TyRoosevelt
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- Tyler
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- 2024 Jeep JL
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Hello all,
I am trying to decide between the 8.4 factory radio or the one from Stinger Offroad. However, I am worried about the updates that may be needed for the 8.4 and any potential long term issues. Infotainment.com and Nismopar claim their radios are associated with the VINs. I talked to an FCA rep and they did say that the VIN is in the actual radio. I guess this validates some of the claims by both of these companies. The people that I talked to from infotainment and nismopar both say that their radios work better from them versus getting them from somewhere else. Infotainment.com even told me they could send a flash drive with the appropriate updates whereas everything else I have read says that is not possible. I would be interested to see if that was actually true.
Has anyone actually performed an update on their Jeep that did not come with the 8.4 from the factory? More importantly, has anyone who has made the upgrade needed to update their radio after they had installed it? Nismopar said the updates are over the air and if they truly do tie the VIN to the radio, wouldn't the radios be able to update? Nismopar has seemed a little shady when I have reached out to them but it would be preferrable to go with a new unit.
Are the people who bought from NIsmopar and Infotainment.com having better luck with their installed 8.4 radios? Are those who bought them new from a mopar retailer having any issues? I don't want to spend $1600 on something that will crap out in a year.
As for the Heigh10 from Stinger Offroad, if anyone has any concerns about their experience or any quirks they didn't like, I would appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks
I am trying to decide between the 8.4 factory radio or the one from Stinger Offroad. However, I am worried about the updates that may be needed for the 8.4 and any potential long term issues. Infotainment.com and Nismopar claim their radios are associated with the VINs. I talked to an FCA rep and they did say that the VIN is in the actual radio. I guess this validates some of the claims by both of these companies. The people that I talked to from infotainment and nismopar both say that their radios work better from them versus getting them from somewhere else. Infotainment.com even told me they could send a flash drive with the appropriate updates whereas everything else I have read says that is not possible. I would be interested to see if that was actually true.
Has anyone actually performed an update on their Jeep that did not come with the 8.4 from the factory? More importantly, has anyone who has made the upgrade needed to update their radio after they had installed it? Nismopar said the updates are over the air and if they truly do tie the VIN to the radio, wouldn't the radios be able to update? Nismopar has seemed a little shady when I have reached out to them but it would be preferrable to go with a new unit.
Are the people who bought from NIsmopar and Infotainment.com having better luck with their installed 8.4 radios? Are those who bought them new from a mopar retailer having any issues? I don't want to spend $1600 on something that will crap out in a year.
As for the Heigh10 from Stinger Offroad, if anyone has any concerns about their experience or any quirks they didn't like, I would appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks
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