ryan_1993
Active Member
Hi all,
very new to all this lol, so I hope someone can offer some advice. Deposit paid and I pick up my first Defender (300 TDI, Factory CSW) later this week. It’s still sinking in lol
One thing I noticed is the vehicle does have a kind of gaudy looking Pioneer head unit that isn’t really in keeping with the rest of the cars era (too modern).
I actually wouldn’t mind fitting a period correct cassette deck. What was the stock defender unit like?
I’m mad about vintage HiFi myself and have quite a few oddities in my collection. A Large 10.5 Teac open reel tape recorder, an 8-Track recorder and a very rare Sony Elcaset deck which was Sony’s large tape based format in the late 70s.
Just wondering about what the possible car stereo upgrade options would be for me though? I’ve never done any car audio work at all, given the more modern era I grew up in. So most cars I’ve driven all had more than adequate manufacture head units and speakers from stock.
To me it looks like a standard aftermarket fit dimensions wise in the dash?
I have noticed some car stereos have screws in which you bind in the cars wiring and some have a simple din connector. The speakers in the Defender didn’t sound particularly brilliant, so was also looking at maybe adding some to the back and upgrading the ones in the front.
I do really like the look of the original blaupunkt bremen model, but this is a mid-80s radio intended for BMW M cars and Porche’s (I think) but it does look the most authentic lol. I know they also recreated this radio recently with Bluetooth, DAB+, and offer a remote control, but kept the same retro looks, it is quite expensive.
very new to all this lol, so I hope someone can offer some advice. Deposit paid and I pick up my first Defender (300 TDI, Factory CSW) later this week. It’s still sinking in lol
One thing I noticed is the vehicle does have a kind of gaudy looking Pioneer head unit that isn’t really in keeping with the rest of the cars era (too modern).
I actually wouldn’t mind fitting a period correct cassette deck. What was the stock defender unit like?
I’m mad about vintage HiFi myself and have quite a few oddities in my collection. A Large 10.5 Teac open reel tape recorder, an 8-Track recorder and a very rare Sony Elcaset deck which was Sony’s large tape based format in the late 70s.
Just wondering about what the possible car stereo upgrade options would be for me though? I’ve never done any car audio work at all, given the more modern era I grew up in. So most cars I’ve driven all had more than adequate manufacture head units and speakers from stock.
To me it looks like a standard aftermarket fit dimensions wise in the dash?
I have noticed some car stereos have screws in which you bind in the cars wiring and some have a simple din connector. The speakers in the Defender didn’t sound particularly brilliant, so was also looking at maybe adding some to the back and upgrading the ones in the front.
I do really like the look of the original blaupunkt bremen model, but this is a mid-80s radio intended for BMW M cars and Porche’s (I think) but it does look the most authentic lol. I know they also recreated this radio recently with Bluetooth, DAB+, and offer a remote control, but kept the same retro looks, it is quite expensive.
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