I should have known better than to let my brother organise everything for his ICE install.
He wants to install a sub and seperates amps for the main speakers.
My bro had conveniently forgotten to get any signal leads - and instead had bought this absurd wiring kit with 4 AWG cable and a death-trap inline gold-plated fuseholder. Of course, this didn't include a power feed for the new head unit.
As to getting the old head unit out - he assured me that he knew how to do it. 'You just stick a credit card under the unit and it just pops out'. 'Umm. You sure? The last 3 cars we installed stuff in, the head-units screwed in under the fascia'. 2 hours of swearing later, the OEM head unit is still firmly in place.
Wiring kit came with such a short ground wire that it won't reach an existing ground point. That's when I realised a) We don't have any working HSS drill bits - I did eventually make a hole with a completely wrecked bit, but I blued it in the process, b) We've lost my Dad's old set of taps, and c) We don't have any machine screws, let alone self-tappers.
2 questions:
1) HTF do you get a head unit out of a VAG car (Seat)? It's got 2 little slots towards the bottom of the control panel, presumably you stick something in there - but I've never seen head units that don't screw in so i've no idea what to do, or even if you need a special tool to do it.
2) What am I going to do about grounding? I reckon I might just sick the dremel at the paint around my hole, and just hold the terminals on with a nut and bolt - not very elegant, but I suppose it would work. I wonder whether it would be easier just to make up a new ground lead and run it to somewhere ready made.
He wants to install a sub and seperates amps for the main speakers.
My bro had conveniently forgotten to get any signal leads - and instead had bought this absurd wiring kit with 4 AWG cable and a death-trap inline gold-plated fuseholder. Of course, this didn't include a power feed for the new head unit.
As to getting the old head unit out - he assured me that he knew how to do it. 'You just stick a credit card under the unit and it just pops out'. 'Umm. You sure? The last 3 cars we installed stuff in, the head-units screwed in under the fascia'. 2 hours of swearing later, the OEM head unit is still firmly in place.
Wiring kit came with such a short ground wire that it won't reach an existing ground point. That's when I realised a) We don't have any working HSS drill bits - I did eventually make a hole with a completely wrecked bit, but I blued it in the process, b) We've lost my Dad's old set of taps, and c) We don't have any machine screws, let alone self-tappers.
2 questions:
1) HTF do you get a head unit out of a VAG car (Seat)? It's got 2 little slots towards the bottom of the control panel, presumably you stick something in there - but I've never seen head units that don't screw in so i've no idea what to do, or even if you need a special tool to do it.
2) What am I going to do about grounding? I reckon I might just sick the dremel at the paint around my hole, and just hold the terminals on with a nut and bolt - not very elegant, but I suppose it would work. I wonder whether it would be easier just to make up a new ground lead and run it to somewhere ready made.
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