ostego Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) So my zed has had a tough week... it had about 5 hours of mechanical work done on it last Monday, so i thought I'd give it a treat on Saturday. Had Toby from Shocks Away come over early on Saturday morning, and after 2 hours, with a couple of fag and coffee breaks, he fitted this lovely new pioneer head unit to rid me of the archaic BOSE cassette player! He also tidied up some of the wiring i had put in place for my dash cam, and made everything just a whole lot neater! Lovely to have a lot more orange around the dash now, and a HU that better suits the car Am very impressed with the fitting, and his knowledge about the set up, and it was all done for a very reasonable price! We discussed what he could do further with regards to upgrading the subwoofer, and that'll be next on my shopping list once i find some more money! After the stereo was all sorted, I took it to a local tyre specialist who freed up some seized dust caps for me for free... but also pointed out my 2 rear tyres were quite worn.... and gave me a lovely quote of around £200 per tyre, that was a bummer. Figuring I'll leave the tyres till the april MOT and try and source some cheaper but good quality ones elsewhere... i proceeded to halfords to buy some more car wax and microfibre pads, after stopping by argos to buy a pressure washer! After a play around with the pressure washer.... and only noticing how powerful the jet was after fully spraying my car, and spending 30 minutes worried I had torn off the clear coat, I realized how to change the pressure settings, and assessed that the clearcoat was fine having let it dry, and then proceeded to give it a good shampoo followed by a wax. With everything clean, I then finally brought out the touch up paint, which I've been so terrified to use just out of fear it won't blend to clear up some stone chip marks. Having done a test, with good results, i touched up a couple more stone chips, which now look a hell of a lot better and are only noticable on close inspection, and before i knew it, it was dark outside! All in all though a happy Saturday for my Zed! EDIT : to cement the fact i shall never lay hands on a cassette again, if anyone wants a free AUXILLIARY to CASSETTE thingy (cost £15 from halfords), just PM me and I'll post it to you all free of charge! First come first serve! Edited March 10, 2014 by ostego 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Nice head unit. £200 per tyre though! Please tell me that wasn't for just the standard rear 245/45/18's? If it was which make was that as Michelin Pilot Super Sports from Funky Tyres are about £50 per tyre cheaper and they are great tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Nice install but what will you do with you're cassettes now !! Donate them to a museum ?? Edited March 10, 2014 by GIXXERUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostego Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Nice head unit. £200 per tyre though! Please tell me that wasn't for just the standard rear 245/45/18's? If it was which make was that as Michelin Pilot Super Sports from Funky Tyres are about £50 per tyre cheaper and they are great tyres. Not the normal rays.... flashy 19" wide ones, 275/35/R19 i believe.... apparently it is £128 per tyre for the "budget" version, and £200+ for the current ones on it .... so looking at getting mid range versions! Didnt think about tyre expense when buying the car! In response to GIXXERUK.... I shall do nothing with my cassettes.... but thinking of it I do have a good quality Griffin (i think) Auxilliary to Cassette tape adapter! Cost me £15 from Halfords! If anyone wants it for free... just let me know and I'll post it out! Have loads of first class stamps lying about so can have it for completely free! Edited March 10, 2014 by ostego Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirag1988 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Nice head unit. £200 per tyre though! Please tell me that wasn't for just the standard rear 245/45/18's? If it was which make was that as Michelin Pilot Super Sports from Funky Tyres are about £50 per tyre cheaper and they are great tyres. Not the normal rays.... flashy 19" wide ones, 275/35/R19 i believe.... apparently it is £128 per tyre for the "budget" version, and £200+ for the current ones on it .... so looking at getting mid range versions! Didnt think about tyre expense when buying the car! In response to GIXXERUK.... I shall do nothing with my cassettes.... but thinking of it I do have a good quality Griffin (i think) Auxilliary to Cassette tape adapter! Cost me £15 from Halfords! If anyone wants it for free... just let me know and I'll post it out! Have loads of first class stamps lying about so can have it for completely free! I'll have it! PM'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RafsZed Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I used Toby to fit my reversing sensors, did a great job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostego Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 Nice head unit. £200 per tyre though! Please tell me that wasn't for just the standard rear 245/45/18's? If it was which make was that as Michelin Pilot Super Sports from Funky Tyres are about £50 per tyre cheaper and they are great tyres. Not the normal rays.... flashy 19" wide ones, 275/35/R19 i believe.... apparently it is £128 per tyre for the "budget" version, and £200+ for the current ones on it .... so looking at getting mid range versions! Didnt think about tyre expense when buying the car! In response to GIXXERUK.... I shall do nothing with my cassettes.... but thinking of it I do have a good quality Griffin (i think) Auxilliary to Cassette tape adapter! Cost me £15 from Halfords! If anyone wants it for free... just let me know and I'll post it out! Have loads of first class stamps lying about so can have it for completely free! I'll have it! PM'd Will post it out to you tomorrow mate. Should be with you on thursday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirag1988 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Lovely - thanks mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meeerrrk Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Nice work, it looks like you went for the same headunit as me, x3500dab or something? Even so, looks great and seems as though your happy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostego Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 Its the X2600BT. Ran in to a bit of a snag though.... seems it dumps the Database it builds of MP3s stored on the USB every time the car is turned off! Have phoned pioneer and have various things i need to run through.... it could either be the yellow 12v cable not done properly, which i doubt as it remembers my bluetooth and time, or it not writing the database to the USB stick correctly! Is annoying me.... knew nothing was ever simple with the zed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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