Double Din With Stalk Adaptor Fit With Pics

[rojtatton]

hi

this is my little project with pics.

replacing 2007 rds, wiring may be different on other models you have been warned!

mk1 galaxy only. mine is an early 2000 pre facelift.

 

stuff required

your head unit :unsure:

iso adaptor, be carefull with this.

double din cage

stalk adaptor, you will need to order this from an auto electrical clarion dealer (dents in burton on trent, dale street)

 

this is what it should look like when finished :)

 

 

ok to start.

remove the little tray under radio.

disconnect battery negative wire. (black one)

remove the radio using the remover tools or as i did specially bent wire.

remove climate control unit, this does take some getting out, look underneath theres a clip as well.

remove plugs from climate control and put the climate control in a safe place.

undo screws and remove wood effect bezel.

undo screws for black plastic frame and tilt towards you, disconnect plugs.

you should now have the plastic frame out.

 

carefully cut middle plastic tray out.

 

inside car, there is a metal U shaped bracket. this has 2 plastic clips holding wires onto the back.

carefully push clips through so they are no longer connected to bracket.

 

get a hammer and chisel

 

 

arrows show where bracket used to be and wire with plastic clips.

 

attack the bracket at 1 end where the welds are, when cut it loose bend back and forth to break other end.

throw bracket away :)

 

ok now put plastic frame back in and reconnect the switches.

 

insert double din frame(see above photo mines already in). these can be specific to radio so beware (mine was a clarion item so matched radio).

do the usual and bend the metal tangs down where ever possible to secure it.

 

replace wood effect bezel.

replace climate control.

 

bit of a side trip now for stalk adaptor.

clarion RCE-105w fits pre facelift not cheap at about

[teresa]

wow someones been busy :unsure:

[Guest 3.5bullet]

very good post :unsure: but does that head unit do anything really special ?

[steve67car]

i would have used std ford to iso(galaxy one if req) and done away with the factory amp

why i hear you ask

simply the replacement head unit out put is between 40 and 60 watts per channel the factory amp is about 17 watts

also connects 2 have a stearing remote adpt for about

[rojtatton]

its a 6 disc cd/mp3/wma player as well as a radio :16:

also its clarion ce-net so when i need anything else i can plug it in.

i.e dvd multi,cd multi ,mini disc ,sat nav, dab tuner etc

 

i didnt know you could bypass the amp, may still do this. is it a standard iso lead plugge into the amp?

 

makes my ears bleed at low volume now anyway :)

 

rojtatton

[steve67car]

will be ether std ford to iso or galaxy/escort cossie to iso due to the speaker connector being difro