as far as the head unit, I have the alpine 9884, you can change the lights so they all light up red, and it comes with a direct connection cable for an ipod, or you can get a basic auxilary cable to hook up any mp3 player directly

here's a couple of bad pics, hope they help at least a little bit, looks a lot better in person or with a good camera





in the 2nd pic the grand prix gtp lit up and some of the buttons look yellow, that's just the flash (i should have shut it off), they're actually red
the 9884 is tough to find now, but i think there's a few more alpine models for around 150 that look very similar and have the same color/sound options