Mk2 Factory Install Radio?

[mattneck(Beavis)]

Hey hannah, if you can find it that would be absolutely ace 

Unfortunately I'm not gonig to be at either, i'm not doing anything like that this year at all, maybe next though.. What would postage damage be do you think? If you're willing to pacakge it up and that?

[Adam_C]

howdy fella this is the bad boy you need



was in my GTi when i bought it.

[mattneck(Beavis)]

Excellent! Thanks for the pic!

Is that what you have Han? I have cash waiting for posting etc if you are happy to 

Saying that, where are you based? I'm Bristol..

Edit: Profiles, of course. Yorkshire, maybe a bit too far to pop up for a radio 

[Adam_C]

no worries fella if han doesnt sell it to you mate then im happy too because i still have mine laying about somewhere.

[mattneck(Beavis)]

Excellent, cheers adam 

Must get pics of mine up soon, it's been gonig through many stages of work though.. and looks a lil silly atm on axel stands at the front!

[Adam_C]

yeah you must get some pics up mate, send JV a PM asking him to set up a project page for you and start posting in there about what you have been up to with your beast. i would like to see and im sure other people would too. 

[mattneck(Beavis)]

Wickd, i'll do that, i'll also post on my blog about it to 

[mattneck(Beavis)]

I was jsut aobut to as about PM's but I read the thing about usage and it says 10 posts, and I need only one more, so I'm being cheeky 

[GTI EDITION (aka LTD)]

I used to work in a VW dealership from 84 onwards and all new mk2s and other VWs and Audis that I PDI'd were supplied to us from VW/Audi didn't come with any radios just a blanking piece fitted where the radio would normally be.
Over the years we fitted as a 'dealer fit' Blaupunkt, Panasonic, Pioneer, Sony which needed fitting kits/surrounds that matched the shape of the mk2 dash properly. ( some dealers didn't bother and The fitment looked cr@p  )
When I questioned this I was told by one of the salesmen that it was because *VW UK didn't want to pay VW/Audi Germany's prices for Radios*.

VW's and Audi's that came from Europe and not via the UK VW/Audi dealerships seemed to have factory fitted radios as they were different spec and matched the dashes better.

* this is what I was told at the time but it may not be true  *

[mattneck(Beavis)]

Dooh! I had a panasonic which does have the license palte and the word RYDER wrote on it.. but the balance on it was stuffed, I need to test the car with a different radio I'm sure works as the elft side is funny atm, multi meter time I think.. I work with PA normally, so I've got the knowledge there, but I hear car audio is whole different world