Double din + vents + clim + gauges = tight fit!

[NickVyse]

Real squeeze, but I've lost my ash tray and squeezed everything in. What do you think?

[Animal Mother]

Looks really nice, gonna do the single DIN flip up myself though, less pissing about.

[Acidburn]

That looks sweet, have you got any pictures of the headunit front on with some of the features it does?

IIRC thats a pioneer unit with the extra readouts for guages etc??

[Skull]

Very nice, congrats.

[Greg_S]

Looks like a very tidy install, was it difficult to relocate everything down? is it a car PC or a straight stereo?

[NickVyse]

Wasn't too much of a ****** really - tricky bit was getting it to look good and honing dremel skills whilst telling yourself it's only cheap plastic parts common to all models!

It's a Pioneer Avic HD1BT - last years model, but a great bit of kit. 10 gig hard drive that contains all your navigation as well as all the music you'll ever need.

Might re-do the frame - it's currently covered in good quality vinyl, but if I could buy a second hand black leather door card it would match perfectly.

Nick

ps - is it normal for the oil pressure to read so high when the car's just been started cold and is ticking over? Not noticed it that high on start-up before, but I'm still pretty new to the car. Have noted it's this high when further up the rev range but it normally drops to mid-way when off the throttle, which is exactly what I'd expect.

[Acidburn]

when cold it should be around 5psi dropping down to just above 2psi when warm IIRC

[NickVyse]

Thanks Acidburn. In answer to your question about the units features - easier to point you here:

http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/products...1BT/index.html

[4WheelDrifter]

~5 bar oil pressure when cold is pretty normal, as the oil is more viscose when cold.

It is a bit of a tight squeeze. Are you going to upgrade the steering wheel?

[Jas11n]

That didn't take you long Nick, no hanging about there then
Hats off for a tidy looking job

Jas..

[Acidburn]

Thanks for the link, having a look now.

Always liked pioneer stuff for good sounds and the ability to set it up easily.

[NickVyse]

Cheers Jas - honeymoon period with car, plus the Avic came up on ebay, so just got it done rather than thinking about it for too long. MB Quarts on their way from Germany - much cheaper in the States, but delivery and expected taxes made them about the same.

As for the sound of the Pioneer - only just got it in, but first impressions are much improved quality over my old Blaupunkt unit. I've got an amp, but seeing as this was plug and play I'll see if I'm happy with the sound as is without adding to my list of jobs.

Nick

[Acidburn]

I find with pioneer and standard speakers you don't really need to add an amp for the speakers. Could be worth uprating the standard speakers if need be, If you have the space and want an all round sound a sub would be good for filling an all round sound.

[NickVyse]

Could be worth uprating the standard speakers if need be

That's what the MB Quart's are for - RVF 210's and RVF 213's. Heard so many good things about them can't wait to actually hear them!

[shark_90]

Is there a how-to for this? I just can't get my head around how that fits!