First pics of my TII Convertible (and a \'leccy question)

[elford_tim]

OK, so the weather here down South is pretty crap but nevertheless I got off two pics for those who may be interested?

http://www.bsdninjas.co.uk/car/rx-7-1.jpg
http://www.bsdninjas.co.uk/car/rx-7-2.jpg

It\'s still got to go back to RoTechniks to get the new rear roof portion fitted so for the moment there\'s still Gaffa tape on the roof  

I\'ve also attempted to fit the self-powered sub under the rear parcel shelf only to notice that I\'d need to play with some MDF just to get it to fit  :mad: so I may build an enclosure for a proper sub instead. Nevermind...

Anyway, while hunting for the location for the sub I came across these two connectors which are hiding on the passenger side of the car:

http://www.bsdninjas.co.uk/car/rx-7-3.jpg

So I had a go at fitting the head unit instead and came across the following bowl of SpaghBol:

http://www.bsdninjas.co.uk/car/rx-7-4.jpg

 :Grrr I really, really wish that some people would keep their fingers from car electrics. This pretty much looks like I\'ll now spend part of next Saturday soldering in a proper ISO connector because some a*hole was too cheap to buy a Mazda -> ISO adapter when fitting the carp Sony HU that was in the car. The really funny part was that radio reception pretty much was non-existing which was quickly traced to the fact that with all the cable bodging, someone had forgotten to hook up the power cable to the electric antenna  .  Oh well, at least I get a chance to do it properly then...

I can\'t wait for the rain to stop, I tell you...

Oh, and if the hoarding brigade by any chance has a couple of the trim clips for the rear carpet left over, I\'d be interested in them!

[grinder]

i COULD be wrong - but is the block connector for the headrest speakers ?

its a fair old size but doesnt look familiar ??

where are they on the passenger side - behind the seat ??

[elford_tim]

They\'re in the "footwell" underneath the spare wheel. Almost hidden behind the drain tube.

They somehow look "audio" to me and they do look like they\'re part of the original loom.

[grinder]

hummm could be for the headrest speakers to be honest .... i need to check the boot of the cab - mine is in there - i can check pins for you !

you have a PM aswell

Stu

[elford_tim]

Would be nice if you could. No hurry, won\'t be doing anything to it during the week anyway!

Oh, and you\'ve got a PM as well...

[grinder]

pics are here ... god im tooo nice for my own good

[grinder]

oooohhhh looks like i could be right - your bill is in the post

[elford_tim]

Ah, so they\'re putting a separate amp back there for the headrest speakers then?

At least that\'s that cleared up and I don\'t have to hunt for some elusive part   :god.

And regarding the bill, I\'ll put the shredder under the mailbox if you don\'t mind  :rollin

[grinder]

i think its all the jiggery pokery for the front switches !!

happy to help out matey

only thing you need to do now is find where the amp is !! LOL

[elford_tim]

If there is an amp anywhere in there, chances are they accidentally disconnected it when they installed the crap headunit I got the car with.

The SpaghBol wiring has certain "features" that suggest they may have run an amped setup before but the crap door speakers suggest otherwise. Unless this was the world\'s most clueless installer. Which may explain certain features on the wiring  :Hammer like the junction made by breaking off the blade of an uninsulated crimp connector and just using the crimping part...

[grinder]

ah the joys of rewiring head units !!

we did the better halfs rover

gas soldering iron and a 9v battery and a multimeter

found the 12v perm and switched with the multimeter and used the 9v battery to work out what speaker was which

i VERY nearly cut mine to bits to get a stock ISO adaptor in there - wasnt prepared to pay £17.99 at halfords - then spotted that CPC do them for £4.49 - and its about 20 mins away - nice and cheap

im confused...looking at your wiring pic - you have the coin holders - surely there should be the panel there for doing the speaker volume in the head rest

does yours ACTUALLY have the panel for it , thats why you might have the loose wiring - UK models might not have come with it ( mine a jap car so i have it )

just a thought ?

[elford_tim]

Well, down here the local neon\'d Nova hangout (aka Halfords) flogs you the bare ISO plug for 13.99. Bargain, so I bought one...

Car doesn\'t have the headrest speakers so it doesn\'t have a volume control for them either. There\'s a blanking plate on the cubby hole carrier (single DIN slot) that looks like it would take said volume control though.

I hope it\'s not as wet next weekend as I don\'t fancy running out an extension cable to the car and fiddling about in there with electrickery while the rain\'s horizontal.

[m4drx]

do you guys know the part number or place i can get an iso lead?

[Brett]

Halfrauds used to stock them, so I guess any half way decent car electrical place will stock them, they are common with a few other cars.  Just go in and ask :yes

[m4drx]

i will do but difficult because of christmas and the weather etc so i wanted to make life easier with a part code but having trouble finding it at the mo.

cheers fella