[porkstirfry]

Yes,you can use the unoccupied positions in the ISO block using standard VW repair wires.Or you can just splice into the green and purple pairs in the new unit's loom.

I will use the unoccupied position. And the vw repair wire goes into the ISO block (just clips in?) and then the speaker wire connects to the other end of that? Will have a look on ETKA in a bit to find part number for vw repair wire. couldn't see any in ebay. Thanks for your help, starting to be clearer now

 

[Imagewerx]

The new speaker wires connect onto the repair wires.

 

[porkstirfry]

The new speaker wires connect onto the repair wires.

Couldnt find on ETKA. Just buy 2 of these then and they'll fit right into the ISO block? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-VW-VOLKSWAGEN-REPAIR-WIRE-0-63-000979009E-/330921841542?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4d0c7a9386

there are so many variants of the repair wire here tho! not sure which to get http://www.passatplus.de/umbauteile/stecker/stecker.htm

 

[Imagewerx]

Couldnt find on ETKA. Just buy 2 of these then and they'll fit right into the ISO block? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-VW-VOLKSWAGEN-REPAIR-WIRE-0-63-000979009E-/330921841542?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4d0c7a9386

there are so many variants of the repair wire here tho! not sure which to get http://www.passatplus.de/umbauteile/stecker/stecker.htm

They're for different types of plug and without having both in front of me I can only narrow it down to half a dozen or so.You could also take a trip to the breakers yard and cut off the relevant ISO plug from a car that's got rear speakers,cut off your two way,and join on the new front wires to your existing ones and then the rear ones to the new wires.

 

[porkstirfry]

They're for different types of plug and without having both in front of me I can only narrow it down to half a dozen or so.You could also take a trip to the breakers yard and cut off the relevant ISO plug from a car that's got rear speakers,cut off your two way,and join on the new front wires to your existing ones and then the rear ones to the new wires.

Just got some pics to help me explain and hopefully you might be able to identify the type of repair wire i need. because i've found another version of it on ebay now. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-VW-REPAIR-WIRE-PART-NUMBER-000979133E-/380941074004?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item58b1db7e54

Thanks

 

[Imagewerx]

The 'what's this?' is the lighting plug for the original single CD player.But as I said above,I can't tell from small 2D photos like that if it's right or not.Why not try what I suggested earlier and get yourself a 4 way speaker ISO,you could even take the pins out and put them into yours if you want to keep it neat with less soldering.

 

[madman]

I cant understand or believe that stock speakers which are 10 to 14 years old can possibly sound better than some new ones. They could have been thrashed to death, clipped etc. Id be putting new in. All the cars in my family sounded better with a £40 set of vibes in the front doors. I run amped Focals which are fantastic.

 

[porkstirfry]

I have managed to source it down to 3 repair wires. I looked at the part number of the Brown ISO connector (357 035 447 A) and looked up the compatible repair wire in this table, as well as on a couple of other sites. http://www.vaglinks.com/Docs/Catalogues/nsxjr.com_Audipins.pdf

000 979 021 - 0.5mm

000 979 133 - 1.0mm

000 979 225 - 2.5mm

Going to go with the 1.0mm version, as the speaker cable i will be connecting to it, is 1.5mm. Will ring VW tomorrow, see how much it is.

 

[BigBang]

I cant understand or believe that stock speakers which are 10 to 14 years old can possibly sound better than some new ones. They could have been thrashed to death, clipped etc. Id be putting new in. All the cars in my family sounded better with a £40 set of vibes in the front doors. I run amped Focals which are fantastic.

The stock speakers are usually designed to work with the volume of space that is provided by the door lining, so you get more accurate notes compared to an aftermarket speaker that's designed for a completely different volume of air.

 

[madman]

Most 6.5" speakers will sound fine in a Golf...we are talking £40 speakers not sound off budget. They will be much of a muchness as far as volume capacity goes.

 

[porkstirfry]

Shall i mount my amp straight into the rear seat, or mount it to some MDF and then onto the back of the seat?

 

[Imagewerx]

The metal part of the seat back underneath the carpet trim is ridged with about a 10mm gap between the high and low bits.It might be a bit difficult to get the amp fixed down properly if you're not sure where the high and low bits are.In a lot of cases because the mounting holes of the amp are fixed,it might not be possible to mount it in all the high bits.If you lever out the little plastic mushrooms that hold the carpet in place,you can see what I'm talking about and might even be able to get the solidly mounted in all high bits,if not then yes to a piece of wood when you can put the screws anywhere.Because the back of the seat is quite thin and soft,you'd be better off punching the holes out which gives the screws more to bit into than if you drill them.

 

[porkstirfry]

The metal part of the seat back underneath the carpet trim is ridged with about a 10mm gap between the high and low bits.It might be a bit difficult to get the amp fixed down properly if you're not sure where the high and low bits are.In a lot of cases because the mounting holes of the amp are fixed,it might not be possible to mount it in all the high bits.If you lever out the little plastic mushrooms that hold the carpet in place,you can see what I'm talking about and might even be able to get the solidly mounted in all high bits,if not then yes to a piece of wood when you can put the screws anywhere.Because the back of the seat is quite thin and soft,you'd be better off punching the holes out which gives the screws more to bit into than if you drill them.

really helpful thanks man