stereo and avcr

anyone had any fitting problems with the stereos in pulsars? looks like some of my centre console has been cut away to allow the cd player to fit and missing the plastic surround you usually get with a cd player (makes the cd player look nicer in my opinon)

also wondering how much of a piss about it is to have an avcr in where my centre heater vents are? and if there is a bracket or something used for this?

Thanks

Unsure about cd player mate however avcr in heater isnt too bad just takes a little time and patience

is there a holder made for it or do i have to make one up? i just dunno how i would go about securing it in properly

Not that i know of bud i make made my own last time

My car had a tape player in it when I got it and it was held in with two metal brackets which I was able to bolt to new cd player to secure it in place.

this is how a stereo is usualy mounted on a n14.

apexi do make an on dash holder for them which just sticks on your dashboard or wherever.
think I have a spare one somewhere

no i dont mean the holder, i dont really fancy it hanging about on top of my dash id prefer it to be put somewhere that looks like it should be there and i seen one where the centre vents are and love it

Gl3nnGTIR wrote:Not that i know of bud i make made my own last time

how did you go about securing it nicely inside the vents?

I just used fiber glass on one and another i cut a piece of carbon fiber cut it tight push avcr in from rear its never moved.

Mine is an afc in there instead but the same idea,also not the quickest way either

I cant remember exactly but it was something like this...

Remove the vents and any plastic (if there even is any?) around the entire opening so what ever you put in there sits flush against it.

I then used an old glovebox front for the slight contour I think, then heat gunned it to shape a little bit then cut to fit afc and dash.

Then brought a thin flexible sheet of carbon and cut to shape again and epoxy resined it to a well scuffed glovebox part above.

Then siliconed the afc into the tight fitting hole, and siliconed into the dash.

I also glued apart over the old heater vent hole aswell as it can get hot behind there.

Things I would of done different is proberly used a better quality bit of carbon with maybe a 2x2 weave instead.

If I remember right I think the avcr fits better in the 3 gauge hole,i think the lip around the empty gauge hole almost clips into the join/seam around the middle of the avcr  holding in place,or I think it did on mine.
I think I may have still siliconed it in but then you only have to make 2 small pieces to fill the rest of the hole in.

Then sod of the stereo and fit the 3 gauges in there,which once again I think almost just pushes/wedges   in there quite nice on its own with out any brackets.

Heres some pics..





The join where the 2 parts are epoxyed together,took a while for the glue to set and need pegging together with some strong clips but seems to be holding fine.

pretty nice job mate

Yep that does look pretty smart ... top job is that 

looks awesome thanks

Sad fact is I have never used the afc for anything other than a moniter always planned on getting it setup but never did, and proberly never will.

The basic knock moniter is quite handy though if setup well. 

yeah the main problem is i dunno where else 2 apexi devices could go, so the way you done it seems logical

Looks great I must say