Clashing / Nasty car audio deck solution.

[jpod999]

What happened to black mesh?

You can't be a gangsta if you have normal stuff.  

I need new speakers so badly.  Paper cone ftl.

[hoevesruperd]

What happened to black mesh?

you can buy replacement standard 5 1/4 inches mesh covers from ebay

[1991318is]

Sadly the nakamichi's are rediculously expensive personally. I've always been a fan of having it work perfectly before the looks, so I've never cared about if it matches or not. That being said, I've got a kenwood, its about 5 years old, but works great and has survived 2 e30's haha.

My speakers are long gone... I've got some kappa perfect's sitting in my room waiting to go in the e30 soon as I'm done w/ the motor work.

[captaingomes]

I ended up picking up a Nak CD-300 for $99, so I'm really happy about that!  The store I got it from should still have some more in stock.  These are refurbished units, and they look fantastic.  The $99 price was for Boxing Week though, so likely it would be higher now.  I'll have the unit installed in a couple of months when my E30 comes out of hibernation.

[dude8383]

Here's a pic of mine...the angle is a bit crappy but you can see it

Its an Alpine CDA 7894 with MP3/CD/XM compatibility.

[HaNasich]

Another one for Alpine, i got the 7995 pre-amp and i really really love its sound Q,
it may look a bit out of context with the lights on, but once the LCD is out (it has a black-out option) if fit in quite nice...
before i had a kenwood X869 that looked awful in the surroundings of the E30, and before the kenwood i had a Sony ES7050 that looked like stock but did not read MP3.


Ron.
BTW - i love the Nakamichi CD line, i just dig more for remote and MP3-

[gearheadE30]

Dude, I have a CDM-7874 that looks just like yours. CD player, woofer capability, no MP#, but it has an aux in that I installed and that makes up for it all. The only problem is that the backlighting is green

[hoevesruperd]

here's mine
since the sunroof angle is trendy:

[gearheadE30]

Dude!! You have heated seats! I've never seen those on an M42 car in the States, was that an option in Canada?

[dude8383]

Dude!! You have heated seats! I've never seen those on an M42 car in the States, was that an option in Canada?

Hehe I will have heated seats soon. Bought the complete set from an E30 M3...includes the top and bottom elements, harness's and switches

[hoevesruperd]

i do have heated seats but no fan blower! i'm pretty sure it came as an option included with the leather sport seats. not too sure but its a common option on canadian cars.

my driver side seat doesnt heat, it used to when i bought the car. does anyone know how to fix. the fuses seems to be intact and the passenger side works.

[captaingomes]

Ah yes, heated seats!  That's the one feature my E30 doesn't have, but my previous one did and I loved them!

[gearheadE30]

Any idea if it is possible to retrofit the systems or use something from a different car?

As for repair-check the wiring to the switches and under the seats. Apparently the switches can get dirty or loose easily, and it is easy to spill drinks and stuff on them.

[tony92ic]

I've never seen those on an M42 car in the States

I think all the cabrios had them. My 318ic did until I took them out for leather unheated sport seats.  It still has the switches though. I haven't figured out a way to fill the holes.

[Royalratch]

Can't beat these - Blaupunkt Freestyler. Not only were they (and still are) the OEM for BMW but they look great in E30's as they are all dark matt black with red night illumination which blends well with the orange of the E30 dash lights.

AND they have full europe-wide satnav built in! No crappy stuck to the dash nonsense or pimp flip up screens. jUst discreet style.