Fitting A New Cd Player To A Rev 2 Tubbie

[swales_p]

Ive just rang Car Sound ( a company in Middlesbrough who are specialised in fitting cd's etc etc to cars, they also do pimp my ride type ice ) and they've quoted me £70.. YES £70 just to fit a single cd player into my tubbie (i allready own the cd player) :censor:

The reason why, and i quote "well seeing as its a IMPORT!!! its got amps behind the existing head unit and will take up to 2 hours to re wire and fit the new system"

Are these boys having my eyes out here? Im only wanting a single cd system in my car as i'd rather have power, as i dont see the point in having bass blowing my head off - so a nice cheap single cd option sounded good! Now im thinking, buy a more expensive cd player just so i can get the free fitting that comes along with it.

Any feedback on this would be great.

Cheers

[Stef Derner]

It may not have amps, and even if it does, they certainly won't be behind the head unit. Check to see if you have one or two subs in the cubbies behind the seats. If you do then you do have amps and they're behind the plastic trim under the side window at the passenger side. If you do have the amps you need the autoleads active adapter PC406 I think it is, depends on the age of the car, cost about £25 to £30. If not then it's a cheaper option, the adapter is about £13. My rev 4 turbo doesn't have the amps and it's obviously an import.

If you buy the adapter and don't mind driving over to Mansfield, I'll fit it for £30.

TBH it's pretty easy to do it yourself. There are a couple of how tos in the ICE section of "Know your two", over on www.mr2oc.co.uk that tells how to figure out which system you have and how to fit the new HU.

[TheNissanMan]

shame your not as your name says in swales...

could help you out and fit it for the price of a pint :D

[c_master]

If you buy the adapter and don't mind driving over to Mansfield, I'll fit it for £30.

TBH it's pretty easy to do it yourself. There are a couple of how tos in the ICE section of "Know your two", over on www.mr2oc.co.uk that tells how to figure out which system you have and how to fit the new HU.

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Think the cost of petrol might make that a false economy!! <_<

Does sound like a rip off though chap. I'd phone around and get some quotes. Try normal garages not just radio centres, they all know how to fit radios as they swap em around in their forecourt cars all the time to help sell certain ones. You'll probably get a good deal. The might promise to do it for £30 or something and not realise the work involved (assuming the 2 hour thing is true of course)

[Dame]

£70 might not be too bad if they are modifying your stereo amplified outputs to attach the head unit to the amps. The main problem you will have if you have car amps is that you really need to attach the head unit via the preouts (which bypass the inbuilt amp). If your stereo doesn't have these, then you are going to have to lower the power output of the amplified outputs to bring the levels down those before amplification. I believe there is a device available for doing this (not sure since I always buy head units with preamp outputs), and I would guess it doesn't come cheap, even though a few resistors would do a the same job. As for wiring in the stereo it shouldn't take too, long, though it could take a couple of hours if they do it properly i.e. attach proper phono leads to the car end of the wiring and solder it all up insead of using nasty connection blocks. If they charge £25 per hour that would be £40 odd quid labour then add to that the parts they use. £70 may sound like a lot, but when you break it down, it isn't a huge amount. The best thing to do would be to do the job yourself, if you are able and search the web for how to build/buy a device to lower the speaker outputs of the head unit.

Hope this helps :)

[Andybrad]

I fitted my headunit myself, after finding out about the dreaded amp :ffs:. The car audio shop said the toyota amp would only put out 10 watts per channel, so don't use it.

It wasn't that difficult to fit but it did take 2 hours. :bookworm:

I took the power cables from the toyota connector and then ran speaker cable down the centre console. The wiring loom that runs down the centre console contains the front Speakers cable so I just cut them and attached them to my cables. I didn't wire in the rear Speakers as they are small and crap.

I think £70 is a rip off, you probably would be better off getting a headunit from somewhere which offer a free fitting service.