maestegman Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 OK guys. Just thought I'd share some photos with you of my new toys. Following the advice received from other forum members, I decided to buy an Alpine CDE 104 BTi. What a bit of kit! I had it supplied and fitted by a local shop (Road Runner in Llantwit Fardre near Pontypridd). Absolutely delighted with the job and can wholeheartedly recommend them. iPod connection lead runs into the armrest cubby and works (full speed control and charging facility) my iPhone 3G perfectly. Steering wheel controls work a treat too. The built-in Parrot bluetooth unit is amazing. Picks up my iPhone first time, everytime and, I'm told, the sound quality 'on the other end' is excellent. They also carried out a semi-permanent installation of my Garmin Nuvi 710 sat nav (hard wiring it into the dash cubby). Really delighted with this. Cheap and cheerful maybe but extremely functional and looks fine. They only charged me an additional £15 for this! I suppose the only thing I'm not 100% happy with is the slight bowing to the bottom pocket of the facia. Any remedies welcomed. Photos below for those who are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Moved..... I can't see the pics for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Pics work fine for me Looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Tidy install... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper350Z Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Nice install there. I was planning to do something similar with my satnav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Quads Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 What year is your car? Maybe the wrong year facia was used? I rememeber seeing somewhere else it looking like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maestegman Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 It's a 54. BTW Rob - legend recommendation on the Alpine unit. Amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 It looks like the right fascia to me. What needs to happen (and it is a PITA and fiddly) is the trim below the fascia needs to be tugged up a little to close the gap (or spaced up a tad). Here is mine with the gap just about closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maestegman Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 H5 - yours looks great. What do you mean by "tugged up a little to close the gap"? BTW, absolutely loving the Alpine unit! The garage that installed it has recommended getting new speakers as well. Will no doubt be asking for further advice shortly. Can't believe I'm thinking about changing BOSE speakers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Sorry, not the best description! The bit of trim underneath (the surround around the heater dials) needs to be properly in place to 'push' the thin strip of trim along the bottom of the stereo fascia up. On yours it looks like the edges are meeting up but it looks to me like the middle is a bit low? The only other fix is to pull the headunit out and start again with the fascia, but that will be a fair amount of hassle. I suggest leaving for a few weeks and let everything settle and see how it looks then. As for BOSE speakers, once you see them you'll wonder why you didn't change them sooner! BOSE are nothing but a marketing company that stick their name on other manufacturers stuff. Alpine, JL Audio, Genesis, Focal, Hertz etc all knock them into next week when it comes to sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Quads Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Took a look at mine and it fits perfectly without any bowing or anything Do you know which make of facia they used a there are a few suppliers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunset350z Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 My fascia is a metra and there's no chance of it going out of shape. Once the battery is charged on my camera i'll take a few shots of it with head unit in place to show you the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Am i right in thinking that if the speakers are changed, the amp must also be changed at the same time? Something to do with the 1Ohm resistance load? maybe i got this the wrong way round and its the speakers wont run with a different amp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M350ZB Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 looking good bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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