E30 Zone

I fitted a Rover CD80 Head Unit to my 320i and it really suits the period dash.
Flip front single CD player with lighting the same colour as the dash.
When it is shut up it looks just like a period radio.
And the best bit is that it was only £25.00 on fleabay "new old stock" when Rover was "Over".
This may help the old ones like me who don't want a blue graphic equaliser every time they drive.
The down side is it will only play Jim Reaves / Don Williams.
Least that's what I tell my son when he tries to put on "music to saw your wrists by" - Def Panda or something!?

Any other new head units which suit the period look?

There are loads, alpine look and sound good - do a search pal and all will be revealed

I've just fitted an OEM E36 business head unit and cd changer. I think it looks in keeping with the rest of the car, and the sound quality is pretty decent.

Wiring it was a PITA though

Martin.

mine is a very good match for the e30

the illumination is almost perfect too

and for £50 you cannot go wrong, plays mp3's, aux in for ipod etc



yes i know it need pushing in properly

its the same as this

http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product ... -23253.htm

although no one seems to sell the orange illumination one anymore

This is the daddy of retro alpines, this unit is still highly thought of today and has better sound quality than most of the modern stuff out there, only problem is if you do manage to find one its gonna cost a lot of money as there rare as hens teeth these days

that looks cool and very retro

shame it does not light up orange

I've been told that some of the internals of this head unit are made of gold dont know how true that is though

Try Nakamichi, don't know too much about them but they look good (not garish) light up amber (amongst other colours) but aren't cheap.
Loving the Alpine but good call on the Rover. Check this for retro!

get your wallet out

Nak decks are the dog's danglies TBH.
Any of the old skool denon's or alpine decks look good, and more importantly, they sound good as well

if you want to keep the original headunit, but wire up an AUX input, is that posssible? (1985 pioneer tape deck)

you can always get one of those tape things that allow you to plug an MP3 player in

i now have a rover VDO 413x





illumination is perfect as it comes out of the same model of rover that the bmw headunit was put in

I picked up a Nackeredmidget from Jules this week, Jut got to find my release keys so I can get the pioneer one out

i wanted that nacker midget but i'am skint

I was interested in it but couldn't justify the price

ImysE30 wrote:I was interested in it but couldn't justify the price

seemed a good buy imo for a nak

Alex wrote:

ImysE30 wrote:I was interested in it but couldn't justify the price

seemed a good buy imo for a nak

Doesn't play MP3 CD's though

just carry more cd's

Doesn't bother me, I don't use MP3 cds.

Most of my CD's are MP3 otherwise i'd have about 100 CD's to carry

It's all about getting an iPod or equivlent in your car these days 1000's of songs at ur finger tips on a device no bigger than your wallet.

Here's mine an old JVC chameleon, the flat front matches the flat dash superbly, it lights up to match the dash illumination well too.




Here's a video of how it works althought he model is slightly different to mine.

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pac1982 wrote:This is the daddy of retro alpines, this unit is still highly thought of today and has better sound quality than most of the modern stuff out there, only problem is if you do manage to find one its gonna cost a lot of money as there rare as hens teeth these days

I have an Alpine tape deck similar to that, its not in the car now but was from new.



Yes its true, that CD player did have gold components inside. The last one i saw on ebay went for over £400!

I have one of these waiting to go in! It was an option on E30's when new and most importantly, you can plug an ipod/mp3 player straight in! I also have the remote EQ on a stalk and seperate amp to go with it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0418302590

d6dph wrote:I picked up a Nackeredmidget from Jules this week, Jut got to find my release keys so I can get the pioneer one out

Turning into an audiophile now are we??

pac1982 wrote:

these are the danglies awesome sound,

mine was stolen

bss325i wrote:

pac1982 wrote:This is the daddy of retro alpines, this unit is still highly thought of today and has better sound quality than most of the modern stuff out there, only problem is if you do manage to find one its gonna cost a lot of money as there rare as hens teeth these days

I have an Alpine tape deck similar to that, its not in the car now but was from new.



Yes its true, that CD player did have gold components inside. The last one i saw on ebay went for over £400!

I have one of these waiting to go in! It was an option on E30's when new and most importantly, you can plug an ipod/mp3 player straight in! I also have the remote EQ on a stalk and seperate amp to go with it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0418302590

WOW I want one. How would you go about connecting this to a E30? Anything similar one ebay like that with aux in and built in amp?

Nak are great units but the illumination does tilt more towards orange than amber. That alpine 7909J is a top quality unit and looks amazing.

My current Nak in the car is an RD-701 which looks pretty factory but the illuminatin is a bit orange compared to the BMW Amber lighting.



Use a modern day Nak changer in the boot but that also does not play MP3 CD's. Does play CD-R fortunately.

I do have a Nak TP-1200 but haven't put it in as to avoid the hassle of housing the huge pre amp unit somewhere.



Moz

pac1982 wrote:It's all about getting an iPod or equivlent in your car these days 1000's of songs at ur finger tips on a device no bigger than your wallet.

Agreed. I have a retro early Pioneer P series head unit in mine running the pioneer CD-IB100 such as this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CD-IB100-pioneer- ... 7C294%3A50

Ipods in the glovebox, change tracks from the headunit and it all looks fairly retro. HAPPY DAYS!!

Heres my dash:

Whoa looks like KITs dash Trev

d6dph wrote:Whoa looks like KITs dash Trev

Thats my period Alpine sprectrum analyser dated 1991. I'd like to change it to orange buttons but don't want to f*ck it up!!!

Original Pioneer head unit which was with the car from factory 1987.

That is crazy retro! Looks pretty nice though.

Moz

I have a problem with it. When you put a tape in it, it ejects it and wont play.

Blitz wrote:I have a problem with it. When you put a tape in it, it ejects it and wont play.

might be able to fix it for you mate