STINGER Wrangler JK Stereo Replacement HD Touchscreen Radio with Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, Handsfree Bluetooth, Dual USB Includes All-in-one Dash Kit & Interface, 2007-2018 (8" Radio)

Easy wire connections if you are familiar with stereo installs. Included PAC adapter. Steering wheel controls work great. MANY presets for FM and AM. Pulls in countless stations. SiriusXM ready, so may connect later. 4 camera inputs, can connect a backup camera WITH SOUND (great for trailers). Will easily connect one soon, plus am going to connect a dash cam. Fits perfectly in dash - doesnt block anything and included a USB connection plug with 2 ports that fits in round port on console area. Fits like it is made for it ... but wait, it IS made for it. Tons of custom setting plus Android Auto! (Also Apple car play). Memory card slot. Too many extras to list. More features than a new car! Sounds great with the stock speakers. Better and louder than stock stereo. Plus it's quality built.

We purchased this as an upgrade for our 2007 Jeep Sahara Wrangler factory radio and its perfect! I need a bluetooth when I drive, which this has, as well as it has other features that can be activated. It does have navigation "capabilities" but you have to purchase the media card (I think it is) to activate the navigation. We haven't done that yet but its next on the list! Definitely worth the price & it took my husband about a 1/2 day to install it.

Purchased the ELEV8 head unit WITH the Jeep specific install kit (because Jeep likes to be difficult with proprietary BS with their Alpine stereo systems). I expected the kit to provide a cable harness that would plug directly into the head unit AND the Jeep harness. Instead, I get a harness that plugged into the Jeep but needed to be spliced onto the ELEV8 wire harness. Fine. The nice thing would be to include specific intructions/wire diagram for doing so. Nope. Long story short...spent the better part of a day matching wires, soldering, modifying the Jeep head unit space (oh yeah, they failed to say that a slight modification of part of the dash would be recommended for it to fit properly), connecting, hunting down a blown fuse (that was my fault) and starting it up. As the unit fired up, the "Stinger" logo appeared, There were a couple of beep-boops and then, and then....NOTHING. All I get is a message that says "no signal"?!? I pressed buttons - beep-boop but nothing else. I turned volume up and heard static, but nothing else. Needless to say I was so fed up with the entire thing that I reversed the entire install, boxed up the unit and it giant pile of wires and I'm sending it back. Never mind. I don't recommend this unit until Stinger pulls their head out and makes a Jeep specific plug and play harness.

This aftermarket radio is a must have for any jeep JK that doesn’t have a good factory radio. The installation took me quite a while, but I am very meticulous. I heat shank all the wiring, harnesses connections. Everything I needed was in the kit except for SiriusXM. I needed to buy an extra piece however that was just my misunderstanding of what SiriusXM ready means this goes in my wife’s jeep and she absolutely loves it. They only thing I haven’t got the navigation SD card, it is well worth the money and looks great

Great product! The only thing I could wish differently for this product is that it was a true plug and play experience. You will need to crimp or solder wires together for this setup! That being said, it is by far the superior JK radio alternative. It’s very responsive, crystal clear picture and sound and seamless integration with the steering wheel controls and iPhone. Highly recommend this product but make sure you’re ready to work!

It is very hard to setup! So many wires I needed 3 hours to understand how to connect them - no video manual anywhere. I had to connect the stereo twice because the first time I made a mistake. With that done, I bought a backup camera of the same company (also took a long while to setup!) and ever since then the stereo randomly blacks out when I start the car. So very disappointing.

I was under the impression that this was a new , 2024 release but it's the same old ELEV8 unit they have been selling for years. I was confused because i know Stinger has new models of other radios in 2024 and since this and the another Stinger Store listing of the same radio, at a slightly cheaper price by the same seller (Stinger Store) led me to believe one was a new model and the other was an older model. Neither listing contains a model number, just UPC numbers that can't really be cross referenced.I even asked the seller and reviewers if this was a new model or what the actual model number was but got no response. When i received the unit i realized it was just the same old unit as the cheaper listing, but this one included the install accessories where the cheaper model did not.It was annoying to have to actually place an order just to find out exactly what model number they were selling, but i guess that's how they chose to do it for whatever reasonThis item is what they call the STH08JKJeep Wrangler JK (2007-2018) Elev8 8" Radio Kit, where the cheaper one that looks identical from this same StingerStore seller is the exact same ELEV8 radio without the " kit" that has the wire harness and suchHopefully this saves some the trouble of having to order it just to find out what should be clearly labeled on the Amazon listing....

I have read some reviews about the color on Apple Maps being to light see the map. I don’t see this. It is a shade lighter but nothing worth complaining about at all.