EMPEG and a STi8
28 February 2003, 04:39 PM
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Folks,
My brother is having his empeg fitted to his new sti8... however there is a problem. The unit will not fit through the aperture... the subaru silver dash surround is too small.
Other head units tend to have a plastic clip on surround that can be left off, and hence would fit through the aperture. We have the 1din blank that turns the 2din into a 1 din for the head unit and a small storage area.
Anyone else had similar problems? is it just a matter of filing down the silver subaru dash surround? This will probably look really bad
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Richie.
My brother is having his empeg fitted to his new sti8... however there is a problem. The unit will not fit through the aperture... the subaru silver dash surround is too small.
Other head units tend to have a plastic clip on surround that can be left off, and hence would fit through the aperture. We have the 1din blank that turns the 2din into a 1 din for the head unit and a small storage area.
Anyone else had similar problems? is it just a matter of filing down the silver subaru dash surround? This will probably look really bad
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Richie.
28 February 2003, 06:14 PM
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If the EMPEG's got the tuner module , I will do an straight swap for a brand new silver DIN-sized HD/tuner that has a removable surround and a removable HD with USB2.0 connectivity.
I'm starting a museum of car mp3 devices
Note to Chiark: is this sufficiently plugless for you?
[Edited by 12LEE - 2/28/2003 6:14:58 PM]
I'm starting a museum of car mp3 devices
Note to Chiark: is this sufficiently plugless for you?
[Edited by 12LEE - 2/28/2003 6:14:58 PM]
01 March 2003, 06:27 PM
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I have a Riocar (Empeg) and a Nakamichi MB-75 fitted in my STi7. The fitter said it was a very tight fit with the Riocar on top of the MB-75 and he had to file the aperture. Once the Riocar is in you do not notice this at all.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
02 March 2003, 09:29 PM
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Cheers for the info peeps. Better get a new set of files then... just hope it doesnt turn out to be a mess.
also.. I cant even pry the empeg from my brothers hands... perhaps i'll have to put a pc in the boot.... hmmm
Richie.
also.. I cant even pry the empeg from my brothers hands... perhaps i'll have to put a pc in the boot.... hmmm
Richie.
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Here we go peeps, one happy chappy Sorry you guys missed out on the sale of my Empeg 
Two hours of drillin', trimmin', and it fits like a glove. Could have gone 2mm higher but its not worth the trouble. You can see from the piccies that the cage is approx 1 cms wider+higher than a 1din unit.
The lower din is the SECS from here just incase you were wondering
~Jules
Sorry you guys missed out on the sale of my Empeg Two hours of drillin', trimmin', and it fits like a glove. Could have gone 2mm higher but its not worth the trouble. You can see from the piccies that the cage is approx 1 cms wider+higher than a 1din unit.
The lower din is the SECS from here just incase you were wondering
~Jules
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