I agree with Nutkin and Andy on this one.
Though the Bose sounds decent, its nothin compared to when you rig in your own set up. It all depends how far you want to go with the Sound quality. I used to think the Bose would do the job but after a few weeks it was doing my head in not having the Punch I usually have in my cars.
The bose does look neat and tidy but OEM or not, if the sound aint good enough, its got to go!!
I listen to a wide range of music from Chilled to Funky House, reggae to Old skool Garage (im still quite young you know,lol) so I was lackin in the Bass department and the Treble was rubbish.
All I did was RIp out the Double din bose, replaced with a Pioneer headunit (a pic to follow) that I can hook up a hard drive to, I now run all my Mp3's from a 100gb tiny hard drive plugged into the rear of the stereo hidden behind the Unit.
I then traced and identified the wires for the Speakers that Plug into the Bose amp at the rear for all the door speakers. Instead of laying fresh wire , I used the existing, I just eliminated the Bose amp and went directly to the headunit via the drivers side floor trim. I then changed all 4 main door speaker and the 4 Tweeters for a complete Cerwin Vega componant setup.Made sure they were all connected correctly and that section was complete. Lastly I fitted a Cerwin Vega Amp and 12" Sub unit in the rear and ran the remote wire and Power cable via the passenger side with an inline fuse included for the power to go straight to the battery. Thats it.
Now I can FEEL my music instead of just hear the music.
Theres alot of haters when it comes to Subs etc but these things need to be done to get your own desired sound. Some will say, "chav" bla bla but its nothing to do with that, its tuning it up to your own taste.So if its Bose you want and not fussed about how far you want to go with sound quality then go for it.
Keeping the OEM look had nothing to do with it when it came to getting the sound I required - I wasnt thinking about what it would look like if someone popped their head in and the only difference you can see is the headunit anyway, everything else is how it was, hidden!