Head Unit Fitment

[Aimez]

i want that headunit mines too old damn you all!!
dreading taking mine out at the weekend to plug the aerial back in its such a nightmare to re fit but the fuzzy radio is really wearing thin now!

 

[Nath.]

when I fitted my HU I found that I had problems with it not going fully back in the slot as with the ipod lead etc there was not much room behind the HU

So I got a small hacksaw blade and carefully removed the thin black plastic strip that is directly behind the HU, this made loads of room for getting all the plugs in and routed correctly with no problems at all and by doing it I even got rid of a rattle too

 

[Aimez]

isnt it a big metal thing in the way at the back, isnt that a bit to structural to take out or i mean a crash absorber?

 

[Nath.]

no it's just a thin bit of black plastic, sort of part of the double din assembley

it's no thicker than your finger but the head unit buts up against it and just 1 cable in the way makes the HU not click in properly

takes 5 mins to cut it out but if you have small hands (unlike me) you can prob fiddle the cables out of the way OK

in mine with the bit of plastic removed I can remove and refit my HU in seconds with my eyes shut

 

[NickyJam]

i managed to feed the wires down the back neatly by removing the tray, fitting the hu snuggly and then putting the tray back in. Probably the quickest way without having to cut any plastic...

 

[bobthecod]

i have to say its all about loosing the slot and goin for the double din, and i duno if its just me but im a pioneer man

 

[NickyJam]

i have to say its all about loosing the slot and goin for the double din, and i duno if its just me but im a pioneer man

i'm a pioneer man myself and recently installed my single din unit...check it out -> http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=163837

what you got bobthecod?

 

[bobthecod]

sorry heres the pic

this this will work :S

 

[bobthecod]

an avic-d3 set me back a fair chunk of money but totaly worth it picture above ^^^^^

 

[NickyJam]

very nice mate ...a shame you don't have climate control with the small screen as in the newer models only reason y i didn't do with double din is that you cant hide it away from potential thieves

my hu fits in nicely with the dash illumination using it's dual colour zone scheme...can match any car's dash colours

 

[bobthecod]

same same, and mines a 57 plate.. but its only a 1.4 formula sport would have to have payed extra for it.. n wasn't up for that.. lol

 

[NickyJam]

same same, and mines a 57 plate.. but its only a 1.4 formula sport would have to have payed extra for it.. n wasn't up for that.. lol

oh i c...thought it was an FR from your pic couldn't understand y since it was the facelift model

 

[bobthecod]

and ur list of fings to do are what i've done to mine, chrome wing mirror covers amps and subs, i'm running 2 JL W3 V2, JL 500/1 mono block amp, mtx thunder 4244 4 channel amp, focal K2 6.5 inch front door componant speakers, all running on 0guage wiring and just ordered some sound deadening and rear coaxal pioneer speakers .. quite a list fitted me self will post a pic tomorrow if you want?

 

[bobthecod]

i wish am gunna wait for the mk5 to get sumit with more power

 

[NickyJam]

ye post some pics up of your system! I got my sub & amp, just waitin til weather gets a bit better so i can build my box and put it all in gonna be installin a JL 12W3v3 powered by a Phoenix Gold Octane R8:4, gonna sound wicked

I dunno bout the mk5, somethin about it that don't look right...kinda looks like its come out of the Hyundai garage! But gonna wait n see what the top end models look like in the flesh