# Installed the wife's Christmas present today... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [December 30, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/installed-the-wifes-christmas-present-today/262094 "2011-12-30T21:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/installed-the-wifes-christmas-present-today/262094/4 "2011-12-30T21:24:21Z")
> [@wtb ford 8.8](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-ford-8-8/47564/9): > > Nice. > > I had a Z2 that I upgraded to a Z3 (via the HDD as you did) and it was nice. > > I then switched to a Kenwood DNX8120 which IMO is far superior, but man…both of these units are fantastic in their own way. She’ll love it. > > To be honest, if I could easily switch out my DVD-based OEM navigation for the Pioneer/Kenwood system, I’d drop $2k right now to do so. I have a Z2 with the Z3 HDD in my STI right now and I love it. I’m not a huge fan of the Pioneer navigation, but it gets the job done. Just wish it was a little more user friendly like a Garmin. Searching for points of interest is a crap shoot… sometimes it finds everything I need and other times it finds nothing… lol --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/installed-the-wifes-christmas-present-today/262094)._