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Aerotop Dave
12-02-04, 20:03
I'm quite fond of my Pioneer in my 200SX and wouldn't mind fitting it to my Supra, but as it's only a single DIN what do I put in the other slot?
I bought a universal 'pocket' to fill the hole - should be able to pick one up from any old car audio store. It hold a couple of CD's and all your little bits n' bobs. Looks nice and neat too!
However, I have just procured a Blitz SBD-ID3 and Powermeter, so those will soon be filling up the spare slot I should imagine :cool:
Cheers, J :p
toyotasuprauk
12-02-04, 20:32
This isnt the best picture but gives you an idea of what the pocket looks like if you havent seen one before.
Dave,
If you do a search :p this has been covered quite a bit :p
;)
I put a thread up a few months back after doing mine:
http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12953&highlight=autoleads
Hope that helps :D
I fitted one of those DIN pockets too. It's rubbish! My minidiscs land on the back seat when I accelerate :cool:
James.
James is right. Any loose items in the pocket will become irritating and potentially dangerous projectiles. Best leave it empty.
Toyota do a good selection of DIN sized hole fillers - a 'shelf' with a lip on the front to stop stuff falling out, a blanking plate with 'Toyota' embosed onto it, cup holders that spring out at the touch of a button, CD / Mini Disk holders and so on....
I also posted a bit of info in this thread (http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9834) too - I like the triple gauge idea but I have a pile of other Toyota items at home too for when the time comes, I tend to source them from scrapyards.
Patrick_Devlin
13-02-04, 09:08
Originally posted by trooper
Any loose items in the pocket will become...potentially dangerous projectiles.
LOL The thought of having to duck as a packet of Polos flies from the slot and nearly decapitates the passenger!!! :D
Originally posted by trooper
James is right. Any loose items in the pocket will become irritating and potentially dangerous projectiles. Best leave it empty.
Anti Slip mat - works a treat ;)
Soonto"HAS"soop
13-02-04, 12:27
Originally posted by HISUPE
Anti Slip mat - works a treat ;)
SBC-ID III and a Powermeter ID works better! :p :p
Ben..
Would an Apexi RSM fit in there...or maybe a Greddy turbo timer...?
Coz i may take my blanker out and put something in there instead.
Originally posted by Soonto"HAS"soop
SBC-ID III and a Powermeter ID works better! :p :p
Ben..
sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon ;) :p
Originally posted by mcanny
Toyota do a good selection of DIN sized hole fillers - a 'shelf' with a lip on the front to stop stuff falling out,
Ive got this one...and it keeps the stuff tucked in there...but every now and then my cellphone might come flying if im a little too eager around som corners! :D
Originally posted by mcanny
a blanking plate with 'Toyota' embosed onto it,
Hideous! ....i cant understand why Toyota still use these awfull blanking plates insted of the pocket?!
Originally posted by mcanny
cup holders that spring out at the touch of a button,
Cup holder? from Toyota? hmm... ;)
Originally posted by mcanny
CD / Mini Disk holders and so on....
yuck :cool:
@lpher
When I first got my supra it had little drawers in the bottom DIN pocket labelled CARD, COINS and SPARE. I assumed that was from Japan as I haven't seen anything similar in this country.
Did anyone elses supra have one of those? It was quite good so I might actually put it back in :)
James.
Here's a picture of it. It was FREE BOX not SPARE :)
http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~jamesg/gallery/dash/120_2089_IMG
James.
Aerotop Dave
14-02-04, 10:23
Interesting. What's that little red nipple by the ashtray btw?
Soonto"HAS"soop
14-02-04, 10:35
Originally posted by 200SX Boy
Interesting. What's that little red nipple by the ashtray btw?
Probably the alarm light.
Ben..
Originally posted by 200SX Boy
Interesting. What's that little red nipple by the ashtray btw?
I just tweaked it a bit too hard.
James.
I've tried to attach a picture of what I did hope it works.
Basic Kenwood kit, I buit the sorround at work from vacumm formed plastic, it took ages to get right.
Later
Shane
toyotasuprauk
19-02-04, 12:38
Two head units? Looks very nice though.
Originally posted by toyotasuprauk
Two head units? Looks very nice though.
Cheers!
The top is the headunit.
The bottom is an advanced graphic for fine tuning the audio ouput, lots of filter settings and other stuff, including cycling equaliser patterns that look good in the dark.
Later
Shane
Again I ask would an Apexi RSM fit in there...or maybe a Greddy turbo timer...?
Coz if it does, I may take the blanking plate out and put the RSM in its place.
I've got a RSM in mine. It will fit, but it's just a little bit too tall to fit easily. It also doesn't really have any easy way of mounting it - you'll have to make up some kind of bracket. I actually used one of those Halfords pocket things and some aluminium plate sprayed black to make some end plates. The hide away part of the RSM lives in the pocket part if you see what I mean.
Here's a pic. I couldn't be arsed to put the front of the stereo on :)
Patrick_Devlin
20-02-04, 11:55
Will the SAFC-II fit in there?
I keep this in mine....
http://www.internetwork.org.uk/dash5.jpg
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