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Offline Emeye

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Re: Help: MK5 aftermarket stereo wiring adapter confusion!
« Reply #20 on: 22 February 2009, 09:19 »
have you also ordered the aerial adapter as that needs to convert from vw/fakra to iso

Yes mate - when I said radio adapter I meant aerial adapter.

Hopefully by next weekend they will have turned up and I can get it all fitted - just need to decide on a compactish sub/box/amp combo for the boot now.....  :undecided:

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Re: Help: MK5 aftermarket stereo wiring adapter confusion!
« Reply #21 on: 22 February 2009, 16:13 »
It looks as if all your questions have been answered.

Do you know what sort of sub / amp combo you are going to get? My Punch ones are reasonably compant. You could easily get away with having just one but Im greedy and wanted two lol :D


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Re: Help: MK5 aftermarket stereo wiring adapter confusion!
« Reply #22 on: 23 February 2009, 23:19 »
Not decided on Sub and amp yet - for 8 years, until I sold my last car with it installed, I had a Rockford punch 10" sub with punch amp, and it served me very well! Fantastic bass for such a small enclosed box.

There is so much out there on the market it's hard to work the best bargains - especially as I don't really want to spend over £200 for the lot. :grin:

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Re: Help: MK5 aftermarket stereo wiring adapter confusion!
« Reply #23 on: 24 February 2009, 10:17 »
Not decided on Sub and amp yet - for 8 years, until I sold my last car with it installed, I had a Rockford punch 10" sub with punch amp, and it served me very well! Fantastic bass for such a small enclosed box.

There is so much out there on the market it's hard to work the best bargains - especially as I don't really want to spend over £200 for the lot. :grin:

You are going to need to do some really hunting then. I was lucky and got my stuff for mates rates of a friend and got all that for £195 :)

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Re: Help: MK5 aftermarket stereo wiring adapter confusion!
« Reply #24 on: 25 February 2009, 23:33 »
Well after a recommendation off a mate I went and ordered this:

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/dynamics-pack-p-6530.html

My leads turned up today, this should be here tomorrow! :)

Now I just hope the weather on Sunday is nice cos I don't have a garage any more. :(

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Re: Help: MK5 aftermarket stereo wiring adapter confusion!
« Reply #25 on: 26 February 2009, 10:13 »
For £200 all in you cant really go wrong ! Good luck with the fitout on Sunday.

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Re: Help: MK5 aftermarket stereo wiring adapter confusion!
« Reply #26 on: 27 February 2009, 15:07 »
Well it all turned up at work - looks good for the money - now I just need to get it fitted - depending on the weather etc, and if I can't find one online already - I may take some pics and do a "How to guide for fitting a Sub into Golf GTi with minimal effort and not taking the whole car apart!!!" :)
« Last Edit: 28 February 2009, 11:28 by Emeye »

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Re: Help: MK5 aftermarket stereo wiring adapter confusion!
« Reply #27 on: 27 February 2009, 16:42 »
have u already got an afternarket head unit?

EDIT: yes u do :p
« Last Edit: 27 February 2009, 16:44 by SteveS »
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