I ended up with a Pioneer DEH-P895BT head unit with Hands free Bluetooth phone and IPod control.
As far as features this economical head deck is great but in terms of user friendliness and basic menu navigation it is horrible, the centre drive button controls a whole host of basic functions and is absolutely useless when driving as bumps will have you skipping tracks when trying to perform other basic functions. I needed the CD-I200 cable to have full I pod control witch the sting you a few more bob for.

On the upside it sits nicely in the dash unlike the model up from it witch stuck out like the dogs bollocks.
Painted the surround black to match.

Being restricted to the factory mount point I went with TS-C131PRS Component speaker system, the 13cm woofer sounds amazing for their size and the tweeters are defining.
Problems faced were the crossover unit’s size and the Woofers restricting the interior light pin switch from working properly as the magnets were so huge.
If I were to do it again I would go for a 16cm woofer and door mount them for better mid range.

In the back I utilised the factory enclosures and mounted a pair TS-E1076 10cm 2 ways for a bit of mid range and some rear vocal. These were the biggest surprise for me as mounted in the factory enclosure and amped they do a fantastic job.

I ran all these speakers off a GM-6300 4 channel amplifier mounted in the rear storage side box.


For some bass we used a Kicker Solo Baric L7 10inch sub mounted in a semi compact custom box with port and easy to disconnect speaker cables. This little 10 inch defies logic and produces lots of noise. We mounted the Kicker SX651 amplifier up in side storage box behind the Jack and first aid kit.



You could build a much better system than this but this is a great solution if space is precious and you don’t want to hack anything up. ThanksPS: I posted this up in hope it might help someone wanting to do something similar, if you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask.
Also thanks for the how 2's E30ZONE! was a big help.








