[AWBimmer]

Hey,

I live in Hampshire near Surrey (this is important for price comparisons for any readers..) and just so you know, I have experience in doing quite a few sub/amp installs in my area so I am good with my hands..

I don't want to lose the OEM look of my E90 so wanted to see how much it would be to get this done professionally.. Read on...

I just quoted £599 incl VAT for installing 2x10" Pioneer Subs (boxed), an Amp (I have all the necessary leads to connect the amp and sub incl power cable, rca cables, ground calble, remote cable and sub to amp cables) and my Pioneer P80BT Double Din H/U. THe straneg thing is that I already have ALL of this... the price quoted is for the following..

1. New Fascia for Double Din HeadUnit
2. New Fascia for the heated seats controls (which get moved down and inch or two as a result. They said I will lose the ash tray to make up for the space the Double din unit takes - can this be avoided.. Where will I plug my satnav in if I lose the whole unit.. will I still have my lighter socket??)
3. Parking sensor adapter/facility - to continue receiving the parking warning signal (which I requested as MUST have)
4. Bluetooth BASIC Parrot kit (CK3000)

What's striking is that the battery is in the booth so that is HELL of a lot of labour saved there so what justifies chargin an arm and a leg for such a job that take someone a few hours to do...

Parts cannot be that expensive.. right?

The only hard job I can see is running the RCA cables from the back of the H/U to the boot... that I can easily do.

Do you guys think this is a reasonable price? They said it will be done in ONE day... surely if that's the case, I can do the job myself?!? What fascias would I need and where can I pick/order them from??

Please help me on this guys.. I am going to mod this car so nicely and I'd rather spend that money on mods that I actually think worth spending £600 such as a cleaning cloth!

Thanks guys

[MEGA]

599 is a fair pricefor that work. The adapters alone to connect up to the CAN-BUS MOST system will cost well over £200. So the labour is very fairly priced.

This is a complicated car. If you want to go non-standard you need to pay the price.

My setup was over £3000 all in by the way

[AWBimmer]

MEGA my main man!! haha, yeah it just slipped my mind.. I'll do that tonight hopefully..

£3000????? What the? What did you get installed? PM me if you like unless you don't mind advertising your goods in the open! lol.

Not being stingy but I enjoy the DIY as if something goes wrong or whatever, I know what I have done and know how to take it apart if need be..

Are the fascias/adapters available to buy for the general public of just to traders/dealers? Any hints por favor?

[m1bjr]

Good price for the work involved.

I have fitted a few units myslef too

[rjs]

makes the factory options seem good value

[AWBimmer]

...but am I able to buy the necessary parts from some ICE / Audio specialist shop? I would love to do this myself.. if not then I guess the £599 it is lol.

[lochgilp]

Hi mate thinking of doing the same in mine too with my Kenwood dnx sat nav double din you can get the parts needed from this link that also keep your steering controls and park sensors but same kit cheaper on ebay hope that helps
cheers
scott

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/connects2-ctkbm01.html

[MEGA]

Originally Posted by AWBimmer

...but am I able to buy the necessary parts from some ICE / Audio specialist shop? I would love to do this myself.. if not then I guess the £599 it is lol.

Speak to car audio security in hayes. They should be happy to sort you out. Ask to speak to Andy if possible and tell him Dave / Mega sent you! If you can't get Andy speak to Dimy ("dimmy") - He's cool. Also, Andy is a forum sponsor for EvoTechnik so mention the forum

08707 551122

[AWBimmer]

^^ Yet again, thank you for the help... almost being mentored here.. appreciate the help buddy.. need to plan a meet of somesort.. the hayes/middlesex type meet! Mine's all basic so nothing under the hood but good to put a face to a name

[AWBimmer]

Originally Posted by MEGA

Speak to car audio security in hayes. They should be happy to sort you out. Ask to speak to Andy if possible and tell him Dave / Mega sent you! If you can't get Andy speak to Dimy ("dimmy") - He's cool. Also, Andy is a forum sponsor for EvoTechnik so mention the forum

08707 551122

Spoke to Andy and Dimmy, one after the other.. said to bring it down to them so may do that this weekend, hopefully i can get a chance to do so.. I mentioned I could also get the parts (using the link above)... do you know MEGA, whether that is sufficient for a double din unit ... steering adaptor, parking adaptor and the fascias themselves? If not, I am sure Car Audio Sec can supply the missing items? They couldn't quote me a price so I don't know what would be best at this stage.. buy these and take with me or go there and see what they say...

Cheers,

[MEGA]

No idea to be fair mate, I just told Andy to "integrate everything" and he bought the relevant adapters to sort it

[AWBimmer]

cool, thanks.