Sideshowfreds GTI - Stereo Upgrade :-)

[sideshowfred]

Well it's taken me a fair while fore anything more to happen with my car. After ChristmasIi had some spare cash lying about so decided to put it towards a Rieger front spoiler. Took two weeks to arrive and decided to fit it in the snow yesterday. Really pleased with how it looks though


IMG414 by sideshowfred1990, on Flickr

Bumper off, decided to do the swap indoors 


IMG422 edit by sideshowfred1990, on Flickr

IMG 422 edit by sideshowfred1990, on Flickr

[arthur]

looks smart!

[sideshowfred]

Cheers, well my next mod arrived last night. I only bought it because my engine cover and mounting points decided to break. So I thought I ought to upgrade it whilst I had the chance 


IMG444 by sideshowfred1990, on Flickr

Really pleased with it so far. Only fitted it this morning mind.

[sideshowfred]

Been a while since much happened to this so these are the latest things. Firstly back in March i decided i was bored of the carbon wrapped badges and satin black grill. So i bought some gloss black vinyl and set to work. The badges came out really good but the grill was very poorly painted and looks awful close up but it'll do for now.


IMG475 by sideshowfred1990, on Flickr   

After my birthday in April I had some spare cash kicking about and decided I wanted a new gear knob. The Forge one was the best looking one I found although the price put me off a little! But I bought one anyway and 2 days in i'm not regretting it  excuse the crappy phone pics and chewing gum wrapper


IMG628 by sideshowfred1990, on Flickr

Forge Gear Knob by sideshowfred1990, on Flickr

Next plans are for some lowering springs but i've got to book my holiday to Oz this weekend so may be a few months before anything else gets done.

[Adriano]

no good air filter need wall because get hot air... and loss of power

[sideshowfred]

Been a while since i've posted in here as to be honest not a great deal has happened. Thought i'd just give the thread a quick update though. Main real change is the stereo that arrived last week. Admittedly it's not the best unit out there but for the £160 it cost me i'm more than happy with it. Also the sat nav seems pretty decent which was a surprise!




Other small changes are some floor mats with red edging and gti seat inserts





hoping to get some more bits done soon 

[Jaywoo-GTI]

Any info on the headunit,  I am looking to get something like that for the Mrs's Audi

[sideshowfred]

Any info on the headunit,  I am looking to get something like that for the Mrs's Audi

what sort of info you after dude?

[Jaywoo-GTI]

Was it new or second hand? general opinion of it, Pro's/Con's,
Just trying to do a bit of research on them first before deciding on one of them over a genuine unit.

[sideshowfred]

was brand new and arrived quickly as it was in the uk. Opinion of it so far is that it's really good. Especially considering how much it cost in comparison to a genuine unit. it can be a bit slow to read a disc sometimes. Only real problem i've found so far is that the fit wasn't mm perfect, but tbh it's only on the corners it's a bit tight and as i said, for the money i think that's fair.

Only real issue i can see for the future is updates for the maps on the navigation part. but i'll deal with that when it comes to it and it comes up with a web address in the info bit anyway so can always try there.

Hope this helps!

[Jaywoo-GTI]

Sounds good where did you purchase it from, Do you have a link?

[sideshowfred]

Got it from this ebay shop. Paid a bit more to get one that was at a UK warehouse but thought this a safer bet as the last thing i bought from Hong Kong never turned up! http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/erisin-eu

[AndyBrown]

I'm debating getting one of those CD players.
What are the like? Any problems since you've had yours?

[sideshowfred]

no real problems so far other than very occasionally the unit will stop playing a cd for no reason. It only seems to do it on really warm days though so might just be it's getting a bit hot and cutting out to save itself. Used the sat nav to guide me a few weeks ago and was really impressed by it! Sorted out routes nice and quickly, gave plenty of warnings and re-calculated quickly too.

Radio signal seems to be the only problem, doesn't seem to search for signal when it looses it, just makes white noise and you have to adjust manually but doesn't really bother me as i only really listen to cd's anyway.

[lukemk5gti]

When you were spraying the lights, how did you get a perfect circle with the masking tape. Is it just a case of a steady hand?

Where did you pick up your front spitter? It looks great!!