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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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Post a pic of your modified headunit

Hello everyone -

For all of you with a modified headunit in your W203, could you post a picture? I'm trying to get some ideas..

I know several howto threads or general photo threads exist, but I'm after this specific thing - and I've been rifling through these for the past 2 hours

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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 07:47 PM
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 08:36 PM
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RW C55,

Are you in the middle of wrapping your dash to cf ? I wonder how did you removed your middle piece (shiftknob) ?

Daniel, hope you dont mind im using your thread .

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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:42 PM
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RW C55,

Are you in the middle of wrapping your dash to cf ? I wonder how did you removed your middle piece (shiftknob) ?

Daniel, hope you dont mind im using your thread .

Andy
I was gonna finish up the upper trims and the ones on the door but decided to leave it that way since I'm trading in the car soon.
Regarding the removal of "middle part", and I'm assuming you're taking about the entire assembly including the chrome trim, is very easy. All you do pry it out. It's held by 4 clips(if I remember correctly) on each side, and the thing will pop off.
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 12:56 AM
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by RW C55
I was gonna finish up the upper trims and the ones on the door but decided to leave it that way since I'm trading in the car soon.
Regarding the removal of "middle part", and I'm assuming you're taking about the entire assembly including the chrome trim, is very easy. All you do pry it out. It's held by 4 clips(if I remember correctly) on each side, and the thing will pop off.
Thanks.

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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 01:50 AM
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 05:53 AM
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 10:01 PM
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where did you guys get that carbon fiber trim? and what is it and can you guys direct me to where you got them? thanks!
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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MP Design offered a CF trim for the W203 but I think it's discontinued.

I wrapped the stock trim with CF fabric. A couple sponsors on here offer the fabric in a wide variety of colors.

Here is another shot of my trim with regular CF...

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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 10:40 PM
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yeah that trim looks great
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 02:04 AM
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wow these interiors are sexy, makes my stock interior look boring
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 09:53 AM
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So you rockin the CF fabric infected? How is it? I was plannin on doin it too, just tryin to see how hard it was to do and how it feels. I see that it looks great, and I can imagine it looks better in person as well
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 05:17 PM
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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anyone who has the boot +shiftknob (prefer black) like the pic above let me know..im interested.

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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 06:15 PM
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jahoo - I see 'Pioneer' on your speedo display... Does that unit integrate with the controls/display seamlessly, or is that a custom setup?
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 06:20 PM
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The pioneer display will show up if you have the steering wheel control module hooked up.

Sorry to go off topic but the CF fabric is great! I've been using it for a couple years now and even went through a few different colors of CF without ever having any problems.
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 08:00 PM
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All you guys have great looking center consoles

OverDrive, what is that thing in the picture? First time i'm seeing that



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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 08:09 PM
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yea whats that ? looks like a computer fan lol.

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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 08:12 PM
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 01:44 AM
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Yeah, can you guys state whether your new HU is compatible with the steering wheel controls?

What kind of coin am I looking at to get a HU with a DVD and Bluetooth that also works with the steering wheel controls?

Thanks

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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 03:34 AM
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In order for the HU to retain the steering wheel controls you need to install a controller sold separately.
For Pioneer I believe it is CARPI 131 for prefacelift and CARPI 133 for postfacelift.
Correct me if I am wrong.
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In order for the HU to retain the steering wheel controls you need to install a controller sold separately.
For Pioneer I believe it is CARPI 131 for prefacelift and CARPI 133 for postfacelift.
Correct me if I am wrong.
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