Disc Changer Location???
Discussion
I have a Kenwood Minidisc unit and 10 Disc changer to go in the S. Where can I mount the disc changer?
Has anybody got any pics of one mounted? If so could they mail it to me as it would be most helpful.
I do fancy bigger speakers in the door, but I don't really want to cut the door panels up for fear of damaging the trim. Maybe higher wattage speakers?
I also have a Soundstream amp and Rockford Fosgate 10" Sub, but I think this maybe a bit too much.
Has anybody got any pics of one mounted? If so could they mail it to me as it would be most helpful.
I do fancy bigger speakers in the door, but I don't really want to cut the door panels up for fear of damaging the trim. Maybe higher wattage speakers?
I also have a Soundstream amp and Rockford Fosgate 10" Sub, but I think this maybe a bit too much.
Cool, but is the shelf in the boot not where the fuel tank is? ISn't this quite hazardous to drill into? I was considering velcroing it to the shelf, to prevent any drilling?
bridgdav, could you send me a pic sometime? It would be really helpful as I plan to try and get a load of work done tomorrow, and then add the disc changer as a finishing touch.
bridgdav, could you send me a pic sometime? It would be really helpful as I plan to try and get a load of work done tomorrow, and then add the disc changer as a finishing touch.
Most Cd changers can be mounted vertically or Horizontally...
If you aim to keep Spacesaver wheel, then the best place is to put it on the shelf behind the wheel. You can buy strips of +&- velcro with an adhesive backing, If the adhesive doesn't work try using a couple of pop rivets through the carpet...
Make a couple of pilot holes through the carpet, insert the rivets through the VELCRO, place a washer the otherside of the rivet which has gone through the carpet & velcro, pop the rivet and HEY PRESTO....
Secured strips of Velcro + or - (Furry or rough) to the boot shelf, ready for the unit.... Surely the adhesive can stick to the changer...
I got my Velcro from RS components..(work)
I would think most DIY or crafty shops do it...
Dave
If you aim to keep Spacesaver wheel, then the best place is to put it on the shelf behind the wheel. You can buy strips of +&- velcro with an adhesive backing, If the adhesive doesn't work try using a couple of pop rivets through the carpet...
Make a couple of pilot holes through the carpet, insert the rivets through the VELCRO, place a washer the otherside of the rivet which has gone through the carpet & velcro, pop the rivet and HEY PRESTO....
Secured strips of Velcro + or - (Furry or rough) to the boot shelf, ready for the unit.... Surely the adhesive can stick to the changer...
I got my Velcro from RS components..(work)
I would think most DIY or crafty shops do it...
Dave
trevytrev said:
Mine is sat on the shelf and bolted in towards the cabin see below ..
What nice clean boot carpet you have!
I was going to fit a CD player but I can never hear my current radio cassette over 40mph....
Could be my hearing as the wife always says, when I hear her that is .......
Ok, have put the disc changer in the boot on the left of the shelf, behind where the spare sits.
I routed the cabe thus:
If you look in the top left of the boot you can feel where the ariel wire goes through(well mine does anyway). I poked the wire through there as far as I cold with my hand and then carried on feeding it down. After this if you look around shoulder height in the cabin, just below where the seat belt tower is, you will see the carpet join vertically. split this and try and get hold of the wire.
I then took it all the way down and out of this and under the next piece of carpet. Because this is glued all the way under the floor, I made a small hole in it just under the seat and thenran it under the seat and the under the floor mat. I then took it up the side of the passenger footwell. This was a complete b
er to do as it is tightly glued. I removed the centre console and brought it ou behind the radio hole.
I routed the cabe thus:
If you look in the top left of the boot you can feel where the ariel wire goes through(well mine does anyway). I poked the wire through there as far as I cold with my hand and then carried on feeding it down. After this if you look around shoulder height in the cabin, just below where the seat belt tower is, you will see the carpet join vertically. split this and try and get hold of the wire.
I then took it all the way down and out of this and under the next piece of carpet. Because this is glued all the way under the floor, I made a small hole in it just under the seat and thenran it under the seat and the under the floor mat. I then took it up the side of the passenger footwell. This was a complete b
er to do as it is tightly glued. I removed the centre console and brought it ou behind the radio hole.WildfireS3 said:My aeriel was broken during the accident repairs, so I ended up buying myself a new amplified one. However, although it's on the car, I still haven't got round to connecting it due to the issue of routing the new wiring, hence my earlier question!
Just found out my ariel is knackered. Going to put a new electric one in, except that the wires are so much of a pain!!
(And I want to relocate my CD changer into the boot as well!)
I nipped out to the garage last night to sort a dodgy connection on one of the foglamps, in preparation for this morning's MoT, a job which took about 30 seconds.
For no apparent reason, I then decided that I'd have a quick go at finding the route through for a cable from the boot to the cabin, using a bit of spare coax I had hanging around. After all these months of umming and arring (i.e. 2 years in the case of the CD changer), it actually turned out to be very easy to get the cable through, so of course I then ended up moving the CD changer into the boot, and also wiring in the new aerial that I'd bought after the accident repair. 30 seconds to do the original job, and then another 2 hours to complete the spur of the moment stuff - God bless TVRs!!
Incidentally, the amplified aerial works really well, and I noticed a real difference when I disconnected/reconnected the power supply to it.
Oh, and she passed the MoT as well - a big relieve after last year!
For no apparent reason, I then decided that I'd have a quick go at finding the route through for a cable from the boot to the cabin, using a bit of spare coax I had hanging around. After all these months of umming and arring (i.e. 2 years in the case of the CD changer), it actually turned out to be very easy to get the cable through, so of course I then ended up moving the CD changer into the boot, and also wiring in the new aerial that I'd bought after the accident repair. 30 seconds to do the original job, and then another 2 hours to complete the spur of the moment stuff - God bless TVRs!!
Incidentally, the amplified aerial works really well, and I noticed a real difference when I disconnected/reconnected the power supply to it.
Oh, and she passed the MoT as well - a big relieve after last year!
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