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General Information => Upgrades (non engine related ) => Topic started by: mainer on April 23, 2006, 05:33:59 pm

Title: Time for the radio to move over for the gagues
Post by: mainer on April 23, 2006, 05:33:59 pm

With the grease conversion going in next weekend(picked up parts this weekend) I needed a place to put my fuel level and water temp gague. I dove into the project head first at about 2:00, I didn't come up for air untill it was done at 6:00. Took longer than I wanted but came out nice. I did loose my ash tray and ligher, but I'll relocate my lighter and I never did use the ash tray.

First 2 pics are of the radio sitting in the dash. It wouldn't go in any more, I have a cd changer and an amp hooked up so there just wasn't room for it to go back.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/mainer/jetta/radioinstal001.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/mainer/jetta/radioinstal002.jpg)

I than removed the center console, unhooking the lighter. I removed the ash tray, and cut the lighter socket out. At this point there is no turning back. I couldn't figure out how the lighter slid out so I cut the damn things out. Using a sawsall I cut my opening. Cutting it a little small. I used a wood file to make the radio fit just right. I sanded down the corners to get the burrs off them.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/mainer/jetta/radioinstal003.jpg)

I slid the radio in to make sure it fit snug and wouldn't rattle around.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/mainer/jetta/radioinstal004.jpg)


Next pic is just a test run. I wanted to make sure it was going to all go into place in the car. Put it in, no problem with room. I had nothing hooked up, just testing it.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/mainer/jetta/radioinstal005.jpg)

I used 14 gague wire, a bit over kill but had it laying around, to make the jump from the orginal radio hole to the new one. I stuck it in the back of  dash. I just pulled on each wire to make sure I was hooking it up to the correct wire. I did nothing with the antena, it didn't work before. I plan on getting shot one and putting it in the dash.

I have no gagues to put in yet, and I dont have the adapter to hold them yet. But below are the installed pics of the radio.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/mainer/jetta/radioinstal007.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/mainer/jetta/radioinstal006.jpg)

Sitting in the driver seat my knee covers the button to turn it up and down, but I'm also 6'4". A shorter person might not have that problem. Came out nice, but was a pain in the butt!!!



I'm still looking for a place to get the 3 gague insert for the old radio hole. If you know of a place on the net let me know!!!!


I looked high and low for a write up on how to do this and couldn'd find one. I couldn't even find a picture of the finished product, so i did my own. Let me know what you think of it.

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Title: Time for the radio to move over for the gagues
Post by: hillfolk'r on April 23, 2006, 08:27:38 pm

um,i got a guage radio replacement piece(guages where radio was) look for "new south performance"i got one in my a2,,it has a smoothside and a textured side,to whatever you like,,,,,only thing that sucked is it was about 20clams,goes right in, looks "tight", like the kids say :shock:http://www.newsouthperformance.com/dinpanel.htm