VT Factory Head Units

[Tasmaniak]

LMAO My wife is currently in the US with my daughter so I keep in contact and chat with her of a nighttime when she gets up in the morning. As such, I have about three different commodore forums open at the same time...plus a HUGE cup of coffee beside me

 

[Tasmaniak]

240 Volt crossover? Mate, you've got me there....I've never heard of them in all my years installing them....explain the purpose of it to me....

 

[savage1987]

no i may have this entirely wrong as i have no idea what i'm talking about and a crossover is probably something else altogether

i'm talking about the show cars that run a power cable up under the car to run their audio/entertainment systems.

 

[Tasmaniak]

ahhh....I get it. Do you intend to show your vehicle? The 240-12 Volt convertors are extremely expensive. Not really worth it at all.

 

[savage1987]

ultimately yes i want a show car
but prolly not my first car

not ruling anything out yet though


cheers
and how expensive are those convertors... and how much other electrics are involved??

 

[Tasmaniak]

They are simply a box with two terminals on the front to hook up a positive and a negative and run it straight into your car, but disconnect the battery first

Jaycar sell one that is rated a small 30amps and it's about 400 from memory.

 

[Tasmaniak]

Goto www.jaycar.com.au
use the "keyword search" in the left hand column and search for this... MP3090

It's 13.8Volt regulated power supply and is rated at 40Amps not the 30 that I originally quoted. It's $399 Retail. If you have an ABN I suggest that you register with a company called Electus they are the Jaycars distributor and you will be able to purchase the power supply for around 300.

 

[Dave82]

Definitly a cd player will have better quality and a vt head unit wont go into a vn cause it is a big unit. Personally i would go with pioneer for quality and good prices.

 

[savage1987]

Definitly a cd player will have better quality and a vt head unit wont go into a vn cause it is a big unit. Personally i would go with pioneer for quality and good prices.

could i rip out that stupid moulded hole below the head unit in the vn to make room for the vt unit??
actually now that i think of it the vt one would look like **** in the vn dash... too black and too smooth and nice looking...

ok with putting in a big stereo is it worth putting in a voltage meter and possibly a bigger better alternator?? or are these a waste of money?

cheers
sam

 

[Tasmaniak]

Depends on what you mean by using a bigger stereo.....?

You won't know really until you get the system in and check things your headlights for dimming. But honestly? I would use a stiffening capacitor before upgrading alternator and battery(s)