Demand for a superb stereo facia plate XK8/XJ8.

[Markymark69]

Just wondering about the possible demand for a superb quality veneered stereo facia plate to allow the fitting of a standard single din stereo in the X308 / XK8?

[jas xjr]

Markymark69 said:

Just wondering about the possible demand for a superb quality veneered stereo facia plate to allow the fitting of a standard single din stereo in the X308 / XK8?

bit of a numpty question. would a replacement heat unit be compatible with the steering wheel controls?
would love a head unit that i could plug my iphone into and maybe a usb stick too

[Markymark69]

That i havent looked that far into, but to be honest iv come to the conclusion that i can live without my CD changer and steering wheel controls in favour of a decent head unit.

What i couldnt live with before was some sort of bodge DIY facia plate, but i have now found a man i have the faith in to produce the needed goods perfectly.

[xkrGiles]

i'd be interested to see a picture & price. I would happily discuss it on the XKEC forum when its done, in case anyone would benefit.

[Simpo Two]

It would be wise to check the proposed new unit actually works in situ before doing anything irreversible.

[NormanD]

xkrGiles said:

i'd be interested to see a picture & price.

I would happily discuss it on the XKEC forum when its done, in case anyone would benefit.

That would be the best place to see what interest there was for them

[TurricanII]

If you could post nice pics of one in situ you would probably get a lot of immediate interest from owners. Would your man do the various matching veneers, e.g. dark birdseye maple?

[Markymark69]

What i am going to do is buy a couple of original stereos off ebay one for my XJ8 and one for my XK8 to save me pulling my cars to bits. Then let him have a fiddle and tool up for the job, its no big mystery http://www.myrtleltd.com/ will be doing the work, i am in no way profiting from this, i just started the thread to show Paul that there would be a demand for a quality product.

All i can say is this mans work is superb and reasonably priced, he can match pretty much any veneer.

Edited by Markymark69 on Thursday 3rd March 12:43

[Cecil]

With regard to the replacement head unit, there was an article a while back in Jaguar Enthusiast, about a guy, who had an X308, he found that a certain model of Kenwood, the model number escapes me at the moment, but I am looking , single DIN, was compatible with the CAN bus, from memory he was able to retain the steering wheel controls, got the phone working through it, and it had a direct connection to either USB, SD Card or 3.5mm headphone jack, cant remember which, that is how he got his ipod hooked up. I will see if I can find the model number and will post it up.

Edited by Cecil on Friday 4th March 20:43

[MDT]

Cecil said:

With regard to the replacement head unit, there was an article a while back in Jaguar Enthusiast, about a guy, who had an X308, he found that a certain model of Kenwood, the model number escapes me at the moment, but I am looking , single DIN, was compatible with the CAN bus, from memory he was able to retain the steering wheel controls, got the phone working through it, and it had a direct connection to either USB, SD Card or 3.5mm headphone jack, cant remember which, that is how he got his ipod hooked up. I will see if I can find the model number and will post it up.

Edited by Cecil on Friday 4th March 20:43

If there was a head unit which linked in to the steering wheel controls I would be intrested in the hardware required to slot it in.

[Beanoir]

I'd be interested in a faceplate also if this goes ahead.

[Duke Thrust]

You can get steering wheel adaptors:

http://www.dynamicsounds.co.uk/autoleads-pc99x10-j...

http://www.nexxia.co.uk/products.asp?category=Jagu...

[dan5oclocksmith]

To revive an old(ish) thread - did this ever get anywhere?

I'd be interested in a fascia if available.

[XKRacer]

I make my own for customers but as they are one off, they are not cheap, I did this for the earlier model XK8




I have done the later style head unit surround too, I am doing another next week and will take some pics.

[dan5oclocksmith]

That looks superb!

I'm after one for an XJ8 - could you give me an idea of lead time and cost? PM if you'd prefer.

Cheers
Dan

[dan5oclocksmith]

OK, so to finish my contribution to this thread, in the end I got a fascia adaptor from Hardtofinddashkits which came in at about £80 delivered from the US. Took a week to arrive, and I've just (mostly) finished fitting it and my Kenwood BT60U.

The finish of the fascia is spot on. Using the Autoleads harness adaptor the wiring is plug and play, and the sound quality is much improved.

I still need to wire in the mic (I forgot) and the stereo surround trim needs filing down to fit the new location, but otherwise all is good.

I've subsequently found a harness adaptor that might work with the steering wheel controls, so I'll get hold of one of those and give it a try too.

Pics to follow once it's all complete.

But a big to Greg at Hardtofinddaskkits.com for some sterling service.

[dnb]

Sounds like a good pointer there. I am looking for one of these.

For info, I have programmed a microcontroller to read the wheel buttons of an X100 XK8/R and translate the signal into what a Blaupunkt stereo wants. It is currently working well in my car.

I am also working on a microcontroller to interface the satnav buttons to the satnav computer in the boot in place of the standard stereo. So far, I have the button reader completed, but have not finished the AI-net output. This device could easily be used to allow the satnav buttons to talk to a serial port etc.