And they said it couldn't be done!

[tungsten_vx]

Well I'm finally finished! After 3 long weeks of patiently working away in the corner of the shed I have finished my audio install.

Now before you get all excited and think of a massive 20 speaker sound system that you can hear from 500km away, I'm talking about factory audio install. Yes I have completed installing a blaupunkt headunit from a VY into my VX. Not as difficult as I first thought but a bit of a pain none the less.

I know your all probably thinking why would you do it! Well I personally think the sound quality out of the Blaupunkt is a drastic improvement on the Eurovox, and it had phone integration and still looks reasonably stock looking. Plus I got the head unit cheap from Ebay!! My intention in the long term is to upgrade to a 6 Stacker in dash when I find one for the right price. The single cd was simply a cheapie to get the mechanics sorted out.

Anyway it wasn't too difficult with most of the time dedicated to making the facia fit reasonably snug around the dash. I have attached some pics which I took along the way but unfortunately I kept forgetting to take more.











The end result I think looks pretty good and I'm happy with the audio side of things. Even got my car kit hooked up so the sound comes through the speakers. I had alot of fun ripping bits and pieces out of the car although the better half did get a bit worried when she heard the angle grinder starting up.

Only thing left to do is get the steering wheel controls sorted out and I think I've nearly got that nutted out. Hopefully later this week I will be able to get them going. They do require some rewiring as the resistors and the layout of the circuit is different between the VX and VY ones.

Anyway I am happy to give out more information if anyone wants it. I guess whether its worth it or not is up to the individual. I did take the time while I had the car apart to install some LED's into the Aircon, Mode Switch, Dash etc but that was just because I had it apart. Not happy with the dash ones as they are too dull and I need to file the tops off to get more even distribution. But thats a job for another day!

Anyway hope you like it!

 

[azkwazere]

Good work mate!

Excellent job, thought you would have had more trouble with the BCM crap in the later model cars but well done. Love it when someone does something a little different!

Nice mod, looks stock and very well intergrated.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

aZk.

 

[slidways]

also have to say job well done only question i have is i c u used expander foam around the vy headunit and vt dash facia im guessing this was just a template then u used fibreglass to fill over the foam and dissolved the foam wif sum sort of liqiud possiblely metho or turps plz correct me if this isnt wot u did

 

[tungsten_vx]

Yeah your right about that - it was just as a mould. This is probably the only thing I wouldnt recommend as the fibreglass resin doesn't stick to the foam very well at all. Had a great deal of difficulty getting it to work and it turned out alright but could have been better.

If I was to do it again I would probably use that Selley's Knead It stuff because I think it would be easier than mucking around with fibreglass and stuff but nevermind.

Thanks for the comments guys!! And if anyone has a VY/VZ 6 Stacker they want to offload let me know!

Thanks

 

[hkmonaro68]

Nice work, it looks like it was factory fitted.

 

[minux]

lol, no offence but why not just get a nice headunit in there? All the standard ones look ugly

Good fitting though

 

[tungsten_vx]

Why not put a decent one in there? Because I like a challenge!!!

No I just wanted something that looked stock, and I was told by the better half that I could only change it if the steering wheel controls still worked. So I am under the pump to get them up and running. I think I have it sorted out, I just was short one resistor the other night so I picked them up today and will probably finish the wiring side tonight then install them again tomorrow and see if they work.

I don't know why holden insist on changing things all the time just enough to make it a pain!! The steering wheel controls are basically the same between VX & VY but they use slightly different resistors and just slightly different circuits. The good news is that they are adaptable by just a little bit of rearranging of the existing circuit board - or so I think!

Will let you know for sure once its installed later on.

Thanks for the comments guys.

 

[Trevor 062]

Good job...Are you thinking of selling your VX unit..

 

[WinterVX]

looks good man, just need to see if you can change the display on the unit
to red aswel, and would set off real nice. :yeah:

 

[tungsten_vx]

The VX Unit is for sale on ebay at the moment - see here http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4652685142&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

As far as the display goes I am actually going to do the display in Blue when I can get hold of some Blue surface mount LED's. I thought a red display might be a little bit hard on the eyes so I did my LCD on my speedo in blue and the needles/numbers in red and I thought I would do the same with the radio. However I havent been able to track down any blue surface mount led's locally so I think it will be a direct from hong kong ebay special.

Thanks