VT stock H/U to Kenwood Single DIN

[bpottz]

can anyone run through the process on how to go about this?

i know i have to get a single din spacer, and im assuming the plugs on the back will be different and will need either a converter plug or something.

will this effect the electric arial at all?

how do i remove the stock unit? i have heard somewhere about putting coat hangers in the holes or something :S

any hints/tips/comments would be great as i have never swapped a head unit over but wanting to give it a shot myself.

[SAV_117]

yeah it will affect the arial in the berlina im not sure but in the calais areial goes up and down if its either radio or cd wit aftermarket radio just stays up yeah put 4 coat hanger bits in the holes or but te removal tools i think phreddy said he found it easier with the coat hangers there is a thread on here wit pictures of what he uses ill try and find it and yeah wiring loom is the converter plug lol

[bpottz]

yeah with berlinas the arial goes down when your playing cd and goes up when you switch to AM/FM, i will rarely be running radio, so i dont really care if it doesnt go up electrically (it gets stuck and clicks anyway), i can always yank it up by hand if i need it haha.

how does a coathanger pull it out? does it push a little button at the back or something that makes it pop out?

[SAV_117]

no it will be up the wholeeee time arial that is umm yeah they kinda push these clips in and pull them away from eachother example driver side ones toward driver side door and u pull out