radio. Mine had no speakers in it, so I had to wire the speakers up manually. Not sure if the factory plug will just plug in. All I know is it sounds great, I love it. The AUX input is nice for playing an Ipod through. Mine sounds good even through factory 80's speakers!

[TexasDmax]

The compatability chart is wrong on that listing. All the radios from 73-87 will interchange, the dash hole is the same as is the wiring. Go to Custom Autosounds website and look there. Also I had one a couple of years ago in a different project called Retrosound, I liked it, and it is a little cheaper than the one here.

[McSwine]

Damn.

Wish I had seen this before I cut my dash.

[Canyon Copper]

Thank you, fellow Chevy truckers.

Gonna buy one of these bad boys, I'll post some pix of the install, plus any wiring changes that are needed.

[95 S_Trucker]

Originally Posted by McSwine

Damn.

Wish I had seen this before I cut my dash.

you can always go back with some minor work.

There used to be a DIN sized radio in this truck:

[Canyon Copper]

Well, Iordered up the radio yesterday. Spoke to a guy named Dallas. He was really helpful, and confirmed that the chevy truck radio will fit up through '86.

He says there is a wireing kit availibe at Autozone, Walmart, ect that will do the wiring without having to do any cutting.

Hopfully I wil have some install pix by the end of the month.

[Canyon Copper]

OK,so I got the radio (looks good) and bought the Metra wiring clip 70-1677-1. Trouble is, the wire colors on the Metra harness and the tags on the same color radio wires don't match. What's the right thing to do, just match RL to RL, for example, and don't worry about the color of the wires?

[48cj2a]

I'm curious how hard it is to fit a newer GM Delco like used in the 88-91 Subs and K5s when it originally came with the this older style.

[78 Chevyrado]

There's a place (Can't remember where) but you send them your stock radio, and they rebuild it with new guts like a new radio would have.

it will look totally stock, use factory plugs, etc, only the stuff inside you cant see is updated. I saw one guy even installed an ipod port on his.

[TexasDmax]

Originally Posted by Canyon Copper

OK,so I got the radio (looks good) and bought the Metra wiring clip 70-1677-1. Trouble is, the wire colors on the Metra harness and the tags on the same color radio wires don't match. What's the right thing to do, just match RL to RL, for example, and don't worry about the color of the wires?

Match the particular wire and don't worry about the color. Different radios use different colors for the same wires, there is no industry standard.