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Finally got the Mk2 interior into Elsie the Mk1 VVC .............................. mostly. Still have some snagging to do.


However the previous owner had some sort of Kenwood system installed. This was removed along with the speakers. Know it was Kenwood as there is a remote attached to the steering wheel. The problem is that there is so much extra wiring and connectors the std ISO ones seem to have been removed and this mess spliced in. Why do they do this this is the second Mk1 with this problem as Blue 33 also has the ISO connectors missing and a bunch of extra connectors for the Pioneer stereo she has.

The new speakers arrived Monday morning but until the head unit can be fitted there is not much point in fitting them.

Also have moved the T-Bar over from the MY1000 trim VVC donor but of course Elsie has not wiring for the T-Bar speakers. I assume I can run wires and connect to the rear outlets on the Sony DSX-100 unit I am using?

Is it possible that a cd auto changer link like this
http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-GRID000053
Will be colour coded cable wise to whats left of the existing cabling?
So you at least have a start point?

Will try to get photos in the morning (daylight). Weather depending have to remove door card for cleaning and fitting of speakers. Think I can managed that. Oh have to run into town first for a crimping tool and exchange a duff can of underseal. Have not even opened the box with the speakers in as yet. Was sorting out the belly pan and the gear change the adjusting ride height. Not sure if she has lowering knuckles fitted.

Well finally plucked up the courage to tackle the wiring and door speaker install. Due to the way someone had chopped the wiring about it's not ideal but it's working and safe now. They had soldered extra bits of wire coming off the loom where they had cut the ISO wiring and blocks off but so far back had to leave some of their wire in place or take out the console and tunnel to reach. Have now wired in a double ISO plug and got teh stereo working. Just a cheap new JVC KD-R451 from Halfords. Speakers are Edge "Street" ......................... what ever tht means but were a reasonable price from an ebay shop. Not sure if they are really suitable as they might be too powerful as it seems they are 70w RMS and of course the JVC does not pump out that much.

Will see how it goes.

Have cut the wiring out of the VVC donor for the t-bar and might splice that in and connect the t-bar up at a later date.

Plezier wrote: Not sure if they are really suitable as they might be too powerful as it seems they are 70w RMS and of course the JVC does not pump out that much.

The speakers should be fine, the rating is for maximum input, I expect the headunit will be 40w per channel.

The JVC unit says 30W output with 50w max output per channel ......................... it's only a cheap unit of course. That Sony DXS-100 seems a better unit but has not CD slot and I needed a CD slot this time.