Katy Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Ok, so it's no Vortech Supercharger, but after only 11 days of ownership it is my first mod to Zed and I'm buggered if I'm going to keep it to myself Have ripped out ALL the old Bose audio and replaced it with a double-din Kenwood dnx7200 head unit, and Alpine speakers throughout (inc. steering wheel adapter). Connected up a reverse parking camera (to justify all the expense) and got myself a stubby aerial, thanks to Steve at Redline She sounds fantastic and is starting to feel like MY car now... Ooooh look, I can see my own rear bumper from the drivers seat! Novelty not worn off yet... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC350Z Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 and it begins looks good liking the rear view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansJD2112 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Looks good. What camera did you go for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14N Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Another confirmed case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 There's no hope now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Nice one, be careful though zeditis can be very expensive and it puts a permanent huge grin on your face which doctors cannot remove. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmarky Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Thats the same headunit I have, its a very good unit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 What camera did you go for? I got this one: http://www.soundevo.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=5769 Not the cheapest, but the clarity is amazing and supposedly guaranteed not to mist up when it's cold. I've already got parking sensors so TBH I only really put it in because I can, and the dash was out anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Looks really good. Did you wire it up to the steering wheel controls? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Very nice . . . . so whats next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Yes Pete, it's all wired up. Have unfortunately lost the phone function on the wheel but from research it doesn't look possible to keep that function alive with an aftermarket head unit? Someone correct me if I'm wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drysd4le Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Hi mate, are you running your new speakers with the standard amp or did you fit a new aftermarket amp as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Very nice . . . . so whats next Hopefully pay day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Hi mate, are you running your new speakers with the standard amp or did you fit a new aftermarket amp as well? I removed the Bose amp as it's designed to power their own 0.5 ohm speakers and the Alpine's are 4 ohm. Luckily the head unit has got an amp built in (four channel x 50W max power) which is now running the front and rear speakers. For the time being I've left it at that, mainly 'cause I couldn't justify another £500+ for the five channel amp I wanted! Personally, it's fine for me although I think a bigger amp would make a noticeable difference. Still need to play with the levels of everything to get it spot on. Guess it depends whether you want to blow the windows out or just listen to your favourite tunes with decent clarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parello9 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 thats a nice headunit got a link to where you got it? need to get one really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Looking good, reminds me to get off my lazy backside and get my speakers swapped out. Prolly gonna do what you did and just wire the speakers straight to HU with a seperate sub with its own amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) Thanks Bullet, but beware - once you've got a half decent sub behind your seat you might wish you had the crappy Bose sub back again! Or a boot rebuild to put the f**ker somewhere else. Cranked it up earlier and nearly blew myself clean through the windscreen... Maybe I've just got the frequency far too low?? Edited June 29, 2013 by Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 thats a nice headunit got a link to where you got it? need to get one really Mine's an old HU from my last car. Think they're up to the DNX8220 now... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kenwood-DNX-8220BT-CD-Receiver-Navigation-Bluetooth/dp/B0018BL1KI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Thanks Bullet, but beware - once you've got a half decent sub behind your seat you might wish you had the crappy Bose sub back again! Or a boot rebuild to put the f**ker somewhere else. Cranked it up earlier and nearly blew myself clean through the windscreen... Maybe I've just got the frequency far too low?? yeah, got an old Bazooka Tube I wanna re-use for now.That would then leave the old sub location free for future amp upgrades. Thinking of using the space behind the rear speakers for a box build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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